My town

Huétor-Tájar

Hi Helen!

Thanks for your e-mail. How are things? I hope you´re well. Sorry, I haven´t written for ages, I’ve been working really hard. In your last e-mail you asked me about my home town and how it has changed over time.

Huétor-Tájar is a rather plain town without historical buildings, it only has a towel and a church. However it´s a clean, quiet, modern and lively town, where you can find everything you look for. In addition, it´s well connected, it´s as far from Antequera as from Granada.

My town used to be more boring than now. It´s got a famous medieval fair and living nativity scene. The most famous is a stunning monumental nativity scene which changes every Christmas. Moreover, my town´s fair is celebrated twice a year. I hope you´ll be able to come someday. We´ll have a great time.

Years ago, people used to be poor farmers, but things were improving and people who had had to emigrate came back. As a result, Huétor´s far bigger than before and it´s some factories in the outskirts. Actually, I´ve worked in one of them. It´s so good to work in my town, isn´t it?

I must go now, I´m looking forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,

Rosa.

My town

Salar

Hi Peter,

You asked me to tell you something about my home town. Although Salar isn’t a big town, it isn’t one of the smallest towns in Granada. It has a population about 2,700. In the last years, my town has changed a lot. At present, it is bigger than before and the houses in the suburbs are newer and more modern than the houses in the town centre.

Recently, an ancient roman villa has been discovered in Salar, it’s probably the most important villa in the east of Andalusia. We also have other interesting places such as The Bañuelo, one underground spring, or historic monuments, for example the Arab Tower and St. Ana’s church.

On the other hand, if you walk in the countryside, you’ll be able to see some farms and cottages, because the main activity in Salar is the agriculture, there haven’t been built factories there.

And to finish, I tell you that Salar is a very nice place where you can live because this is a quieter place than the city, the air is very clean and its people are friendlier.

Make sure you write soon, and tell me about your home city.

All the best,

Antonio.

My town

Tocón

Hi Lisa,

Thanks for your last email. It was wonderful to hear from you! You asked me to tell you something about my home town. Tocón is a tiny town, it has less than one thousand people. This isn’t a big problem because it’s near Granada. I’ve been living in a lively Barcelona since I was 22 years old.

My hometown has enormous olive fields and it also has asparagus fields. Nowadays, this area is the largest producer of green asparagus. For these reasons, it’s a good option to visit a quiet and historic town.

My town is special because people can go for a walk, cycling or another sport in the countryside but, some people must visit the town centre where there is a square where there is an immigrant statue or antique drinking fountains of animals.

Recently, there is a change: years ago there were more people in my town than now.  I don’t like this change,  but I can’t do anything.

Anyway, write back soon. Don’t forget to tell me about your home town or another thing.

Best wishes,

Margarita.

A1- Writing: Visiting Mérida

I’m visiting the Roman city of Mérida.

This is a very beautiful place.

We are seeing its Roman amphitheater.

I'm walking in this old city and it is really exciting.

All monuments are well preserved.

My family and I are taking a lot of photos.

At the top of the aqueduct there are storks.

The new city and the old city are both together.

This place is really nice.

                                    María Del Carmen Fuentes Alba, 1º N. Básico

                                                       

A2 - Writing: A Biography

My brother Francisco’s biography

Francisco is the oldest of all my brothers and sisters. He was born in Loja in 1975. He lived in Ventorros de Balerma with all my family until he was a young man. He studied accounting at university. When he was a teenager he studied in winter, and in summer he worked in a restaurant. He hasn’t worked as an accountant yet because he loves his work as a waiter.

In 1995, when he was twenty years old, he went to work in Barcelona. He began to work as a waiter in a restaurant. He’s a hard-working person and he’s worked in a hotel as a maître d’ since he was twenty-five years old.

He’s been married to a fantastic woman for nineteen years and they have a child. They come back to Loja every Christmas and we visit them some years. He works hard and now he’s studying Russian because he likes languages. Although he lives far from his family, I think he has a good life.

Rogelia González Delgado – 2º C

A2 - Writing: A Biography

My hero’s biography

He was born in 1946 on top of the mountain in the south of Spain. He lived in a small house with his parents, four brothers and five sisters. They weren’t rich — actually, they were really poor because the Civil War had finished a few years before. They didn’t have a TV, a car or electricity. Sometimes they couldn’t eat because they didn’t have enough food. However they were happy because they lived together.

He married the most beautiful bride when he was 21. They didn’t have a honeymoon trip because the day after they went to work abroad. They lived in Germany for five years, then they returned to Spain although not to the south. They went to Barcelona. He was a truck driver and she was a dress-maker. They’ve been a hard-working couple. They had a baby in 1984.

Nowadays they live in Huetor Tajar, and they’re retired but they still work on their fields. They plant tomatoes, asparagus, potatoes, etc.

Thanks dad for teaching me. I hope that one day I’ll be as polite, hard-working and kind as you.

Pedro Castro Pedregosa – 2º C

A1 - Writing: My Daily Routine

MY DAILY ROUTINE

I get up at six o´clock. I read the Coran and pray. Then I have my breakfast at seven o´clock and get dressed. I wake up my children at eight o´clock and give them breakfast. Next, I get them dressed and we go to school at ten to nine.

At half past nine I go walking with my friend for one hour and then I go home to clean and make the lunch. At two o´clock I go to school to pick up my children.

In the afternoon, I take my children to their activities and I go shopping. After that, I help my children with their homework and later, I prepare the dinner. I like cooking. After dinner I have a shower and go to bed early, at half past ten. However, at the weekend I like watching tv.

Sarah Beneddine Benkrouf (1ºB)