Week 6 - Task: Assignment - Places in Town

 Due May 2 by 11:59pm

 Points 20

 Submitting a file upload

 Attempts 1

 Allowed Attempts 1

 Available Apr 30 at 12:05am - May 2 at 11:59pm 3 days

This assignment was locked May 2 at 11:59pm.

Hello! Now it's time for you to do the Task for this week. I invite you to check the
instructions below. Remember that if you need to review a topic, you can
always go back as many times as you need. Keep in mind that you have to
present this homework during week 6.
 

1. Lesson Outcome
Through this activity, students, in pairs, write an email to a friend telling him/her
about “What is there in your town?” 
 

2. Description

 Step 1: Get into pairs.
 Step 2: In pairs, choose the place you are going to describe.
o Make a list of the public places around the city you have
chosen. 
o Divide the public places in singular and plural to use the
correct grammar.
o E.g: "There is a hospital." / "There are some parks."
 Step 3: Look at the grammar tense about There is/There
are, There isn’t/There aren’t to write the description.
o Use the vocabulary about public places, set phrases,
quantifiers (some, any, many, a lot, ...) from this lesson. 
o Write the email in an informal way.
 Step 4: Write your first email draft. 


o Remember to answer the question “What is there in your
town?” in your email. 
o Remember to use the correct spelling of the words and
proper punctuation.
o Use capital letters when necessary.
 Step 5: It’s time to write your email, remember to write complete sentences
(Subject + verb + complement). 
 Step 6: Once you have checked the file, upload it in PDF format to the
Canvas platform. 

3. Materials to be used

 Grammar: There is/There are, There isn’t/There aren’t. 

 Vocabulary: public places, set phrases, quantifiers (some, many, a
lot, ...) 
 Study materials of the week
 Dictionary Cambridge
online: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ (Links to an
external site.)   
 Englisch-Hilfen: https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/ (Links to an
external site.)   
 All things Grammar: https://www.allthingsgrammar.com/present-
simple.html (Links to an external site.) 

4. Presentation
  Number of participants: 2 (pairs)
 Format: PDF file 
 Text length: 60-80 words 
 Channel: Online - Delivery in Canvas 
 Deadline: Sunday of Week 6

 
De acuerdo al artículo 46 del Reglamento de Disciplina, toda evidencia de plagio, durante o
posterior a la evaluación, anulará el resultado de la evaluación.

Se considera plagio a la copia de información parcial o total de fuentes de información o de

páginas de internet, así como a la copia del trabajo de otro grupo, estudiante, docente, o
consulta a persona externa a la universidad.

En los casos a que se refiere el párrafo anterior, si se comprueba la falta, el estudiante obtiene
la calificación de “cero anulado” (0A) como nota final del curso, sin perjuicio de recibir la
sanción disciplinaria correspondiente.