make predictions about what people would say

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The child will be able to predict what people would say from facial expressions and simple situations.

Section: Primary (5-11yrs) info; Secondary (11-16yrs) info

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Activity/strategy name and materials required	How to do the activity	Key principles for doing the activity and comments
What are they saying? Pictures of people talking to each other, for example: Picture books (you may need to cover any writing on the page if this distracts the child); Commercially produced pictures (e.g. LDA - Emotions cards, "Passages a decouvrir", etc); Photos (e.g. family snaps, or photos you have specially prepared); Pictures from comics and magazines; Drawings you have done. Pieces of paper cut into the shape of a speech bubble (you can buy speech bubble-shaped post-its from stationers such as Ryman or on-line) Blu-tac (optional)	1. Show the child the picture you have selected; 2. Encourage them to have a good look at the picture; 3. Encourage them to talk about what is happening in the picture; 4. Encourage them to think about what the people in the pictures might be saying; 5. Stick a speech bubble on the picture so that it is coming out of each person's mouth; 6. Ask what each person is saying; 7. Write this down in the speech bubble (or let the child write it themself).	If the child finds it hard to work out what the person could be saying, encourage them to imagine themselves in the situation and ask what they would say.

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