Writing
Pre-intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To introduce and provide practice of writing a short email to a friend asking for advice.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide gist reading practice using a text about to a friend asking for advice.
Procedure (45 minutes)
Students will ask each other for advice on what to eat tomorrow, helping each other decide. They will be in breakout rooms discussing this topic for 3 minutes, follow by 1-2 minutes of feedback.
Students will individually read the example and answer the questions on the provided handout. We will conduct a quick feedback on the answers, followed by a breakdown of the sections and language used.
Students will go to their assigned page in the Google doc and will practice writing an email to a friend. They will have my example to use as a reference.
Students will go to the breakout rooms with their partner and read each other's email. They will follow a checklist to ensure they have included all the necessary parts.
I will use my Google slides DEC slide to highlight some mistakes found in the lesson and allow students to identify the issue.