Writing Activity for italki Students: Street Parties and Rubbish in Public Parks In many parts of the world teenagers meet in big groups in the evenings to socialise and have street parties, and enjoy drinking alcohol and soft drinks. They often share their money to buy a bottle of spirits, for example whiskey, vodka, or rum, and mix this with cola or lemonade to make it go further. Their parties frequently continue through the night and can be quite rowdy. In tourist towns, these street parties can be a problem if visitors aren’t able to sleep, and the next morning the streets and parks are often filled with rubbish. Does this happen in your hometown? How do you think tourists feel when they see a park littered with rubbish and broken glass like in the photo? Intermediate activity: 1) Make a list of ten nouns and ten adjectives that you could use to describe this photo. 2) Write 100 words to describe this photo, and use conjunctions to join your sentences together. Advanced activity: You are a concerned citizen and feel that local teens are damaging the tourism industry and you write a letter (250 words) to the editor of the newspaper saying that this needs to stop and action must be taken to clean up the city centre. Use other examples of problems caused by teenagers to back up your argument.