YouTube Video: "Differences Between City & Country" Q. - What do we mean by the City? - Examples? Q. - What do we mean by the Country? = Any area that is NOT a town or city. Examples? Q. - Is anyone in this classroom from the Country? If yes, do you miss it?

What is a farm? Is it in the Country or City? - Animals - COWS, SHEEP, LAMBS, HENS, COCKEREL - Buildings - FARMHOUSE, BARN - Food - FRUIT - strawberries, VEGETABLES - potatoes, CEREALS - wheat - Grow fruit, vegetables and cereals - Plant and Harvest CROPS - PICK fruit **********Vocabulary Bank - P.159********** - COUNTRYSIDE - the scenery IN the Country - Ss complete 1. NATURE - WC Check

SB P. 48 - Melissa from Turkey and Eric from USA - Ss complete 3a) Melissa - lake, hills and trees, picnics, - minibus to school - tennis, walks, fresh air and peace - ONE SHOP.......WELL FOR WATER.......GENERATOR FOR ELECTRICITY - MOVED TO CITY FOR WORK...........TOO MUCH CHOICE! Eric - retired to the mountains in Colorado - mountains, woods, lakes - walk dog, summer hiking, winter skiing, dinner parties, book clubs MUD TIME......SUPERMARKET FARAWAY Do they both like the Country? *************Q. Do you / your family go to the Country for holidays? Why? Why not?

City and Country - What do they have in common? PEOPLE - Men women children BUILDINGS - Houses and Shops LAND - Trees TRANSPORT - Cars, buses, motorcycles, bicycles, trucks Hospitals. Doctors? Schools? Banks? Services - Electricity, Gas, Water?

*****************Summary Writing - MAPPING********** 4 GROUPS 1. Living in the City - Positives/ Advantages 2. Living in the City - Negatives / Disadvantages 3. Living in the Country - Positives / Advantages 4. Living in the Country - Negatives / Disadvantages

Each Group presents its summaries to the Class - Agree/ Disagree? Anything to add? = QUIET / NOISE = DIRTY / CLEAN = BORING / EXCITING = CHOICE / NO CHOICE = QUALITY & QUANTITY OF SERVICES Highlight: 1. Topic 2. What things they have in common 3. Advantages and Disadvantages 4. Conclusion

4 Groups Liz - City to Country ".....I was bored with my easy city life. I wanted to live somewhere quieter, simpler. more beautiful. So, I bought a farmhouse on 50 acres of land. I thought.....I'll look after horses and grow my own food. It will be idyllic!.....But, the house I moved into was cold and dirty, I had to drive miles to get to a shop and I never fitted in because I don't think single women are accepted in the country!...And, I hated men shooting the rabbits and deer and so was always getting out of my car and criticising them for it. I was unpopular and lonely. After five years, I went back to live in London. My time in the country was like a five-year prison sentence!......" Vocabulary - 1. leaving a car = 2. start to live in a new home = 3. able to live and work well with other people = 4. unit of land - equivalent to 4050 m sq = Questions - 1. Her hopes and dreams? 2. Problems she had? 3. Why did her move to the Country fail? Rob - City to Country ".......I left London for some peace and quiet in the mountains about 8 years ago. In the beginning, people thought I was strange because I rode my bicycle everyday in the countryside. The locals thought the police had taken away my driver's licence! But over time I managed to fit in. i go to the local pub and go to different activities that the Community Halls put on - singing, film and quiz nights and garden and dance events......I have no plans to move back to the city. The rural sights, sounds of the birds singing in the sunshine and the friendly communities beat the city any day!......" Vocabulary - 1. organise an event - a play, a workshop 2. integrate , able to live and work well with other people 3. return to a place where you lived before Questions - 1. Hopes and dreams? 2. Problems he had? 3. Why was his move to the Country successful?

A British Institution - The Archers - BBC Radio soap opera - P. 51 - 7 b) and c) and d)

1. Repeated actions that started in the past and have continued till now = My family has been visiting a lot lately. 2. Repeated actions with present(now) results = tired - been working all day! 3. Talk / ask about situations that started in the past and are still happening now = I've been waiting here all day! *******************6 a) - Ss complete Check