Pre Writing
Scuola Media, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Teacher: Silvia Palmia
I SEE
Old, typical baker's shop
A very nice barber's shop
Old church
A new music shop
-advertising signs.
Ruined arcades
A modern bank
Bar full of people,
beam/girder
2 bronze bells
A very high bell tower
Wood bench
A lot of bicycles
Motor bikes
A lot of cars
An old castle
Cheap Chairs,
a new cinema
-Colour emblem,
column/pillar
cooked food shop/rotisserie
curtain's shop
Dogs and cats.
Entrance of municipality,
Floodlit shop-window,
flowers
Fountain,
frames shop
front door/main door
gardens
gate
hairdresser
hardware
houses
ice-cream shop
Italian flag
jeweller's shop
library
lights
many people
medieval streets
monument
mopeds
motorbikes
municipality
news-stand
office
old houses
optics
parked car
people
pharmacy
phone box
photographer
pizzeria
pub
road
road-sign
Rubbish-bins,
ruined walls
Sacrati building
shops
sign- boards shops
small table
stationer's shop
steeple
street lamp
Tables,
tailor's
The bell tower
the green grocer's
the street
theatre
tobacconist's
traffic policeman in front of the town hall
a lot of shops
traffic sign
trees
vegetables
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windows with shutters
windows.
Young boys
I HEAR
the noise of the traffic
hoot /klaxon
shouting/bawling/yelling
chatting
laughter
flashes of wings
people talking
people chatting
motors cars
the sound of bells
the singing of birds
the noise of shoes
the sound of a drill
the noise of doors
stray dogs
I SMELL
chimney smoke
cigarettes smoke
Flavouring of coffee,
The delicious flavour of freshly baked Pizza.
Roasted chestnuts
Smog,
Fresh bread
The fish booths smell
The cheese booths smell
The chestnuts smell
The chips smell
the cold
I TASTE
chips
ice-cream
a cup of hot chocolate
sweets
roast chestnut
benches
I TOUCH
cold
doors
gnarled pillars
Nearly touched the people.
rough walls
smooth shop windows
uneven street
wall
wet of rain
I HEAR
-People shout,
-Music,
-Cars horn,
-Dogs bark,
-People laughters.
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