3.5 Descriptive writing

• Analysing information about tourist attractions
• Descriptive texts about tourist attractions in Kenya and German-speaking countries
• A text about a dream destination
• Presentations on types of tourism in German-speaking countries
• Blogs on the effects of risky road behaviour
• A text on the differences between tourism in Kenya and German-speaking countries
• A photo collage of tourist attractions in Kenya using technology
• Verbs with separable and inseparable prefixes and temporal prepositions
• Attributive adjectives in the accusative and dative, and Was für ein?
• The present perfect tense (regular forms)

• analyse given information for writing
• compose descriptive texts for communication
• appreciate the place of descriptive writing in communication

“How do you give descriptions in writing?”

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1. What descriptive writing is
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Say what descriptive writing is and how it is used in tourism.
2. Describing places and attractions
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Use the five senses and location phrases to describe a place.
3. Attributive adjectives in the accusative and dative
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Add the correct adjective ending after the accusative and dative.
4. Tourist attractions in Kenya
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Write a descriptive text about attractions in Kenya.
5. Tourist attractions in German-speaking countries
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Describe attractions in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
6. Verbs and tenses for travel writing
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Use separable and inseparable verbs and the present perfect.
7. Writing a travel blog and a digital collage
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Write a travel blog and design a photo collage safely.
8. Dream destinations and travel safety
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Describe a dream destination and write about road safety.