Eiffel Tower
Step 1. note taking
In your journal draw and note down the keywords and facts about the Eiffel tower.
what, where, when, why, who, how
Built in 1889
as the entrance arch for the
World's Fair in 1889
Location Paris, France
Stands 320 metres high
Made of 18,038 pieces of iron
weighs around 10000 tonnes
and joined by two-and-a-half million rivets
visited by
visited by
250 million visitors since its opening
The
tower was built despite protests from 300 leading French writers and artists
who saw it as a “hateful column of bolted sheet metal”.
When it was opened the
lifts in the tower were not yet operating, so they went up the stairs on foot.
It took more than an hour to reach the top!
Visit the Eiffel Tower
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Step 2. Brainstorm words to describe - teacher
size
shape
texture
number
position location
colour
age
movement
like a...
Step 3.
Use your notes and brainstorm words
Use facts combined with descriptive words to create a set of 10 expressive sentences about the Eiffel Tower
Step 4.
Editing Sentences - simple - compound - complex
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