Writing English 2B: Historic places (supplemental for 5th writing assignment)・歴史的な場所「作文5の附記」

Hello!

How are you? As I said in class in the post about the 5th writing assignment, (作文5) you have a choice of topics. You can write about yourself - or you can write about a historic place in Japan or another country. 

This is a supplemental post (附記) to go with the post about your 5th writing assignment - about some historic places (歴史な場所)! 

(You can click on here to see the 5th writing assignment post without going off this post!)

Do you know the place in the picture at the top? It's in Saiwaicho in Kawagoe-shi in Saitama. Saiwaicho is the old part of Kawagoe, and during the Edo period, Kawagoe was called "Little Edo" (小江戸). Even now, it is famous for its historic buildings.

Examples & ideas 

What do you know about these places? You can choose one (1) of these as a way of starting yourself about writing on a historic place. 

Important note:
For students who want to write about historic places, I would like each of you to choose a different place - I do not want more than one student writing about the same place! Please remember this!

Itsukushima Shrine, Hiroshima

Dogo Onsen, Matsuyama, Ehime

Anne Frank House, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Panathenaic Stadium, Athens, Greece

Topkapi Palace, Istanbul, Turkey

Borobudur Temple, Java, Indonesia

Ellis Island, New York, U.S.

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Your own idea of a historic place in Japan or another country!

I hope this is interesting for you!

See you next time!

Images: By Collin Grady - http://www.flickr.com/photos/collingrady/3262169/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3617955/ Itsukushima Shrine - by Jordy Meow - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30863836/Dogo Onsen - By Japanexperterna.se - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=31737348/Anne Frank House - by Massimo Catarinella - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6153482/Panathenaic Stadium - by Badseed - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6517570/Topkapi Palace - by Carlos Delgado, CC BY-SA 3.0, https:/Borobudur - By Gunawan Kartapranata - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4838861/commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17885392/Ellis Island - By AllieJo - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51968447

Writing about places/場所・位置を描写している

Hello!

Image "Ancient Ruins In Delphi" courtesy of thephotoholic/FreeDigitalPhotos.net

How are you? Today, let's do some writing about places! 

Look at the picture above. What feelings do you get about the place in the picture? What adjectives (形容詞) do you think of when you see this place? 

Activity
Here is an activity for you. Look at these pictures. Choose one and write a paragraph of 4-5 sentences about it. 

Homework
When you are finished, choose a different picture for homework. Write a paragraph of 5-6 sentences about it. 

Images: unattributed photographs in list from National Geographic except first image "Old Historical Church" (courtesy of Stuart Miles/FreeDigitalPhotos.net) 

and final image (personal photograph). I do not own the rights to the National Geographic or Stuart Miles/FreeDigitalPhotos images. They are uploaded strictly for educational use. All rights reserved.

See you next time!

Final writing project: writing about places review/場所・位置を書いてレビュー

Hello to all my students,

This is a review post on writing about places. If your final writing project is writing about places, then I hope seeing these pictures again will help you. 

Look at the picture above. What feelings do you get about the place in the picture? What adjectives (形容詞) do you think of when you see this place? 

Review activity (for groups writing about places)
You wrote about places in the spring semester. I know you can look at the paragraphs you wrote about, but you can also practice this activity again as a refresher with your group to help you write about places. 

Look at these pictures. Choose one, write a short paragraph of 4-5 sentences about it, and share it with your group members. Here is an example about the picture below - the ancient ruins of Delphi in Greece.

例えば：

The ancient ruins of Delphi have inspired many throughout history, and this is how it inspires me. When I see a site such as this, the past and the present come together, and I feel we are not only seeing history, but living it too. I have never been to Greece, but some day I want to go. When I do, this place will be on my list of things to see. 

You do not have to do any of these, but they might help you to refresh your writing about places. Try one with your group members! 

  

Have fun!

Photo credits (in order): "Gate in Silhouette" (personal image)/"Ancient Ruins In Delphi" (courtesy of thephotoholic)/"Great Wall Of China" (courtesy of cescassawin)/ "Shop" (courtesy of Dino De Luca)/"Sydney Opera House At Night" (courtesy of Susie B)/"New York Times" (courtesy of Antoine Henrich)/"Japanese Street Festival" (personal image)/All pictures except "Gate in Silhouette" and "Japanese Street Festival" from FreeDigitalPhotos.net