The Grammar of Appearance: In vs. With

Section role: supports the formalization of the grammar of appearance in Section 3 while the teacher leads the discussion on how students distinguished clothes from accessories during the great plaza search. Slides: (1) Title — 'The Grammar of Appearance: In vs. With'; (2) Connecting Back — bullets: reviewing the 'Busca al Turista' challenge and how descriptions helped find people; (3) The Rule for 'IN' — bullets: defining clothing and colors, examples: 'in a red dress', 'in blue jeans'; (4) Visual Practice — image of a tourist in distinctive clothes with a prompt to practice 'in'; (5) The Rule for 'WITH' — bullets: defining accessories, physical traits, and carried items, examples: 'with a backpack', 'with long hair', 'with a map'; (6) Visual Practice — image of a tourist with a camera and sunglasses with a prompt to practice 'with'; (7) Combined Descriptions — bullets: combining both prepositions into a single sentence, example: 'A man in a black jacket with a camera'; (8) Key Vocabulary — bullets: 'tourist information centre', 'landmarks', 'souvenirs' with visual icons; (9) Setting up the Next Section — bullets: previewing the Tourist Information Desk activity. Closing slide: 'How would you describe your friend right now using in and with?' — hands control back to the teacher for the listening activity. This material is part of a English foreign-language class for students in Chile learning English. Regardless of the material's language, the key terms and examples being taught must be written in English, not in the students' native language.

Lara de Teachy