New York, New York

The time has come to sweep the dust* from our blogs, which we haven't used for quite some time already! :) Here is the tasks for your today's English lesson in the computer lab.

During the lesson, your goal is to choose one aspect** of New York City and write a blog posting about it, which has 

• At least 10 sentences. It should be your own text (you can use different sources, but do not do a copy-paste - reword it in your own way!)
• At least 2 pictures
• At least 1 video clip (you can use your earphones to plug into your computer; ask for teacher Hanna's help)

Here's a list of aspects that you can choose from, or you can pick your own aspect. Write this as the title of your posting. You can also narrow down*** the aspects.

• Music in New York City (Jazz in New York City, Rap in New York City, ...)
• Dance in New York City (Street dance in New York City, New York City as the dance capital of the world, ...)
• Fashion in New York City (the 5th Avenue, ...)
• Museums in New York City (the MET, MoMA, Guggenheim, ...)
• Transportation in New York City (Cabs in New York City, Grand Central Terminal, ...)
• Sports in New York City (New York Marathon, U.S. Open, New York Knicks, ...)
• Education in New York City (Universities in New York City, public schools, ...)
• Buildings in New York City (Rockefeller Centre, Empire State Building, Statue of Liberty ...)
• Places in New York City (Central Park, Broadway, Wall Street, ...)
• History of New York City (you can pick any era or event in history if you wish)
• Boroughs of New York (Manhattan, Brooklyn, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island)

Please finish your work during the lesson and be ready for it to be graded.


Use Google or any other useful pages to collect information. Wikipedia has useful details. Flickr and YouTube could be of help to you. If you need dictionaries, this could be a useful one.


Best wishes and see you on Monday!


*sweep the dust - tolmu pühkima
**aspect - aspekt, külg, tahk
***narrow down - kitsendama