What is the possible use of pictures at English lessons?

What is the possible use of pictures at English lessons?
Pictures used for communication (speaking)
Pictures used for writing
Pictures used for presenting and drilling new vocabulary
Pictures illustrate stories
Pictures demonstrate an extra visual dimension to what learners are reading/listening
Pictures used for presenting grammar
Pictures motivate to do grammar exercises
Pictures used for games

What are the criteria to choose pictures for the lesson? A good picture should be of high technical quality
Learners should enjoy working with pictures
The content of a picture should be informative
Every picture should be relevant to learners and engage their interests.
Pictures should represent a range of burning questions appropriate for discussions
Pictures should suggest making predictions

Think of all possible W-questions which you can ask about the picture without looking at it. Your partners will help you to get answers.

Look at the picture for a while and write your opinion about it on a piece of paper. Pass it to another student.
A Hacker`s Nightmare

substitution
lifestyle

Describe the picture and tell 2 stories

Which of the 3 quotes matches the picture. Choose one and give your reasons.
“Why does a woman work ten years to change a man, then complain he's not the man she married?”
― Barbra Streisand
“The difference between the love of a man and the love of a woman is that a man will always give reasons for loving, but a woman gives no reasons for loving.”
― Fulton J. Sheen, Life is Worth Living
“Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed.”
― Albert Einstein

How useful is using of this picture in connection with the exercise.

What is wrong with her look?
These shoes are too big for her. S |be |too|adj

Rebus story

What is a droodle?
A droodle is a combination of a doodle and a riddle
Pirate chicken with a false leg. Aaaarrrggghh.
The local cactus gathering.
Winter on the left, summer on the right.
The Snowy Owl lost a snow shoe.

Fat man smoking a pipe in a soft bed.
Two worms sunbathing on a desert island.
A paper clip playing hide and seek.
Four elephants sniffing an orange.
A smartly dressed elevator.

Invent your own droodle