Build
your letter
Here
are some sentences to help you:
As
you know, I live in
, a town/a village in
(Name of the town) has got approximately
inhabitants and is situated
metres
above the sea level in a/an ... area.
I like /I dont like living in ..., because ....
I like it much/not much ...
I
would
like
....
I
would
never like
...,
because
I
know
/ I dont know
Here
are some questions, which can help you complete your sentences or
going on with your letter.
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What is the name of your town/village?
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In
which region is it situated?
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Do
you like living in your town/your village/your region? Why?
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What
do you think is beautiful/not so beautiful?
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How
could you improve the negative aspects?
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What is there important, beautiful and interesting to see?
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What does your town/village offer? What can you do here?
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Which public facilities are here?
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Do
you know what tourists think about your area?
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Would you like to live in another town, another village?
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Where would you never live? Why?
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How
do you imagine the town/region where your partner lives?
Words
industrial area |
calm |
to visit, to go to see |
opposite |
crime |
old |
to do sightseeing |
next to |
climate |
wonderful |
to admire |
over |
landscape |
spacious |
to enlarge |
across |
shops |
marvellous |
to go on |
below |
power station |
fertile |
to renovate, |
behind |
waterfall |
lively |
to renew |
above |
surface |
summer-like |
to express an opinion |
straight ahead |
school district |
protected |
to take snapshots |
near |
unemployment |
full of, rich in |
to protect |
in |
pedestrian zone |
quite |
to walk |
at |
pollution |
|
to flow |
on |
monuments |
|
to enjoy |
in front of |
municipality, community |
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sports field |
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population |
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prejudice |
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mayor |
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inhabitants |
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car parks |
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green space |
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palace |
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After
writing this letter you and your partners can:
1.
gather information about your partners' town/area, read them carefully
and ask questions/curiosities you have;
2.
collect useful links of your town/area and publish or email them to
your partners so that they can explore your town/area
3.
prepare a leaflet (booklet) about your town/area called "Our
town/region viewed by the eyes of class...":
-
choose from the letter you wrote your partner one thing you like and
one thing you dislike about your town/area
-
create illustrations (either photos or drawings) for these two
things
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all
the pupils in your class will be represented in this booklet through
his/her sentences as well as the illustrations to go along with them
4.
build
web pages about your partners' town/area with the info gathered during
a chat:
-
prepare a questionnaire about your partners' town/area
-
organise a chat session or two sessions between your partner's class
and yours
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answer your partners' questions and ask them the questions you need
to build web pages about their town/area
5.
You
can organise videoconference about the topics mentioned above, if you
have that technical possibility.