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Words in use

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Did you do these to your friends? What did you do? Tell your partner.

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Life skill Be nice to our friends and get along with each other.

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Text grammarWe use the simple past tense to describe past events in a journal entry.

Reading

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Identify similarities and differences Some words help us find out similarities and differences between people, things and places.Emma and I wanted to do different things. She wanted to see the animals, but I wanted to go on the rides.

Eva is writing a journal entry about her visit to an amusement park. What happened? Read the journal entry.

Sunday, 7 October

My naughty but sweet sister

It was my sister’s birthday yesterday. My parents took us to Sparky Amusement Park.

When we arrived at the park, Emma and I wanted to do different things. She wanted to see the animals, but I wanted to go on the rides. We argued with each other about what to do first. In the end, Mum asked me to let Emma choose because it was her birthday.

After lunch, we played games at the game booths. This time we chose the same game—Tin Can Toss. I did well, but Emma did it really badly. She only hit two cans and I laughed at her. Mum saw that and asked me to say sorry to Emma. She said it was bad to laugh at other people.

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Grammar in use 1

Emma and I wanted to do different things.

We chose the same game.

A Eva’s teacher asks the class to write about a family member. Look at Eva’s notes. Help her complete the description.

Use a plural noun after ‘different’.

Use a singular noun after ‘the same’.

Emma is my sister. She is eight years old. Emma and I are 1

(height). We have 2

(hobby). We have 3 (pet) too.

Emma and I are exactly like each other in some ways. We go to 4

(school) and we like 5

(subject). We like 6 (snack) too.

B Write some notes about two classmates. Tell the class about them.

Eva EmmaHeight: 140 cm 135 cm

School: Flowery Primary School Flowery Primary SchoolFavourite subject: English English

Hobby: play the piano draw picturesPet: Dolly (a dog) Harry (a rabbit)Favourite kind of snack: ice cream ice cream

We sleep in the same room. ✔We sleep in same room. ✘

Grammar tip!

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Text grammarWe use the simple past tense to describe past events in a journal entry.

Text type

Journal entries

A journal entry is a piece of writing about an incident or our thoughts and plans. We do not need to write a journal entry every day.

Read the journal entry. Tick (✓) the correct box or write short answers.

1 Which of the following is NOT true about a journal entry?

A We can talk about an incident in a journal entry.

B We can write about our feelings in a journal entry.

C We need to write a journal entry every day.

D We use short forms in a journal entry.

2 When did the writer write the journal entry?

3 What did the writer learn?

Saturday, 13 October

Last Sunday, Auntie Jane took me and Tommy to a holiday camp on Lantau Island.

When we arrived at the camp, Tommy and I wanted to do different things. We argued with each other. Then we did rock-paper-scissors to decide what to do first. Tommy won, but he cheated. I was angry and I shouted at him. He felt upset and ran away. Auntie Jane and I looked for him everywhere, but we couldn’t find him. I was really scared. Then we saw him sitting alone on a bench. I was so happy! In the end, I said sorry to him and we hugged each other.

I felt sorry for what I did. I love Tommy. I shouldn’t shout at him any more.

day of the week

use adjectives to describe your feelings

use contracted forms

an introduction to talk about where you went to and who went there with you

a conclusion to talk about how you feel and what you learnt

give details about what happened

date

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Text grammar helps learners better understand the grammar features associated with a particular text type.

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Boosting writing competency and creativity✪ well-organized input equips learners with essential language knowledge and

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Grammar tip! helps learners avoid common errors.

1 Introduction

2 Details

3 Conclusion

Module taskModule task Write a journal entry about an incident

Get ready!A You are Eva. You want to write a journal entry about an incident last week.

What can you write about in each part? Put the letters a–e in the correct boxes.

a What did you learn?

b Where did you go?

c What happened?

d Who did you go with?

e How did you feel?

Get set!

B You have some pictures about the incident. What happened? Look at the pictures. Discuss with your partner.

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C Complete the mind map.

Where did you go?

What happened?

Who did you go with?

How did you feel?

What did you learn?

An incident

Go!

D Now write the journal entry.

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Use contracted forms in journal entries I am sorry about it. ➔ I’m sorry about it.

She did not want to go with me. ➔ She didn’t want to go with me.

Last week, and I went to

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When we arrived at the park, Emma and I wanted to do

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but I wanted to .

In the end, .

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C Complete the mind map.

Where did you go?

What happened?

Who did you go with?

How did you feel?

What did you learn?

An incident

Go!

D Now write the journal entry.

Writingskill

Use contracted forms in journal entries I am sorry about it. ➔ I’m sorry about it.She did not want to go with me. ➔ She didn’t want to go with me.

Last week, and I went to

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When we arrived at the park, Emma and I wanted to do

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In the end, .

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Three-step module tasks✪ step-by-step guided writing empowers learners to organize ideas

and write with ease

Help learners revise the language items and text type features learnt

Get ready! Get set! Go!

Prepare learners for the task through brainstorming and discussion

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