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How your town got its name .

Reasons for the establishment of the town .

Importance of your town today .

9. Write a brief biography of a local hero or well-known person.

  • You will need to include:

Personal details such as full name, date and place of birth, etc .

Reasons why he or she is well-known.

His or her connection to your town.

Anything else of interest about the person .

10. Collect statistics concerning tourists who visit your town, i.e. where they come from, why they came to this town, etc. (You can ask the local tourism body or at the municipality.)

[LO 3.1, 4.2]

Activity 3:

To work with sentences (using a range of punctuation)

To work with sentences (tenses)

[lo 6.2.6]

  • While studying tourism, it is no good ignoring language rules, so we do need to look more closely at how to use punctuation and how to use the past tense correctly.

1. Rewrite the following paragraphs filling in the capital letters and missing punctuation marks.

mr peter arendse a tourist from new york arrives in happyvale he is staying at happy farm guest house in main street on tuesday he visits the winery and the national history museum then he goes to cine 1 to see pearl harbour

he says i always enjoy touring but the san paintings on a cave wall in the happiness mountains are the most exciting thing i have ever seen

2. When you have completed this activity, write down FIVE punctuation rules that govern the changes you made.

3. When you have punctuated the paragraphs above correctly, rewrite the paragraphs in the past tense. Identify the verbs first before you start. That will make it easier!

Activity 4:

To write to communicate information

[lo 4.1]

’Have passport. Will travel’

  • When you travel abroad or to a neighbouring country, you have to have a passport. Perhaps you have never filled in a passport application form.
  • Your educator will give you an application form for a passport. Fill in the necessary details.

Assessment

Learning outcomes(LOs)

LO 1

Listening

The Learner will be able to listen for enjoyment, and respond appropriately and critically in a wide range of situations

Assessment standards(ASs)

We know this when the learner:

1.2 listens actively and carefully for specific information and main ideas, and responds appropriately.

LO 2

Speaking

The learner will be able to communicate confidently and effectively in spoken language in a wide range of situations

We know this when the learner:

2.1 communicates ideas and feelings creatively and expressively with a great degree of

confidence and with limited assistance, using a range of selected oral types;

2.2 communicates ideas, facts and opinions on challenging topics clearly and accurately and with a greater degree of coherence, using a range of factual oral text types;

2.3 demonstrates basic skills in a range of oral text types:

2.3.3 carries out interviews with members of the community using basic interview techniques.

LO 3

Reading and Viewing

The learner will be able to read and view for information and enjoyment, and respond critically to the aesthetic, cultural and emotional values in texts

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Source:  OpenStax, English home language grade 8. OpenStax CNX. Sep 11, 2009 Download for free at http://cnx.org/content/col11041/1.1
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