Sequences: Picture Stories for ESL

Introduction ,(p. v)

Sequences: Picture Stories for ESL is a reproducible book for beginner ESL students of all ages. It includes 60 units. Each unit contains a drawings page. On each drawings page there is a sequence of six drawings, mostly without words or captions. The drawings show the sequence of events that go with a particular activity, such as going grocery shopping or visiting a doctor. Your students, with your input, identify the items and actions in the drawings. Each drawings page is complimented by a page of vocabulary building exercises. These lessons depend on the involvement of teacher and students together.

The teacher must help students by giving the necessary input, which means a close analysis of each drawing making sure students have the vocabulary needed for the simple exercises which follow. It is a good idea to read over the exercises before presenting the lesson to your students. That way you know the vocabulary that will be studied in the exercises.

For students these materials promote listening, speaking, reading and writing.

The exercises for each unit are as follows:

TITLE: Your students must come up with a title for the unit.
WHICH DRAWING IS IT?: Your students are given six short sentences and they must match to which drawing each sentence belongs.
WHERE IS IT?: Your students are given words or short phrases which describe something unique in one of the six drawings. Students must identify to which drawing each word or phrase belongs. POINT IT OUT: Your students must point to items found in the drawings. We want our students to succeed. These drawings and exercises provide a wealth of vocabulary building potential.