Sheffield Leo, Coline, Bilal & Johannes by https://padlet.com/jseitz1/1j2wgjm9dpew Group work_reading week en-us 2017-10-31 17:16:31 UTC 2024-12-01 01:34:18 UTC hello@padlet.com Peak District jseitz1 https://padlet.com/jseitz1/1j2wgjm9dpew/wish/202250454  The Peak District National Park offers diverse learning and recreational activities for visitors of all ages. Walking, rock climbing and cycling are a few of activities that can be enjoyed in the national park. It is a good place to learn about the outdoors, and to have a good time with your friends or family! There are around 1000 farmstay registered properties to stay at to enjoy more about nature life. 
 The Peak District is really easy to reach thanks to buses connecting the centre of Sheffield to many parts of the park. 
We explored the area around Fox House in the east of the Peak District. You can reach this part with the Bus 272 from the Sheffield Interchange bus stop in the heart of Sheffield. The bus only takes around 25 minutes. Typical for this area are the wide fields of Heather, tall steep rocks and small streams. Afterwards it is a good possibility to enjoy a hot chocolate or a beer in the fox house. 


]]> 2017-10-31 17:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jseitz1/1j2wgjm9dpew/wish/202250454 Arctic Monkeys colinedestribats https://padlet.com/jseitz1/1j2wgjm9dpew/wish/205235146 Arctic Monkeys, also know as Death Ramps, are an english rock band from Sheffield. In 2002 Alex Turner, Matt Helders, Jamie Cook, Nick O'Malley and Andy Nicholson formed the band but in 2006 Andy left shortly after their first album was released. 
They have been categorized under the Indie rock, psychedelic rock, garage rock and post-punk revival genres and the texts relate social facts, often refering to the popular culture.
They have released five studio albums: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006), Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007), Humbug (2009), Suck It and See (2011) and AM (2013), as well as one live album, At the Apollo (2008). Their first album is the fastest selling debut album by a band in british history.
The band's popularity came from fan-made demo tapes and online file sharing, and was heralded as one of the first acts to come to the public attention via the Internet. Thanks to that they signed to the independent record label Domino Records.
The band has won seven Brit Awards, including both Best British Group and Best British Album three times and have been nominated for three Grammy Awards. They also won the Mercury Prize in 2006 for their debut album nd in 2007 and 2013 they have been headlined at the Glastonbury Festival. In total, they received 38 awards from 92 nominations.
In the clip of their single When the Sun Goes Down (2006), the city of Sheffield is quickly presented : Fargate, Parkway and several steelworks buildings are shown. There is also various scenes based at Park Hill flats buildings. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqkBRVukQmE
Alex Turner, the main band's song writer and singer, also sings with a strong accent from Yorkshire and uses typical contractions as well as many familiar expressions.
For more informations about Arctic Monkeys, you can visit their official website http://www.arcticmonkeys.com/. 
]]> 2017-11-09 12:51:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jseitz1/1j2wgjm9dpew/wish/205235146 Hi Leo, Johannes and Coline, d_a_jefferson https://padlet.com/jseitz1/1j2wgjm9dpew/wish/209048318 Thanks for sharing your Reading Week Sheffield Padlet. I really enjoyed reading your pads.

Leo and Johannes,
Well done for getting out there and exploring the lovely countryside near Sheffield. You did some interesting research and you also described your trip clearly.

Coline,
I am pleased that you chose to find out a bit more about The Arctic Monkeys. Had you heard their music before ou came to Sheffield or are they new for you? As you say there are lots of Sheffield places mentioned in their songs which you can go out and see for yourself.

Language notes
Both your pads are well written bu I've just picked a few points for you to learn from -
* "nature life" - not natural English - better "country life" or "living with nature"
* " a good possibility" again not quite natural English - better "Afterwards,  there is the chance to enjoy....."
* "sings with a strong Yorkshire accent"
* informations - information is uncountable in English



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