THE STORY OF OUR FRIENDSHIP (EXAMPLE)

Student A: Patricia Cañas from Panama

Student B: Angela Rincon from Italy
Student C: Ximena Castro from Spain

Price: Three tickets to travel to Toronto, Canada to practice English.

Paragraph 1: Introduce each one of your partners (names and nationalities), write some facts about your
hometowns and describe the reasons why being a pen pal is a good experience.

Paragraph 2: Name some tips to keep in touch with a pen pal, write about some of the activities done to
practice English and how your English has been improving.

Paragraph 3: Write relevant information about England, its “cultural faux pas” and the places you will visit
if you win the challenge.

Hi everybody!

We are Patricia from Panama, Angela from Italy and Ximena from Spain. Patricia is 26,
Angela is 31 and Ximena is 22 years old. Brazil is located in South America and it is the
largest country there. Its official language is Portuguese (no Spanish as we used to
believe). Italy is located in Europe, its official language is Italian and its traditional dish is
called Risotto. Angela says that she prepares the most delicious Risotto. Spain is located in
Europe too and its official language is Spanish, so we have learnt some sentences in this
beautiful language.Its traditional dance is Flamenco. Ximena has also shared some videos
and she is good at dancing it! We have been friends for 6 months and we knew each other
through this website "Pen pals in funny letters". We wanted to be pen pals because we
had the same dream: to speak English very well and know about different cultures.

Let us talk about the experience of being pen pals. We have different times zones, so we
have planned a schedule once a week to have video calls through hangouts, and we have
prepared different topics to talk about (adoption, advice, aging, aliens, etc). In addition,
we have a WhatsApp group and every night we love to tell our pals about our day, and
send audios and pictures about interesting things we found during the day. Every week,
one member of the group sends the activities we should do to improve our English skills: a
book to read, a song to memorize, a tongue twister to record and send to the group. You
cannot imagine how much our English has improved. Now, we can understand movies and
songs in English, and we speak more fluently in English.
When we knew about the challenge suggested by the "pen pals in funny letters" website,
we started to read about Canada and we really enjoyed its culture. You must know many
things before traveling to this interesting country. First, you must not call them
“Americans” because they are so proud of their country and they are Canadian. When you
use public transportation, you shouldstand on the left or right of the doors and wait to see
if anyone is departing before getting on it. Also, you must try the maple syrup because the
maple tree represents Canada in many ways. If we win this challenge, we are going to visit
the Niagara Falls. They have an assortment of entertaining options for all ages (camping,
golfing, shopping, cruises, museums, theatre and live music).We are going to visit all the
amazing landmarks in Toronto as the CN Tower,the Royal Ontario Museum,the Art Gallery
of Ontario and the Bata Shoe museum, and eat in one of its best restaurants called
"Richmond Station". We want to win this challenge to know more about the Canadian
culture and to improve our English skills.

Best regards,

Patricia, Angela and Ximena.