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 is the capital of italy. The
city has a population of around
2.9 million residents. In italy, you
can find the buigrand canal of
venice where you can ride boats.
Rome has a lot of traditional
buildings. In the picture, you can
see saint peters basilica. At the
center of the square is an
Egyptian obelisk.

Rome (Italy) Saint Peters Square

Sydney is the most populous city
in australias east coast. In the
pictureyou can see the sydney
opera house. The building
occupy the whole of bennelong
point in sydney harbour. This
bulding was opened in 1973 and
it became a Unesco world
heritage site in 2007. More than
eight million people. More than
eight million people visit the site
each year.
Sydney (Australia) The Sydney Opera
House
Edinburgh is the capital city of
Scotland, and It is the second
most populous city in scotland.
The city has long been known as
a centre of education, particulary
in the fields of medicine.
Scotland has a lot of mountains
and hills to people who likes to
go hiking. In the edinburgh
castle. It is a historic fortress
wich dominates the skyline of
the city of edinburgh.

Edinburgh (Scotland) Edinburgh Castle

 Dubai is the most populous city
in UAE. The city has a lot of
modern buildings. Dubai is
located in the Arabian Dessert.
In you can see the burj knalifa
tower. It is the tallest skyscraper
around the world. Outside was
designed a fpuntain system. Burj
khalifa was desgined by adrian
smith and recived many awards.

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:

1. Click on the title of this evidence.

2. Click on Examinar mi equipo and look for the file in your computer. Make
sure the file is attached.
3. Leave a comment for the instructor (optional).
4. Click Enviar.

Una vez finalice la evidencia enve al instructor el archivo a travs de la

plataforma, as:

1. D clic en el ttulo de esta evidencia.

2. D clic en el enlace Examinar mi equipo y busque el archivo en su
computador. Asegrese de adjuntar el archivo.
3. Escriba algn comentario si lo considera pertinente.
4. D clic en Enviar.

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.