Lesson 3

What things do you like about culture? What things do you like about nature?

1. Which archeological sites have you visited? Do you find them interesting? Why? Why not?

Discuss with the whole group. 2. Look at this diagram. Discuss in pairs the type of information it gives. 3. Find and circle words used to make descriptions in the diagram. 4. Listen to the conversation and follow the information in the diagram.

What are the people in the conversation doing when they speak of the two places? Share your ideas with a partner. 5. In pairs, discuss the question: What type of information is in the overlapping part of the circles? 6. Look at the pictures. Write sentences to describe each in your notebook.

Pairs

Teotihuacan In Mexico Building started around 2000 years ago Pre-Colombian people. Monumental buildings Annual festival to celebrate the spring equinox

archeological site religious and ceremonial center connection with worship of the sun and moon gods built by ancient peoples, whose name, religious beliefs and language we don´t know Thousands of people visit every year

Stonehenge In England

Building started around 5000 years ago Prehistoric people Monumental stones Site covers around Annual festival to celebrate the summer solstice

Pairs Track 19 Pairs

Oaxaca Merida

7. Exchange descriptions with a partner. Read about the cities and write sentences to describe them in your notebooks.

8. Use your sentences from activities 6 and 7 to compare the two cities in your notebooks.

Pairs

Oaxaca Merida

Oaxaca is a colonial city with approximately 400,000 inhabitants. It has hundreds of churches and monasteries. Two famous colonial buildings are the Santo Domingo Church and the Basilica de la Soledad. Oaxaca is a beautiful city with an attractive central square. Every year there is a festival called the Guelaguetza. It is held in the summer and features Oaxacan music and dance. From the city you can easily make day trips to the archeological sites of Monte Alban and Mitla, centers for the Zapotec civilization. Also from here you can easily get to coastal resorts like Huatulco and Puerto Escondido. Merida is a colonial city of approximately 950,000 people. It is full of beautiful colonial buildings, including the cathedral de San Ildefonso - the oldest church in the Americas. It can get incredibly hot in Merida, so it’s good to go swimming in one of the many cenotes around the city. Cenotes make great natural swimming pools. A popular festival in Merida is the Merida Fest. Every January it celebrates the founding of the city with dance, theater, music, poetry reading and art.

Merida is the perfect city from which to explore Mayan archeological sites like Uxmal and Chichen Itza. You can also get to the coastal resorts of Cancun and Cozumel easily from the town.

Pairs

Step 3

Comparative Diagram

• Let's go on with the comparative diagram.

Get into your teams. Get out the information you researched last time. Write sentences to describe cultural aspects and sentences to describe natural aspects of the two places.

You will use them to make the comparisons in your diagram,

Decide what kind of diagram you are going to use to present your information in. Plan your diagram on a piece of paper.

Check that you have included all the information your need and it is in the correct section. Make a clean version of the diagram on a large piece of construction paper. Practice presenting the information orally using your diagram. Put your diagram away for the Show and Tell session.

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Facts

Track 30 Four Days in July Read pages112 to 117. What do you think makes visiting a new place a perfect experience? Why?