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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.