Learning activity 4 / Actividad de aprendizaje 4

Evidence: describing cities and places / Evidencia: Describiendo

ciudades y lugares

You are going to see images of five cities and their landmarks. Write a
paragraph describing each city and country it belongs and the landmark shown.
Use the vocabulary from the box for the descriptions. The first one is done for
you as an example. / A continuacin ver imgenes de cinco ciudades y sus
lugares representativos. Escriba un prrafo describiendo cada ciudad, el pas al
que pertenece y el lugar mostrado. Use el vocabulario dentro del recuadro para
las descripciones. La primera ha sido hecha como ejemplo.

Note: We recommend to do some research on the places to be described

before writing the paragraphs. / Nota: recomendamos hacer una pequea
investigacin sobre los lugares antes de escribir los prrafos.

a statue / a cathedral / a bridge / a river / modern buildings / boats / a

harbour / mountains / a fountain / a canal / desert / a hill / a castle /
traditional buildings / an obelisk / a square / a shopping mall / a monument /
a tower.

New York is a big city in the

United States (North
America). It takes thousand of
visitors every year. The city
has a population of around 8
million people. There is a lot
to see and do in New York.
You can visit the Central Park,
the Metropolian museum and
Times Square. In the picture
you can see the Statue of
Liberty, a monumet built
between 1875 and 1986. It is
93 meters tall. The statue is
New York (USA) The Statue of Liberty
located on Liberty Island in
the Hudson River.

Rome (Italy) Saint Peters Square
Sydney (Australia) The Sydney Opera
House
Rome is a city of Italy. It took
miles of visitors every year. The
city has monuments, a cathedral
and traditional buildings, There
is much to see and do in Rome.
You can visit the Vatican City,
the Roman Coliseum. In the
image you can see St. Peter's
Square, open between 1656 and
1667. Rome is not a destination
at all: 2000 years ago, its only
mention made the inhabitants of
the known world tremble. The
Empire that forged the cradle of
our civilization. If before you
visit, you review your knowledge
of Julio Cesar, Augustus, Nero,
Caracalla.
Sydney is a large city in Australia. It
took miles of visitors every year.
The city has a harbor, traditional
and modern buildings, There is
much to see and in Sydney
monuments, cathedrals and
monuments. In the picture you can
see Sydney opera, which opened
on October 20, 1973. It is home to
the company Opera Australia, the
Sydney Theater Company and the
Sydney Symphony Orchestra. It is
located in southeastern Australia, a
shore of Jackson Bay. The city was
built around the port of Jackson,
comprising the port of Sydney. In
the city stands the Sydney Opera
House, the Sydney Harbor Bridge
and its beaches. The metropolitan
area is surrounded by national
parks that contain bays and rivers.
The city has hosted international
athletes such as the
Commonwealth Games of 1938,
the Olympic Games in Sydney 2000

Edinburgh (Scotland) Edinburgh Castle
Dubai (United Arab Emirates) The Burj
Khalifa
Fuente de imgenes: Fotolia (s.f.)
When you finish your work, send the file to your instructor through the platform
as follows:
Edinburgh is a city of Scotland. It
took miles of visitors every year.
The city has monuments, a
castle and traditional buildings,
There is plenty to see and do in
Edinburgh. You can visit its
International Festival, the festival
of performances in the largest
life in the world, and other
summer festivals developed
more or less simultaneously. In
the photo you can see
Edinburgh Castle, built in the
12th century. The earliest
knowledge they have of
settlements in the Edinburgh
area dates back to Roman
times. The children's room, the
monks who could leave the
monastery to work or other tasks
entrusted by their superiors
Dubai is a city in the United Arab
Emirates. It took miles of visitors
every year. The city has modern
buildings, a desert, a shopping
center and a tower. There is so
much to see and do in Dubai,
you can visit Burj Khalifa, the
largest building in the world.
Although the excavations at
Hatta, Al Qusais and Jumeirah
indicate that the area was 3000
years before Christ, there is no
mention of Dubai until 1833, the
year in which the Flasa tribe,
Led by the Maktoum family,
settled on the outskirts of Dubai
Creek, the natural estuary that
stretches over 10 kilometers on
the land.
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Note: This evidence is an individual activity. Remember to check the learning

guide in order to know if you have done all the assigned activities, know how to
develop them and deliver them correctly.

Nota: esta evidencia es de carcter individual. Recuerde revisar la gua de

aprendizaje con el fin de verificar que ha realizado todas las actividades
propuestas, saber cmo desarrollarlas y entregarlas correctamente.

Criterio de evaluacin
Describe lugares, ciudades y pases teniendo en cuenta el vocabulario y
contexto requerido.