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 and of
the Lazio region. With 2.9 million
residents in 1,285 km2 (496.1 sq
mi), it is also the country's largest
and most populated comune and
fourth-most populous city in the
European Union by population
within city limits. The
Metropolitan City of Rome has a
population of 4.3 million residents

Rome (Italy) Saint Peters Square

Is the state capital of New South
Wales and the most populous city
in Australia and Oceania. Located
on Australia's east coast, the
metropolis surrounds the world's
largest natural harbour, and
sprawls towards the Blue
Mountains to the west.[8]
Residents of Sydney are known as
"Sydneysiders". Sydney is the
second official seat and second
official residence of the Governor-
Sydney (Australia) The Sydney Opera General of Australia and the Prime
House Minister of Australia.
is the capital city of Scotland and
one of its 32 local government
council areas. Located in Lothian
on the Firth of Forth's southern
shore, it is Scotland's second most
populous city and the seventh
most populous in the United
Kingdom. The 2014 official
population estimates are 464,990
for the city of Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Scotland) Edinburgh Castle

 Is the most populous city in the
United Arab Emirates. It is located
on the southeast coast of the
Persian Gulf and is the capital of
the Emirate of Dubai, one of the
seven emirates that make up the
country. Abu Dhabi and Dubai are
the only two emirates to have veto
power over critical matters of
national importance in the
country's legislature.

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.