• a list of vocabulary items corresponding to elements in the picture
• some suggested lesson topics and grammar points for which the picture might be useful. (These categories are summarized at the bottom of the page.)

We also have suggestions for ways to use certain pairs or groups of pictures.

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• Part 2

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Photo (Thumbnail)	Vocabulary Items	Topics	Grammar Points
	accordian, balcony, door, dress, to earn money, gate, to give money, to go, man, old/young, pants, poor/rich, shirt, shoes, to sit, street, vest, window, woman	musical instruments -accordian; occupations -amateur vs. professional; urban/rural -urban;	aspect; chodzic-przechodzic, siedziec-przesiedziec
	ambulance, blue, car, to drive, hospital, lights (on car), to park, patients, sign, street, white	colors - blue, white; parts of a car - door, windshield, lights, etc.; transportation -ambulance;	plural nouns; verbs -plural endings;
	brick, building, drugstore, frieze, new/old, shop, shop window, signs, vending machine	architecture -old style; materials -brick; shopping - going to the drugstore; urban/rural -urban;	conditional;
	to bake, bakery, to buy, drodzowe, jagodzianki, packzi, pastry, prices, to sell, signs-Polish, window	food - cakes, pastries; numbers -prices (examples); shopping -going to the bakery;	conditional;
	automated teller machine (ATM), bank, blue, man: arms, belly, head, etc., pants, PKO bank, pigeons, shirt, signs-Polish	architecture -modern style; event/process -going to the bank; urban/rural -urban;	conditional;
	bankomat, convenient, easy, fast, money	culture -modern life; shapes -square;	conditional;
	baby, to baptize, candles, church, cross, eyeglasses, father, godmother, to hold, to listen, mother, paintings, to pray, priest, to read, to stand, to talk	ceremonies -baptism; clothing -blouse, skirt, coat, trousers, shirt, shorts, priest's vestments, shoes; colors -of clothing: dark blue, beige, white, flowered print; culture -religious practices; family -mother, father, child, godmother; occupations -priest;	tense -present;
	black, blue, brown, to choose, entrance, menu, to order, purse, red, shorts, sidewalk, sign, street number, take-out, white, woman	colors; food; names -family (last) names; shopping; urban/rural -urban;
	beverages, gofry, menu, pizza, popcorn, roasted chicken, sandwich, zapiekanka	food -menu choices--foreign vs. traditional; numbers -prices on menu (new money);	borrowings; cognates; numbers -examples;
	arch, big, books, door, girl, hanging lamp, hanging sign, high, library, long, low, posters, round, sidewalk, steps, windows	architecture; clothing -shorts, T-shirt; colors -red, gray, white, blue; old/new -old; shapes -arch, oval, rectangle	gerundive adjectives -hanging, standing, leaning;
	signs -Polish;		case;
	big, building, blue, bus, city, expensive/cheap, hotel, lamp, rich/poor, taxi, tourists, traffic, white	transportation; tourism; urban/rural -urban;	adjectives -(opposites); aspect;
	birthday, birthday boy (solenizant), to blow, bowls, boy, cakes, candles, girl, to light, mug, plates, to sit, to stand, tablecloth, woman	celebrations -birthday; clothing -scarf, shirt, sweater, T-shirt; family; how-many? -candles;
	art, barbican, bronze, bust, chimney, clouds, fish, mermaid, roof, sculpture, sky, sword, tail, trees, tower, TV antenna, wall, woman	culture; historical elements -barbican, mermaid; weather -warm, nice;
	building, bus, to drive, lamp, numbers, open/close, passengers, red, to ride (a bus), to stop, street, windows, yellow	colors -red, yellow; numbers; transportation -bus; urban/rural -urban;	case;
	butcher, to buy, cold cuts, customers, door, entrance, to hang, meat, to sell, shop, to shop	food -cold cuts, meat; occupations -butcher; shopping -going to the butcher;
	birthday cakes (ciasta i torty), cakes, to display, refrigerator, shelves, to show	celebrations; food -cakes; how-many? -cakes, shelves;	comparatives -higher, lower; locatives/spatial relations;
	baskets, boxes, to buy, cars, cherries, to choose, dark/light, empty/full, farm-fresh, fruit, registration plates (car), scale, to sell, shade, shadow, sidewalk, street market, summer, vendor, to weigh, woman	food -fruit, cherries; letters -examples; numbers -examples; occupations -farmer, vendor; seasons -summer; shopping -going to the street market;	plural nouns; quantities;
	black, chair, Christmas, colorful, curtains, decorations (toys, chains), green, to hang, to kneel, jewelry, living room, presents, radiator, to stand, sweater, tree, window	culture - holiday traditions; holidays -Christmas; house -living room;	locatives/spatial relations - center, on the left, on the right;
	blonde, blouse, blue, children (3), clock, closed/open, corner, pants, people, purse, red, tall, tourists, t-shirt, white, windows, woman	architecture -Old City, old vs. new; clothing; how-many?-children; physical appearance; urban/rural -urban;	plural nouns; verbs -plural endings;
	camera, carriage, castle, cobblestone street, to drive, entrance, horse, jacket, pants, people, purse, to see, skirt, sky, summer, tourists, tower, to visit, to walk, warm, windows	historic elements -Old City, castle; occupations -carriage driver; pastimes -sightseeing; seasons -summer; tourism; transportation; urban/rural -urban; weather;	plural nouns (czlowiek-ludzie); verbs -plural endings;
	dress, flower, girl, long, purse,to smile, to stand, white	clothing- communion dresses; how many-girls; traditions-first communion;	locatives-right, left; plural nouns; directions -left, right; locatives/spatial relations -next to, near
	boots, busy, chair, class, computer, to help, jean-shirt, keyboard, to look, mouse, screen, to sit, skirt, student, sweater, table, teacher, to turn, to type, to work;	clothing -boots, jean-shirt, skirt, sweater; computer equipment -mouse, keyboard, screen; how-many? -students; occupations -student, teacher; pastimes -studying; school activities -computer science;	plural nouns verbs -plural endings; tense
	building, car, to cross, crosswalk, to drive, high/low, lamp, narrow/wide, to park, pink, red, roof, signs, street, stripes, tower, to walk, white, woman	colors; how-many? -towers; transportation; tourism; urban/rural -urban;	aspect; tense;
	adult, child (2), clothing, dog (2) (Owczarki Podhalanskie), green, harness, man, mountains, multi-colored, to pull, recreation, red, resort (Zakopane), to sit, sled, to sled, snow, to stand, tourism, tourists, vacation, white, winter	animals -dog (domestic); clothing -coats, hats, headband; geography -Tatra Mountains; how-many? -dogs, children, people; parts of a dog -ears, nose, paws, tail; seasons -winter; tourism -mountain resort; weather -snow, cold;	plural nouns; number -cardinal numbers; verbs -plural endings;
	bakery, to buy, to display, pastry, poppy seeds, price, to sell, sweets, yeast	food -baked goods, pastry; money -price of one piece; shopping -going to the bakery;	abbreviations (examples); case; numbers -price (example);
	box, to buy, to carve, carvings, to display, figurines, folk art, to hang, pants, sculptor, to sell, shelves, sidewalk, to sit, stripes,T-shirt;	clothing -pants, striped T-shirt; culture -contemporary folk art; occupations -sculptor;	tense -present;

Grouping Suggestions

• Comparisons: traditions and celebrations
• Similarities and differences: urban vs. rural
• Similarities and differences: seasons
• Pastimes
• Picture series: shopping trip
• Occupations

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