LO: I can use adjectives to describe a setting.
Listen to the part of ‘Grace and Family’ that focuses on the market
5.15 to the end (Next day -> No-one was in a hurry).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS7UYgN_RGo
Ask
Why did Grace think it was more exciting to shop in Gambia than back home? (outside, the way people carried their shopping, different currency, extremely colourful “like a rainbow,”)
Look at the photograph of a real Gambian market and talk about its features.
Watch a videoclip of a real Gambian market.
What ambitious vocabulary can we use to describe the market? (link to senses) record comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2x55R-cscsU&safe=active (Starting at 1:45-3:15)
Using our 5 senses let’s describe the Gambian market
What can you see? Hear? Smell? Touch? Taste?
Using our senses, think about:
1. How are the people there dressed?
2. What are they wearing?
3. What might they be selling?
4. How are they carrying their food?
word bank
lively, hot, bustling, bright fabrics, noisy, busy, chatting, papaya, green bananas, succulent mangoes, spicy chicken etc
Independent activity
Using the picture above use 5 senses to describe the market.
To be a good learner
I have…
…identified features of a market place
…used my 5 senses to help describe a setting
…used a range of adjectives to describe a setting