Tuesday, September 30, 2014

BECOME A TOUR GUIDE; WRITING ACTIVITY


Below you will see links to virtual tours of various museums, historical cities and sites. Watch them carefully and become the tour guide. Before you start, watch the sample animated virtual tour of a tech museum. 

Sample
·         “Part one: a guided tour of the tech virtual museum” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUDmAiUDiuU

Note to the student:
Naturally you are not expected to produce the kind of description a native speaker would, but you are
expected to use the limited English you know to the full extent to accurately convey the correct impression .

Click the first link and read the beginning to the description below; then continue in the same way: The Smithsonian Natural is a natural history museum. It is in the USA. It has three floors: the ground floor, the first floor and the second floor. On the ground floor there is…… On the second floor there is a rotunda. The rotunda has a marble (stone) floor. In the middle of the rotunda, there is an elephant. There are doors all round the rotunda. If you turn left,….

Now, select your venue and take the visitors on a tour
1.       Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History – virtual tour http://www.mnh.si.edu/vtp/1-desktop/ 
3.               100 Incredible & Educational Virtual Tours You Don’t Want to Miss



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