This task can be completed online only and has auto marking displayed to students. Students can work independently or in pairs on this task.

 

Before students begin this task, a similar activity could be done orally with the whole class or a smaller group. Gather three or four pictures of things that belong in one category. The category could be related to an area of study or interest, for example, cars, flowers, animals, mammals, leaves. The teacher or a student selects one of the pictures to focus on, without letting the others in the group know. They ask yes/no questions that first apply to all the pictures and then narrow the focus of their questions to fewer and fewer pictures until there is only one obvious choice. 

 

Ideally, this task would lead to a writing task where students write descriptions. See the Next steps section under the tab Working with Students. 

 

While this task builds keyboard experience, especially in the use of drop-down lists, it is wise to teach keyboard skills separately from an activity that has a different learning focus. There are tutorials for learning keyboard skills, for example, http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6tfr#z34thyc . To use this you need to have Flash installed. Be aware, however, that while the position of the letters on UK keyboards may be the same as our US keyboards, there may be some differences in the symbols used. It is important that students practise on the device they will be using as, for instance, there are differences between using ipads and laptops.