Letters from Scotland  -> The Highlands ->  Exercises

  Letter 7: To Skye on Bus

A. Write about a picture

At these websites you can find pictures from Scotland:

www.geo.ed.uk/home/Scotland/media.html

www.corbis.com

www.darkisle.com

www.buyimage.co.uk/index.html

You can also find pictures at this site: Linda’s Photos.

Go to one of the websites:

Find a picture from Isle of Skye.

Make a picture description – you can use the model (to the left!)

 

B. Find Eileen Donan Castle. 

Go to  www.darkisle.com 

From where has the castle got its name?

 

C. More about castles? 

Here is a link to exercises to letter 3.

 
Model for picture description
  • What do you see?

  • Describe the mood that the picture communicates?

  • What does the picture tell about the relation between man/nature/culture?

  • Change point of view. What would the picture look like now?   
                               OR

  • Use your imagination  – 
    tell the story in the picture.

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