This is a very quick blog post in response to a blogging gauntlet thrown down by Brad Patterson and Anne Hodgson.
Being basically indecisive I couldn’t come up with just one answer, so here are three.
By the way, Brad and Anne’s challenge ( for those of you who didn’t follow the links above) was basically to find two photos from our archices to compare and contrast, mirroring that classic ELT classroom ( and Cambridge exam) activity.
This is my first offering which is actually a two-in-one offering. It’s a kind of spot-the-difference. Or maybe a before and after?
If you’ve ever done any apple-picking, or are a fan of Robert Frost, you might like this link.
My second offering is more personal and says a lot about British summers, and British winters. The question here is, which is which? And of course, can you spot the differences between A and B?
A
B
My third offering is very much on the same theme, though the contrast is a bit more obvious. These two I’m going to call “The Three of Us” and the questions are: Where? When? Who? and What? (what what is up to you to decide!)
A
B
Thanks for the challenge, Brad and Anne. It was a great excuse to look back through the family photos. And a great reminder that it takes no time at all to set up a compare and contrast image based activity – in fact I may well use one of those for an ice-breaker in my first classes next week!
Other bloggers who’ve taken up the challenge include:
Please let me know who else I’ve missed! Thanks!
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Adorable kids. Chiew was quick to see that your expressions were inverted.
The rainy swing w/o kids is winter ? Oh man… if it’s summer…
Merci 4 the mention. You’re always game for a run thru the gautlent, Ceri. What kind of “challenge” could we think up for tesol france ? Mwah ha hahahahaha 😉
I’m sure you’ll come up with something supremely suitable 🙂
but will it be pre or post?
Oops… it was Paco that found the family facial features flip 😉 (say that 3x fast)
I’m sure he’ll forgive you the family facial features flip slip 😉
Fantastic! Love it!
I loved the pictures and the contrasts Ceri!!!
Hi Ceci! Loved yours too 🙂
Hi Ceri, what a lovely way to meet you! Your kids look lovely, and mime a perfect “weather report” while you brave it out 😉 The apple picture is great – so much to describe for those with a love of nature!
Thanks for taking up the gauntlet, and hope to meet you – perhaps next year!
Anne
Hi Anne, sorry for the delay in replying – your comment had been sent to the spam tray for some reason 😦
Love the challenge – hope we can “tweet up” in Glasgow?
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3B was on your summer holiday. Don’t know where, exactly. Northern Portugal?
Hi David! summer yes, holidays, yes – but Portugal no – it’s local – there’s a great little walk in the mountains about an hour from Cádiz, following river from one white village to another through a tunnel of fig trees – lovely shade on a hot summer’s day
The second one on the swings shows the trees with no leaves so if you are giving us a choice between summer and winter, that means those kids are swinging around in rainproofs during a “glorious” summer’s day.
I’ve got to ask, was all that bread left for the swan your doing? To make sure you got the swan in shot? Clever!
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Hi Gordon! yes, right and right!
haha … not clever enough to think of that! no, bread supplied by some other photographer I suppose 🙂
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