Final phase: Reflection
SESSIONS 7 & 8
Activity 7 (in pairs)
Read the negative review of The Big Ben in London. Write a positive review in the space at the right using opposite obligation verbs and words. To organise your writing, you can use the table below.
Activity 8 (in pairs)
Select should, shouldn’t, must, mustn’t or have to where necessary.
How can we say the underlined sentence above using a modal verb in English?
¿Qué verbo modal has usado en la oración “If you have a pet, you…”. ¿Por qué? Razona brevemente tu respuesta.
Now you write! (in pairs)
Think of a place that you have visited. Write a review following these steps:
A. We plan:
1) Which place (attraction, museum, building, hotel, etc.) will you review?
2) Select pictures of this place. Scan them or download them from the Internet and save them in your computer.
3) Select a picture for your reviewer identity: an avatar, animal, your face… Scan or download them from the Internet and save them in your computer.
4) Set readers in context:
When did you visit the place?
What's its location (city, region, country, …)?
How did you get there (by plain, bus, car…)?
5) Mention some characteristics. Use the tables below.
Useful expressions: This place is famous / popular, because…; This place is famous because of its history…
Useful expressions: There is a… / There are…; You can find…
6) Mention what you did there. Write brief notes in the space below.
B. We write:
7) Write all the information in 2) as an Introduction to your review:
8) Is your evaluation positive? Negative? Use the information in 3) and 4) to write positive or negative words about the place and what you did there. Look at the examples.
9) Use should, shouldn’t, must, mustn’t and have to in order to advice, strongly recommend or direct readers to visit or not to visit the place.
10) Write a brief conclusion: How was your experience in general? Will you come back?
C. Put all the information together in this template and revise your writing.
¿Qué hemos aprendido?...
Complete the text by selecting one option within the parentheses.
