¡Bienvenidos!¡Bienvenidos!

Welcome to the tour of la Welcome to the tour of la Cuidad de Mexico, Mexico Cuidad de Mexico, Mexico

City!City!

Slide 4A

Tenochtitlan mural in the National Palace

Slide 4B

Cathedral in the Zocalo (central square)

Slide 4C

Paseo de la

Reforma traffic scene

Slide 4D

La Plaza de las Tres

Culturas

Plaza of the Three Cultures

Slide 4E

Open-air Market

Slide 4F

Mariachis at the Plaza de Garibaldi

Slide 4G

Zona Rosa Shopping District

Slide 4H

La Basilica de Guadelupe

Slide 4I

Low-income

Residential Area

Slide 4J

Middle-class Residential Area

Slide 4K

Upper-class Residential Area

Slide 4L

Polluted River

Slide 4M

Downtown Mexico City

Thank you for visiting Mexico

City!

¡Adios!Directions for Writing a Letter About Mexico

City (Master 4C)

•Imagine you are a tourist who has just taken a tour of Mexico City.

•You want to write a letter home describing what you learned.

•Use your notes and postcards from Student Handout 4B to help you.

Your letter must include these parts:

•A date and proper salutation

•An introduction that gives a general description of Mexico City

•A description of at least three places you visited. Focus on:

•What was most interesting or memorable?

•What was the atmosphere like?

•What do you know now that you did not know before?

Your letter must include these parts:

•Vivid and accurate references to at least three of these topics-- history, culture, neighborhoods, environment.

•Simple drawings or sketches that illustrate at least one site you mentioned.

•Type or write your final draft neatly in ink.

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•Correct letter format/use paragraphs

•Correct/appropriate factual evidence

•Complete sentences

TWS:

Requirement Possible Points Correct Letter Format/use of paragraphs: Date and proper salutation Organized in paragraphs/ complete sentences

10 points

Correct and appropriate factual evidence: Description of at least three places you

visited Vivid and accurate references to at least

three of these topics- history, culture, environment

70 points

Student Handout 4B “Mexico City I tinerary” Complete/ accurate notes (blue paper)

10 points

Neatness Creativity

10 points

TOTAL

100 points