In a park - Parks - ESL Resources

IN THE PARK

(Updated on 20/02/2013)

Related pages :

Parks (US) - Theme parks - The toilets

Vocabulary :

Cliparts / Pictures :

Central Park, New York (grandcanyon.free.fr)	Park Guide Is Equally Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed "Pearl, the product of a year-long public contest and design process, is the New York City Parks and Recreation Department’sfirst official mascot... Soon, she will be appearing on signs, handouts and various places all over the city’s 29,000-acre park system." (cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com)
a pond (askacop.org)	a bench (freeclipartpics.com)	a deckchair
a path (clipartguide.com)	a slide	a swing (clipartreview.com)
Jogging in the park (images.inmagine.com)	Walking the dog through the park (images.inmagine.com)	Taking the baby to the park (fotosearch.de)
a pedalo (radio-canada.ca)	a park warden (speedysigns.com)	a litter bin
Picnic in the park (images.inmagine.com)	playground (arthursclipart.org)	Spend a penny (pottostation.co.uk)
a gardener (poconomountpl.org)	flower bed	trimming the hedge (philadelphia-reflections.com)

Famous parks :

Bushy Park - North of Hampton Court Palace (royalparks.gov.uk)

Bushy Park "is the second largest of London's Royal Parks, at 445 hectares (1,100 acres) in area..." (Wikipedia)

Download a detailed map of Bushy Park.

Speakers' Corner in the north-east corner of Hyde Park in London (Wikipedia)

Listening :

Personal Security: Theft in the Park (esl-lab.com)
+ script + interactive activity

INTERACTIVE exercises :

Rules (MUST and MUSTN'T) - Interactive Book - with AUDIO
Created by Laurence HAQUET (Ac. Rouen)

Exercises TO PRINT :

Lesson plans :

The Adventures of Amelia the Pigeon : Amelia's Game in the Park
with Lessons & activities
(science.hq.nasa.gov)

Webquests :

HYDE PARK and THE LONDON ZOO - a webquest created by Sylvie Teillot (Ac Grenoble)
+ LONDON WEBQUESTS - CORRECTIONS

INTERACTIVE games :

A game : Trombone's Clean Up the Park -
"Students can practise sorting recyclable items." (fen.funbrain)

Signs :

Cartoons :

		For smooth, silky hair - an ad
Toilets in the park (staffordrailwaycircle.org.uk)	Beggar cooking in a park (cartoonstock.com)	Hey! I warned you kids! (cartoonstock.com)

Poems :

Hazel Bazemore County Park by Harold Fetter (No link) :
"To find a park like her is very hard,
So I adopted her as my backyard.
This is more than just a park,
She is Nature's work of art."

Songs :

POISONING PIGEONS IN THE PARK :
- Poisoning pigeons in the park by Tom Lehrer - a Flash animation
  (albinoblacksheep.com)
- Poisoning Pigeons In The Park by Tom Lehrer - LYRICS
- Poisoning Pigeons in the Park de Tom Lehrer. - (prof.danglais)
  "Full series of oral and written activities, with teacher's instructions."
Living next door to Alice by Smokie :
"We grew up together two kids in the park
We carved our initials deep in the bark, me and Alice"

Videos :

Newsy Video: Critics Defy NYC's Outdoor Smoking Ban
"New York City officially prohibits outdoor smoking starting from this Monday." Transcript & sources
LINKS + COMMENT
(jeffreyhill.typepad.com)

NYC’s Parks, Beaches And Pedestrian Plazas Are Now Smoke-Free
"Effective today (23/05/2011), smoking is prohibited within New York City’s parks, beaches and pedestrian plazas.
The new law will reduce people’s exposure to secondhand smoke outdoors."
(nycgovparks.org)