GUESS THE SCENE!

Arnau Mollon, Queralt Martí, Norah Hervas, Laia Aragón & Fatima Ouadan

CONTEXTUALIZATION 

• Target Age: 11–12 years old (6th grade Primary Education)

• Target Language Level (CEFR): A2 

• Location: Classroom (indoors) using projector or interactive whiteboard

• Time: 20 minutes (tech showcase format)

CEFR COMPETENCIES ADDRESSED

1. Production (CEFR Companion Volume, p. 70)

   • Learners can produce a short written and oral narrative describing events and actions.

2. Interaction (CEFR Companion Volume, p. 83)

   • Learners can collaborate with a partner and interact with peers during a guessing activity.

3. Reception (CEFR Companion Volume, p. 56) (supporting)

   • Learners can understand the main idea of short oral stories told by classmates.

PREPARATION FOR THE APP TASK 

Estimated time: 15 minutes (teacher preparation, before class)

• Access Spatial via browser or app.

• Prepare a virtual classroom space with:

  • 3–4 projected images/scenes (e.g., mysterious room, park at night, empty street, strange object).

• Ensure images are open to interpretation and do not clearly show a story.

• Prepare scaffolding materials:

  • A short list of useful narrative language (past simple verbs, connectors).

  • A story frame (Beginning – Middle – Ending).

(Students do not need individual accounts; teacher controls the environment.)

TASK CYCLE DESCRIPTION

1. Pre-task (5 minutes)

Purpose: Provide scaffolding for using Spatial and for writing a story.

Technology scaffolding (Spatial):

• Teacher briefly explains and demonstrates:

  • What Spatial is.

  • How the virtual classroom works.

  • Where the images are projected and how students should observe them.

Language & writing scaffolding:

• Teacher introduces the challenge: "You will see images, but there is no story. You will create it."

• On the board, the teacher provides a simple story structure:

  • Beginning: Who? Where?

  • Middle: What happens?

  • Ending: How does it finish?

• Review key sentence starters:

  • "Once upon a time…"

  • "Then / Suddenly…"

  • "In the end…"

• Model one very short example orally (no full story).

2. Main Task (10 minutes)

Purpose: Guided writing followed by oral storytelling.

• Images are displayed in the Spatial virtual classroom.

• Students work in pairs:

  • Choose one image silently.

  • Write a short story together using the scaffold (5 minutes).

  • Join with another pair.

  • Orally tell their story without showing or naming the image.

• The listening pair discusses and guesses:

  • "We think it is image B because…"

Expected outcomes:

• One short written story per pair.

• Oral retelling of the story to peers.

• Peer guessing and justification.

3. Post-task (5 minutes)

Purpose: Assessment, reflection, and motivation.

• Class votes for: The most original story!

• Teacher gives positive, brief feedback focused on:

  • Use of narrative structure

  • Clarity of oral description

  • Collaboration

• Optional reflection question:

  • "Was it easier to speak after writing the story? Why?"