5. A new friend

Hi auntie,

How are you? I hope you're well. I'm writing to tell you about my new friend.

He's now in the city, and guess what, he's from Canada!

His name is Simon and he's my age. He's tall and he's got blond hair and blue eyes. Simon loves biking and snowboarding. When he has freee time he likes to take photos. He lives in a far, so he's got like 7 dogs living with him.

Lots of love,

Anna

4. Letter to a new friend (European project)

Hi Susan,

My name is Anna and I'm fifteen. I'm really glad you can come from Sweden to my house for two weeks.

I like skiing, dancing and going out with friends; and, I hate being stressed for school work.

I live in Banyoles, a town in the north-east of Spain, with my parents, my brother and my dog. My school, Escola Casa Nostra, is about 5 minutes by bike from home. I like all my teachers but I don't have a favourite one, neither a favourite subject.

See you soon. Love

Anna

3. A postcard

Hi family!

We're having a great holiday here in París

We're staying in a teenagers hostel from about 10 minutes from the Eiffel Tower. It's really comfortable and familiar. Only people between the age of 15 to 20 are allowed to sleep there and we do activities together every day.

Today we did an excursion to a beautiful lake and during the afternoon we went shopping around the centre. Tomorrow we're going to Disney Land!!

Anna

2. An invitation to a party

Hi

As you all know, next week I'm turning 17 and I want to celebrate it having a birthday party.

We will meet at my house at 8 p.m. We will have dinner and during the rest of the night we will dance till our legs fall exhausted.

We will be around 30 people so it would be great if you bring some beverages, nice clothes and a sleep bag with a pillow.

Hope you can come and see you soon!

Anna

Writing 4

Write about plans for a visit

Hi Marco

I'm just writing to check that everything's OK for your visit.

I think you'll like Banyoles. On Saturday morning we're doing a quickly tour with my best friend on foot because at 12:30 we are going to meet my family and cousins on the other side of the lake where we are going to do something really special that I can't tell you! We will probably end the activity around 16:00. During the afternoon I hope we can have a free time break and after that I've thought we could get a bus and go to the cinema.

On Sunday, we can go and visit Girona, where now there's a cain of fair and it's really nice. We can go for a walk around the city and have lunch there, there's a sushi restaurant you will love!

We're going to meet you at the bus station tomorrow, so can you remind me what time your train gets in?

Looking forward to seeing you.

Anna

Writing 3

Are you for or against using animals for medical research?

At the moment, it is legal in some countries to use animals for medical research, although there are arguments both for and against this practice.

One of the arguments for using animals for medical research is that we could use them for testing new human medicines. In addition, scientists could use animal bodies for anathomy researches.

On the other hand, lots of environment groups defend the idea that animals are able to live without being a medical testing object. Also, some people say that scientist could be more carefull about the number of animals they kill unnecessarily.

All in all, I am not in favor of using animals for medical research. I believe that if it continues, they will end with animals freedom.

Halloween

A long time ago the Celtic culture used to celebrate on October 31^st the festival of Samhain. Now a days October 31^st night is when Halloween, an annual holiday is celebrated. It also shares roots with the Christian holy day of All Saint Day, also named as All Hallows Day, celebrated on the 1^st of November.

During the Samhain festival, the Celtics celebrated the end of the harvest season and the begging of the New Celtic Year, which brought the “Dark season”, when contact with the spirits and the physical world became possible.

It was also a tradition to turn off all the fires and light a bonfire in every hearth to make the spirits go away.

The Halloween name provides from “All Hallows Eve”, the night before All Saints days.