Panic on the streets of London...

You are going to spend a week in London evaluating tourist locations for an end of year study trip.

Here is a list of things you want to do while you are there. Follow the links and fill in the table.

Half Day Outings

London Eye

http://www.londoneye.com/

The British Museum

http://www.britishmuseum.org/

The Tower of London

http://www.hrp.org.uk/TowerOfLondon/ (including Crown Jewels)

Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum

http://www.madametussauds.com/london/

The Natural History Museum

http://www.nhm.ac.uk//

The Tate Modern Art Gallery

http://www.tate.org.uk/


Full day

Kew Gardens

http://www.kew.org/

Camden Market

http://www.camden-market.org/

For each location say:

1. What day you will visit.
2. How much you will have to pay to get in.
3. Which Tube station you will travel to (nearest to location), and the zone it is in.

What will you do on the other days? (2 full days / 4 half days / 1 full day 2 half days)

1. Search the web for other things to do in London.
2. What is the total cost?

Strange Things

Hi all! Thanks for coming to class instead of travelling somewhere nicer and far ;)

Today we have a very interesting and original topic to write about. This is one of the ones you chose yourselves the other day when we voted, remember?

Today's topic is: Something Peculiar!!

Now, for writing this topic we'll all have to help each other by suggesting places on the Internet where we can find peculiar things to write about. I remember Simonkey said he knew a website, but I forgot to write the name down (merf!) so I really hope you are in class today Simonkey!!! Because this is your fault!!!!! (kidding! we love the topic, don't we?)

I found a couple of websites with peculiar photos to write about:

http://ffffound.com/

http://www.soygik.com/fotografia-increible/

http://www.fayerwayer.com/2011/01/aficionados-descubren-increibles-fotos-espaciales-en-archivo-de-la-eso/
http://chileantroll.tumblr.com/
http://listverse.com/

OK, maybe they're not THAT peculiar, but you can write about them anyway... and of course, you can also write about peculiar pieces of news/facts you've heard/seen, whatever peculiar comes to your mind, whatever you already know... For example, I wanted to write about that chicken head that appeared in some McNuggets, but then I thought it could be disgusting so I censored myself...

And REMEMBER:

- Write at least 200 words.

- Post comments on 3 of your classmates blog entries.

I'll be around!

D.

Down in Albion

When I was 16 all I wanted in my whole life was to learn English, go to England and work there doing the dishes at some bar or restaurant. Seriously, with my friend Veronica we used to daydream about this (well, I'm not sure she daydreamed about the 'washing the dishes' part, because she's never liked doing dishes in the first place, but she certainly dreamed about being there with me).

We were so silly, really, because we had this strange idea that life there would be different and more fun than life here (as if there were no Sundays in England or something) and that we would meet Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, and Thom Yorke so easily just because we were Chilean, hence, exotic (yeah, right) and we would have their thousand babies and all.

Well, our original plan didn't really include the washing the dishes bit as part of our goal, really. What we wanted to achieve once there was higher education and stuff. We wanted to study filmmaking and become film directors and make movies and meet Ewan McGregor and have his babies also (OK. We didn't really want to have their babies, but we wouldn't have minded...) I know we were kind of desperate back then, but that's one of the things that can happen when you study at a girls school... among other things I'm not going to discuss here. :P

For us, England was a dream. We were young and shallow (the latter I still am, though), we didn't care about imperialism, we thought our lives would change if we spoke English, we wanted to go to England and visit all those places we'd heard about...

I think we were stupid, really, but one is allowed to be stupid when she's in her teens, I think... so I don't feel embarrased about it at all.

Now, what you have to do today is tell us what place you'd like to visit. In your post, try to include the following ideas:

- Which place would you like to go to? (Double 'duh!') Why?
- What do you know about it?
- What would you like to do there?
- Would you like to study/work/live there? Explain.

Compulsory elements in the post:
- Word Count: 200 words.
- A photo/video/anything catchy related to the topic.

Also, remember to make comments on 3 of your classmates’ posts.

One Way or Another

Hi all! Today we have two topics for you to choose from and I want you to think very carefully about which one you'll do.

I could say lots of things about any of them, but I want to know what you have to say about them, so please, write on!!

But firts you have to choose a topic, of course. They are:

Post 1 (Instructions).

Write about a career-related website that you enjoy visiting.

You should:

- provide a link

- describe the website (sections, features,etc)

- say how often you visit the site

- explain why you like the site.

* Add comments to at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs

* Word Count: 180 - 200

My favourite career-related website is howjsay.com (it's a great website!! Check it out ;))

Post 2 (Instructions)

Who is a person/expert on your field that you admire?

Say:

-Who she/he is.(short biography)

-What she/he has done. (examples of their work)
-Why you like her/him.-Include his/her image

* Add comments to at least 3 of your classmates’ blogs

* About 180 -200 words please