Rite of Passage

Photo Prompts

Int – Adv
Teens & Adults
Grades 6–12

A picture is worth a thousand words. Look at this photo from the Associated Press of Brazilian Indigenous girls and boys at a coming-of-age ceremony.

Use the photo in class with your students to draw comparisons, brainstorm vocabulary, and make predictions. You can also assign a writing or speaking task based on the photo prompt. You may want to teach some of the suggested vocabulary below.

Focus

authentic materials
topic-based
writing
speaking
Brazil
Indigenous
productive

Vocabulary

Indigenous
ritual
coming of age
tradition
adolescence
puberty
transition
maturity
A spinning paper plane