Places description

April 24

In order to introduce the blog topic and write about a city, take a look at a video about New York city:





April 22

1. Listening exercise

What's the best city in your country?

Listen to 6 people speaking about the best city in their countries:
http://www.elllo.org/english/Mixer026/T044-BestCity.htm

2. Reading practice

Read and learn about different countries around the world:
http://www.timeforkids.com/around-the-world

3. Writing practice

Based on the information you investigated about your city or region, answer the following questions:

Name of the city/region	Facts
Population Currency		How many people live there? Is it crowded? Quiet? Busy? What is its currency?
Location		Where is it located? What’s its department?
Landscape		Are there mountains, hills, forests, lakes, rivers, beaches? What is its landscape like?
Weather		What is its weather like? Is it cold, cool, warm, hot, windy, sunny, snowy, rainy?
Tourist attractions		What kind of interesting places can a person find in your city? Are there any famous sights, places, buildings, museums? What do you like the most about your city?
Food		What kind of food do people eat in this city? What is its typical food?
Music		What kind of music do people listen? Who are the most famous singers in the country?
Sports		What are the main sports practiced by people?
Festivals		What do people celebrate? How do people celebrate?
Art Religion		What kind of art does the city have? What is or are their religions?
History		Important facts in its history

April 8

Today we are going to start the topic of places description and the first place we are going to describe is Medellin

What’s your hometown like?  

A.      What’s your hometown like?  Pair the adjectives and write them in the right place.

big – expensive - boring - small – calm – cheap - busy – traditional – horrible - modern – old – new – dirty – clean– crowded – cosmopolitan - lively –– noisy – polluted

POSITIVE	NEGATIVE

B.       Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

1. Prices are very high in Medellín. Everything is pretty ________ here.

2. Rome is a beautiful old city. There are not many ____________ buildings

3. My hometown is not an exciting place. The nightlife there is pretty ___________.

4.  Some parts of our city are fairly dangerous. They’re not very ___________late at night.         

5. Athens is a very quiet city in the winter. The streets are never ____________that time of the year.