My Hometown: Lake Geneva
My hometown, Lake Geneva, is a
beautiful place. Lake Geneva is in southern Wisconsin in the United States.
It’s a small town with only about 5,000 residents. However, in the summer Lake
Geneva is very crowded and full of tourists. People come to see our lake. The
lake is very beautiful, clear and it’s fairly big. It’s a good lake for
swimming, boating or doing other water sports. In the fall, winter and spring,
Lake Geneva is more peaceful. It’s nice to take a walk to the lake. In the
winter sometimes it is so quiet that you can hear the snow fall. I really miss
my hometown!
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| Walking with my friend Karin and her dog Audie along the lake path in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. |
WRITING YOUR HOMETOWN PARAGRAPH
1. Make sure to include a topic sentence. Give the name of your hometown and an honest description.
2. Make sure all the details/supporting sentences describe your hometown. Don't start to talk about your hobbies, your family or a different topic.
3. Answer some of the questions from class today (What can you do there?, What is it like in the fall? etc.)
4. Describe your hometown with adjectives.
5. Tell about what interests you. If something is interesting to you, it will probably be interesting to other people. If it bores you, it will probably bore other people.
6. REMEMBER - Don't use a translator! Your own writing is always best! If you want help to correct your grammar, share your writing with a classmate or with me on Google Docs. We'll also talk about it in class next time!
I can't wait to hear about your hometowns! Do you have any questions about my hometown, Lake Geneva? Ask below in the comments and I'll be happy to answer!
I'd love to go your hometown wifh my parents. It's better than visit to me in winter or spring(more peaceful). About how much the price in comparison with Korea? Jeong Yongmin, 2010210466
ReplyDeleteIt isn't very expensive to stay in my hometown, but it is very expensive to fly to the United States! Even though it is more peaceful in the winter and spring, I would still recommend visiting my hometown in the summer, however, because the lake is really clean and clear, so it's really wonderful to swim there! We do have skiing nearby in the winter, though, and we are very close to Chicago, where you can see the Art Institute of Chicago, which is one of the best art museums in the United States. What do you like to do on your vacations?
DeleteIf I have much money, I want to travel other places like your hometown. But now, I am low in my pocket, therefore, I will do part-time job in my vacation.
DeleteI don't have enough money to travel very far right now either. I work at Dongguk during the vacation! I hope you'll be able to travel where you want to someday soon! My goal is to travel to Europe next summer. I haven't been there yet, and it's my dream.
DeleteThanks to your imformation, i really wanted to go lake geneva. while staying there, how much did you spend money??
ReplyDelete2011210461 tues 1pm
DeleteWell, it's my hometown, so I didn't have to spend money there. Some things are very cheap - hotels, food, and amusement are less expensive than in big cities. However, if you travel in Wisconsin you probably need to rent a car - so that is more expensive than traveling to a big city where you can take public transportation.I'm glad you are interested by my hometown! I am excited to learn about your hometown too!
DeleteWow. Your hometown is very beautiful. I want to go there. It's like Anapji in Gyeong-Ju. I'm Jeong jun tae in your B class thu 13:00. Student number is 2011210810. My major is Japanese. See you. :)
ReplyDeleteHello Jun Tae! I hope you are having a nice vacation! Thanks for your compliment to my hometown! I think it's beautiful, too. I really like Anapji also, though. The history of Gyeongju and Korea is very interesting.
Deletewhat a wonderful lake! um.....I think many people enjoy leisure time at the lake about fishing. I love fishing. If i can go to geneva, I must fishing go there
ReplyDeleteDo you know? What kind of fish in geneva lake?
Student number: 2011212555
class time : Tuesday 13:00~15:00
I don't usually fish, but I looked this up on the internet: "Fish include Panfish, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Trout and Walleye." If you search for these on Google Images you can probably find pictures of them. I know a lot of people like to fish in Lake Geneva, and MANY people like to eat fish in Lake Geneva! :)
DeleteBass!!! This fish drawing feels very dynamic but, As far as I know bass taste not good....Do you eat bass??? and many people what kind of fish eat in Geneva!
DeleteI want know! What kind of eat a fish dish
Yeah, I'm not sure if bass tastes good either. Maybe it doesn't. I actually don't eat fish these days, because I'm a vegan (which means strict vegetarian). However, when I lived in Wisconsin I sometimes ate fish. I usually ate sushi, though! We had a Japanese restaurant in my town called the Tempura House, and I was a waitress there. Usually people in Wisconsin eat fish fry. This is a tradition from the Catholic religion. On Fridays Catholic people traditionally don't eat warm-blooded animals, but fish were okay to eat. Even though these days many people aren't Catholics, people still like to go out for fish fry. You can see pictures of some fish fry meals here: http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/05/guide-to-the-midwestern-fish-fry.html I'm not sure what people do with the fish they catch. Some of the bigger fish they make into a trophy. I'm sure people eat the trout, though!
DeleteAre you vegan?? I didn't know...
DeleteIt is a pity that you can't eat fish
I haven't know that Catholic's traditionally do not eat warm-blooded on friday. but now, I know it
So, I will recomend them to eat fish when I meet them on friday.
I saw some pictures of dishes made of fish at "Our Guide to the Friday Fish Fry in Wisconsin"
As I see the pictures, I felt appetite
iIf I have a chance, I will eat food which is similar to the pictures
At Grazie Restaurant in Seonggeon-dong it's possible to eat Fish and Chips. That's more of a British style fried fish, but it might be the closest thing to fish fry in Gyeongju! This blog article tells about the restaurant, and there are directions at the end. The owner is very friendly! Many foreign professors from Dongguk eat there! http://gyeongjulove.blogspot.kr/2012/02/grazie-restaurant.html Alright! I'm finally going to bed! Have a good night!
DeleteHello Jennifer! I am Km Yeo jin at tuesday 1pm.My student number is 2013212679. It's peaceful and beautiful so I go there my mind become clear. I'll build a plan about visit there when I am 40 years old with my children and parents.
ReplyDeleteHello, Yeo Jin! I hope you had a nice holiday! I hope you can have a chance to visit Lake Geneva too! It was a very peaceful place to grow up! My favorite place was actually the public library. It was about five blocks from my house, so I could walk there in 5 minutes. It was right next to the lake. You could sit in a comfy chair at the library and actually see the lake out the window. I'm happy, though, that I've had the chance to live in Korea and enjoy a different place!
DeleteHi, Jennifer!! I`m Lee kyuho in B class, 13:00-15:00 Tues. My student number is 2011211989. I hope to go your hometown, Lake Geneva. What is famous food in Lake Geneva? If I should go there, I will eat it. You will guide me, aren`t you? :)
ReplyDeleteHey Lee Kyu Ho! Nice to see you on here! Lake Geneva doesn't have a famous food, but Wisconsin (the state Lake Geneva is in) is famous for cheese and bratwurst. Bratwurst is a sausage which is originally from Germany. I don't eat meat these days, but I really loved bratwurst when I was young! Have you ever eaten a bratwurst? Do you like cheese?Fish fry is also popular - I talked about fish fry with another student in a different comment on the blog! I would be happy to guide you, but I don't know when I can visit my hometown again!
DeleteI have eaten many kind of sausage, but I didn't eat bratwurst. I love cheese, especially cheddar one. What kind of cheese do you eat normally?
DeleteI don't eat cheese these days, but in Wisconsin you can get many kinds of cheese. I think cheddar is the most popular, though. This is a link from The Cheese Box, a store in my hometown. These are some of the cheeses they sell: http://www.cheesebox.com/category-s/1477.htm
DeleteI read `Cheese box` website and it`s many interesting items. Besides, `Cheese box` has been over seventy years since it opened store. If I have chance, I will buy cheese.
DeleteThat's awesome! Yes, it has been open for a long time! I wonder if they can send cheese all the way to Korea? Who knows! :)
DeleteHi~ Jenifer, I know how publish comments! I'm B class student(1~3pm Thursday) I am not familiar to write English. Please help me :)
ReplyDeleteI love your hometown. I like to swim! and you are funny. I like my class.
See you next week.
I love to swim! It's one of my favorite things! Where do you usually swim? Do you swim often? I found your other comment too!
DeleteI also reply your comment! I usally swim in swimming pool. Beach is too hard to me :( . Salty.. oh no..
DeleteWhen I swim to swimmong pool, I feel relax and comfortable.
How much do you go to swim?
I don't swim very often these days, because I also don't like swimming in the ocean that much. I don't mind the salt, but there are many jellyfish at the beach, and also, even though I know it's stupid, I worry about sharks sometimes! :) I prefer to swim in lakes.
DeleteOh, there is my dream house. I want to live detached house near a lake. I'm very envy you.
ReplyDeleteStudent number: 2010210393
Class time: Tuesday 1:00 ~ 3:00PM
These days I envy me too! (I mean, I miss living in my childhood home. I can't live there anymore!) I hope we can both get our dream houses someday!
DeleteYour hometown is so beautiful~~ I want to be there!!
ReplyDeleteHow long does it take to get there from korea?
And what is famous food in your hometown?
class time: Mon 3~5 PM
I'm not sure how long it takes exactly, but I think by plane it would take at least 16 hours, probably more. Most likely you would have to change planes several times! So it would be a long trip! There are several famous foods in Wisconsin (the state my hometown is in). Bratwursts and cheese are the two foods Wisconsin is most famous for. Bratwursts are a German food. They are a big and delicious sausage, originally from Germany. Many German immigrants moved to Wisconsin in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Cheese is also a very popular food. Wisconsin is called "the Dairy state." In America, every state has a slogan or a nickname like that. Illinois, a nearby state, is called "the land of Lincoln" because Abraham Lincoln lived there for many years and worked there as a lawyer. How about in Korea? Do different areas have nicknames like that? Also, what's the famous food in your hometown?
DeleteLike Gyeongju is "the capital of the silla dynasty"? And my hometown is nothing special famous food.
DeleteIt would be more like "Beautiful Gyeongju" or "Gyeongju is Korea", which I see on cabs these days - more like a nickname. Here's a list of many state slogans. The most popular one is usually on the license plates of the cars. Also, I guess it's actually "America's Dairyland" for Wisconsin, not "The Dairy State" like I thought. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_nicknames
DeleteHi Jennifer :) my name is mi-jung Gong I'm your class student in monday, 3pm ,2013212151. I want to go to your hometown. I haven't been to abroad. So I really hope to abroad travel.
ReplyDeleteI hope you get a chance to travel abroad! My hometown is pretty fun, but there are so many more famous places to go in the U.S.! If you ever visited my hometown, I recommend also visiting Chicago, Illinois, and Milwaukee and Madison, Wisconsin, which are nearby cities. The Midwest (that's the name for my part of the country, where Wisconsin is) has a reputation for being boring, but actually I think there are many interesting things to do there, and there's a lot of beautiful scenery.
DeleteI have never been any lake. In Korea and abroad. Your hometown, Lake Geneva look so good. Someday I want to go there. It is first lake travel in my life.
ReplyDeleteClass time : Wed 13:00 ~ 15:00
Oh wow! I think there are some lakes in Korea, but maybe they aren't as popular. In Wisconsin and my part of the country (The Midwest) going to lakes is a very common activity. In Korea, I think it's more common to swim near mountains, though. Have you ever swam in a river or stream near a mountain?
DeleteHi Jennifer. I'm interested in your hometown "Lake Geneva". What's famous food in Lake Geneva? In lake, How many fishes are living? Is it allow to fishing?
ReplyDeleteOur most famous foods are cheese and bratwurst! Bratwurst is a kind of sausage originally from Germany. In Wisconsin, sometimes they also put beer inside - that's called a beer brat. People can fish in Lake Geneva, but I'm not sure how many fish there are in the lake!
DeleteLake Geneva isn't located in swiss? Oh , This picture looks peaceful. Aren's Many people that live near lake Geneva happy?
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha! Yes, there is also a much bigger Lake Geneva in Switzerland! But many places and cities in the U.S. have the same name as a place in Europe - it's common! I'm not sure if Lake Geneva people are happy. Maybe they are! But when I was young it seemed a little too small to me! I moved out of town so I could meet more different kinds of people!
DeleteIn the picture, Lake Geneva's water is very clean. I think southern Wisconsin's natural environment wonderful. I want to dive in Lake Geneva.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's a very clean lake! I recommend it for diving, for sure! Do you like to dive? Do you often swim in Korea? Where do you swim?
DeleteYou hometown is good.
ReplyDeleteMy hometown is BuSan.
Busan is good. you come on BuSan.
I am good guide.
Lake Genva looks so beautiful!!!! I really want to go Lake Geneva in the winter!!!
ReplyDeleteI think that Lake Geneva is very calm and beautiful city. If I have some money, someday, I will go there. I want to live when I age, like Lake Geneva.
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