Activities for the week of April 22 - 26

This week you will be sharing your completed articles with me and the rest of your class. I hope you enjoyed this project!

I have a few questions about this project:

• What did you learn?
• What was the most difficult part of this assignment?
• What surprised you?
• If you were to do this project again, what would you do differently?
• What is the most interesting thing you learned in the interview?
• How did this project help you with English?

I will read your articles this week and return them to you in our next class. Our time together has passed so quickly, I can't believe our next class, after this week, will be our last! I am trying to think of how we can have fun in our last class and celebrate what we have learned. I am open to your suggestions!

Now, for class this week, after we have shared about our articles we will start talking about a place that is special to each of us.

Think about your favorite place. It can be specific like you grandmother's kitchen or general like the city of Cuenca. It can be small like the spot under a certain tree in your favorite park or big like all of Cajas National Park.

These are some of the questions we will be seeking to answer about your favorite place:

• Where is it?
• What are five words you can use to describe this place?
• What emotions do you feel when you are there?
• When did you first go to this place?
• What does this place look like? Describe it.
• What sounds do you hear when you're there?
• Is this a place you go alone or with others? If you go with others, who do you go with?
• What is special about this place for you?

After you have taken time to answer these questions, you will take this information and anything else you think is relevant, and create a brochure. This assignment may require a lot of imagination. If you chose a place like your grandmother's kitchen it may seem like a strange idea to create a brochure for it. But that's where the fun lies - I am asking you to draw upon your sense of fantasy! We'll discuss this more in class. I will bring examples of brochures and paper for you to use.