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What are we going to write about?
1. A day at the beach 2. A class 3. A football match4. A hunter hunted5. A bird flying away6. Falling from a tree.7. Mending a puncture8. An incident while diving
• Eight simple guided tasks
Tips
• Use very simple sentences at the beginning.• Use simple connectors• Use there is/there are • Use prepositions • Use the present continous to describe what’s going
on• Check vocabulary you might need before you start
writing• Use punctuation marks• Use past tenses if you narrate an incident in the
past
Write a description in your notebook.1. A day at the beach
raft
lighthouse
cliffs
Camping site
Some vocabulary you might need but probably you’ll need some more.
2. A class
• Back to stand• Front to sit• By • Close to• Behind• Row• Aisle
3. A Football match.
Sequencing events.4. A hunter hunted
5. A bird flying away
6. Tell the story of this boy falling from a tree
7. Mending a puncture
Incident while diving
Key vocabulary
aboveattackknife
toputboat
downhelptentacles
undercutoctopus
aroundswimdiver
Prep.VerbsNouns
Where is the diver?The diver is under the water
What does he see?He sees an octopus
What does the octopus do?The octopus attacks him.
• Where is the octopus?
• The octopus puts its tentacles round his body
• Another diver comes down with a knife
• He cuts the tentacle with his knife
• He liberates the first diver
• The two divers swim to the top
add a few adverbs to improve your writing
Sources
This ppp was made using images and ideas from an old book. “Write Now” by Ronald Ridout
• Illustrated by S. Kindberg. Longman.1978
• Despite being so old, it still works pretty well to set off writing.