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E5 E - A busy picture – Viele Handlungen beschreiben

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E5 E - A busy picture – Viele Handlungen beschreiben

Einleitung

Look – listen – speak! In diesem aiMOOC beschreibst Du eine busy picture mit mehreren verbundenen Sätzen im present progressive. Du sagst, was Personen gerade tun.

Your goal: Look at a picture and say 4–6 connected sentences: A child is climbing. Two children are playing, and another child is walking near the slide.

Learning loop: see → listen → understand → repeat → use → feedback → use again

Bildungsplan-Bezug Baden-Württemberg, Klasse 5: Hör-/Hörsehverstehen, Sprechen, Schreiben sowie Text- und Medienkompetenz werden in einer konkreten Alltagssituation verbunden.

Deine Lernziele

I can describe actions now.
I can use am / is / are + verb-ing.
I can connect short sentences with and, while, next to und in the background.

Quick start: Look and listen

Look at the picture. What can you see? Do not translate every word. Find actions.

Listen twice. First: just listen. Second: listen and repeat one or two sentences.

Hilfe auf Deutsch: Achte auf die Frage What are you doing? und auf Formen mit -ing. Du musst nicht jedes Wort verstehen.

Vorwissen-Check

Say or think:

What is run with -ing?
Which word fits: She ___ reading. — am, is oder are?
Can you name three actions in English?

If this is hard: no problem. Use the word box below.

Word box

Action	Deutsch	Useful chunk
running	rennen	is running
climbing	klettern	is climbing
walking	gehen	are walking
talking	sprechen	are talking
sitting	sitzen	is sitting
carrying	tragen	is carrying
drawing	zeichnen	is drawing
playing	spielen	are playing

Connect your ideas: and · while · next to · in the background

Grammar in action

Use the present progressive for an action that is happening now:

I am playing. He / She is playing. We / You / They are playing.

The pattern is simple: person + am / is / are + verb-ing.

For more accuracy:

run → running
make → making
play → playing

Deutsch-Hilfe: Beschreibst Du, was auf dem Bild gerade passiert, brauchst Du meist am / is / are + Verb-ing.

A busy picture: Build connected sentences

Model: Some children are playing outside. One child is climbing, and another child is standing near the play equipment. Other children are moving around the playground. The scene is looking busy because several things are happening at the same time.

Now change the model. Use what you can really see in the picture.

Sentence starters:

In the foreground, ...
In the background, ...
A child is ...
Two children are ...
..., and ...
While one child is ..., another child is ...

Listen, repeat, change

Choose one short sentence from the video.

Listen.
Pause.
Repeat.
Change one word.
Say your new sentence.

Example: She is running. → She is walking.

Important: Clear speech is more important than a perfect accent.

Mini-dialogue

The names are fictional.

Mia: What is Leo doing? Sam: He is drawing, and Aisha is talking to him. Mia: What are the other children doing? Sam: They are playing outside. Mia: Great. I can see them now.

Practice the dialogue. Then change the names and actions.

Transfer picture

Look for different actions. Make four connected sentences.

Useful start: People are walking through the market. Some people are talking, and others are carrying things.

Do not guess personal information about people in a real photo. Describe only visible actions.

One more scene

Try a mini-presentation of about 20–30 seconds: In this picture, I can see ... In the foreground ... In the background ... One person is ... and ...

Listen again: What are they doing?

Listen for action words. Stop after a few examples and say your own sentence before the video continues.

Feedback loop

After your first description, check:

Did I use am / is / are?
Did I use verb-ing?
Did I connect at least two ideas?
Did I describe what I can really see?
Can I say the description again with one improvement?

Then speak or write it again.

Safe learning

Use fictional names and fictional profile data in tasks. Your own audio recording is optional and can stay private on your device. Do not upload recordings, photos or personal data unless your teacher has clearly planned a safe school activity and you agree.

If you use an AI language helper, check its suggestion. Keep your own sentence and your own ideas. Do not send personal data or private recordings to an external AI service without permission.

The Wikimedia Commons pictures used here are freely reusable according to the licence information on their individual file pages. The YouTube videos are embedded for viewing; do not copy or re-upload them.

Interaktive Aufgaben

Quiz: Teste Dein Wissen

Which tense helps you describe an action happening now? (Present progressive) (!Simple past) (!Past perfect) (!Future with will)

Complete: I ___ running. (am) (!is) (!are) (!be)

Complete: She ___ drawing. (is) (!am) (!are) (!do)

Complete: They ___ playing. (are) (!is) (!am) (!does)

Which form is correct? (running) (!runing) (!runned) (!runsing)

Which question asks about an action now? (What are they doing?) (!What do they name?) (!Where did they go yesterday?) (!How old are they?)

Which word connects two simple actions? (and) (!yesterday) (!because of) (!never)

Which chunk helps you describe something farther away in a picture? (In the background) (!Last year) (!Every Monday) (!Tomorrow morning)

Which sentence describes an action happening now? (A boy is climbing.) (!A boy climbed yesterday.) (!A boy climbs every Monday.) (!A boy will climb next year.)

What is a good final check for your picture description? (Check am is are and verb-ing.) (!Translate every word first.) (!Add private information about people.) (!Use the longest words you know.)

Memory

running	rennen
climbing	klettern
carrying	tragen
talking	sprechen
sitting	sitzen
drawing	zeichnen

Drag and Drop

Ordne die richtigen Begriffe zu.	Present progressive
I	am playing
She	is reading
They	are talking
Two boys	are running
Leo	is drawing

Kreuzworträtsel

playing	What are children doing with a game?
climbing	What is a child doing when moving up a climbing frame?
drawing	What are you doing when you make a picture with a pencil?
running	What are you doing when you move very fast on your feet?
talking	What are two people doing when they speak to each other?
carrying	What are you doing when you hold and move a bag?

LearningApps

Lückentext

Mini-Wiederholung

Look at one picture again. Say three sentences without reading the model.

Then improve them:

Add one connector.
Add in the background or next to.
Say the description again.

I-can-Check

□ I can find actions in a busy picture. □ I can use am / is / are + verb-ing. □ I can connect several short sentences. □ I can listen and repeat a short model. □ I can give a short picture description in my own words.

If you tick only two or three boxes, repeat one picture task before you continue.

Folgekurs

Next: E5 E - What is happening? – Fragen zum Present Progressive

Offene Aufgaben

Leicht

Action hunt: Find five visible actions in one of the pictures and write the English verbs with -ing.
Three sentences: Say three present-progressive sentences about one picture.
Listen and change: Repeat one sentence from a video and change one action word.
Picture partner: Work with a partner. One person points to an action; the other says a sentence.

Standard

Four connected sentences: Describe one picture with four sentences and at least two connectors.
Mini-dialogue: Write and perform a four-line dialogue with What is ... doing? and What are ... doing?.
Private voice practice: Record a 20-second description on your device, listen once, improve one sentence and delete or keep the file privately.
Picture swap: Choose a different free Commons picture with several visible actions and describe it without naming real people.

Schwer

Busy scene presentation: Give a 30–45 second description with foreground, background and at least five actions.
Accuracy edit: Write six sentences, then mark every form of am / is / are and every -ing verb before correcting mistakes.
Create a busy picture: Draw your own fictional busy scene and write six connected present-progressive sentences for it.
Peer feedback: Exchange descriptions with a partner. Give feedback on clarity, be + -ing and connectors, then rewrite your text.

Lernkontrolle

Bildtransfer: Describe a new busy picture in five connected sentences. Use at least three different action verbs.
Hörtransfer: Listen to a short action description chosen by your teacher and sketch where two actions are happening. Explain your choices in English.
Fehler verbessern: Correct She are running and two boys is play. Explain in simple words what you changed.
Dialogtransfer: Create a short dialogue about a new picture. Ask at least two questions and answer in the present progressive.
Überarbeiten: Read your first picture description again. Improve accuracy and connection between sentences, then explain one improvement.

Lernnachweis

Für einen Lernnachweis ist wichtig:

Du beschreibst sichtbare Handlungen verständlich.
Du verwendest am / is / are + verb-ing überwiegend korrekt.
Du verbindest mehrere Sätze sinnvoll.
Du kannst auf eine Frage wie What is she doing? oder What are they doing? reagieren.
Du überarbeitest Deinen Output nach Feedback.
Verständlichkeit zählt mehr als Akzentfreiheit.

OERs zum Thema

Freie Bildquellen: Die verwendeten Bilder stammen aus Wikimedia Commons. Prüfe bei einer Weiterverwendung immer die Lizenzangaben und Namensnennung auf der jeweiligen Dateiseite.

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