ACRONYMS & SMILEYS

asap = as soon as possible

cu = see you
lol = laughing out loud
 = happy
Rebecca-Matthews@hotmail.co.uk  = unhappy
;-) = winking smile
xoxo = hugs and kisses

News

Hiya Becky!
How are you? Did you have a nice time in Spain? What did you do there? Are you back in London yet?
I’m finally back home but we had such a great time in France that I would have loved to stay there another week!
We stayed in a cosy Bed & Breakfast in Nice, just 5 minutes away from the nearest beach  ! We spent a lot of
time visiting Nice and its area, but we also went to Marseilles and Monaco. We went scuba diving once and it was
incredible! We also went to Antibes’s Marineland and we saw killer whales, sea lions, polar bears... I even had the
chance to touch and feed a dolphin!!! And obviously we spent a lot of time on the beach: we had a wonderful
weather and you wouldn’t believe how tanned I am now!!! lol
On our way to Nice we stopped in Lyon: Mum had studied there for a year when she was at University and she
was happy to guide us around the city. And on our way back we stopped in Paris for a couple of days: I wish we
had stayed longer, Paris is such a beautiful city and there’s so much to visit... Of course James and Maggie wanted
to go to Disneyland so we spent a day there, but I wish we had visited Paris instead: I wanted to go to Versailles
and visit the Louvre Museum but we didn’t have time... 
I took so many pictures, I only sent you a few but I swear i’ll show you the rest asap. Call me when you get back!!!
I’ve got so much to tell you!!! And I’m dying to know all about your holiday in Spain! What about coming over
next week and we’ll spend all night chatting ;-)
Got to go, cu soon
Love,
Katie xoxo
Before reading:
1) Look at the text, what type of text is it? It’s an email
2) Look at the pictures next to the text and imagine what this email is about. We can see the Eiffel Tower, a beach and a city; the
pictures look like postcards so the person who is sending this email is probably talking about their holiday in France.
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1 reading:
3) Read the text and underline all the names of people and places you find.
4) Classify all the names you underlined into this chart:

People Katie, James, Maggie, Mum Rebecca-Matthews@hotmail.co.uk = Becky

Spain
Places
London

5) Pair work: use the names in the chart you completed and write a summary of this email. Katie is sending an email to her friend
Becky. She talks about her family’s holiday in France: she went to Lyon, Nice, Marseilles, Monaco, Antibes and Paris. They also
went to Disneyland, but didn’t visit Versailles and the Louvre museum. In Katie’s email we learn that Becky spent her holiday in
Spain and that both girls live in London.
2nd reading:
6) Look at the layout of Katie’s email and sum up in a few words the content of each paragraph

Hello Hiya Becky!

Questions How are you? Did you have a nice time in Spain? What did you do there? Are you back in London yet?

The South of France I’m finally back home but we had such a great time in France that I would have loved to stay there another week! We stayed in a cosy
Bed & Breakfast in Nice, just 5 minutes away from the nearest beach  ! We spent a lot of time visiting Nice and its area, but we also
went to Marseilles and Monaco. We went scuba diving once and it was incredible! We also went to Antibes’s Marineland and we saw
killer whales, sea lions, polar bears... I even had the chance to touch and feed a dolphin!!! And obviously we spent a lot of time on the
beach: we had a wonderful weather and you wouldn’t believe how tanned I am now!!! lol

Lyon and Paris On our way to Nice we stopped in Lyon: Mum had studied there for a year when she was at University and she was happy to guide us
around the city. And on our way back we stopped in Paris for a couple of days: I wish we had stayed longer, Paris is such a beautiful city
and there’s so much to visit... Of course James and Maggie wanted to go to Disneyland so we spent a day there, but I wish we had visited
Paris instead: I wanted to go to Versailles and visit the Louvre Museum but we didn’t have time... 

friendship I took so many pictures, I only sent you a few but I swear i’ll show you the rest asap. Call me when you get back!!! I’ve got so much to tell
you!!! And I’m dying to know all about your holiday in Spain! What about coming over next week and we’ll spend all night chatting ;-)

Bye Got to go, cu soon

Love,
Katie xoxo