
Getting To Know
An English-speaking Country
PROCESS & RESOURCES - 9
Sending A Postcard
Your school and parents gave you permission. You packed,
you travelled, you arrived - in your chosen destination. You are now
on day 5 of your trip. Its time to send a postcard to your teacher,
telling him/her how you are, what you have been doing, and what you
are going to do next.
Plan your postcard carefully. Include this information:
- how you feel
- the trip from home
- first impressions
- the weather
- what you have seen and done
- what you have bought
- what you are going to do next
Here are some useful expressions you could use:
- Were having a wonderful/marvellous/great etc time...
- The flight was OK/long/awful/boring....
- What struck me most when we arrived was....
- So far the weather has been....
- Weve been to...
- Weve done....
- On Tuesday we went/saw/had/bought...
- Ive bought myself/you/my parents a
- Tomorrow were going to...
- See you on....
When you have written your postcard, choose a picture to go with it!
You can copy and paste a picture from one of the tourist web sites listed
in Process & Resources 4.
To do this right click on the picture and then choose Save
picture as
. Send your completed postcard (and picture)
to your teacher.

SEARCH TIP:
You can also find e-postcards
for Northern Ireland, New
Zealand and Malta
at these sites...
When you have finished, use the arrow below (->) to continue to the
self-evaluation stage...
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