1. Imagine that you and your friends had a wonderful adventure in the city of Lijiang and the snow mountain in Yunnan province. 2. In pairs, think of the things that you would tell your family and friends about your adventure. 3. Share your ideas with the teacher.

1. The students will take a minute to read an email written by a traveller to her parents about her trip to the city of Marrakesh. Is it formal or informal? 2. In pairs, the students will read again and think of the tone of the writer. Is she disappointed? happy? excited? The students will have to describe how they feel about reading the email. 3. In pairs, the teacher will ask the students to highlight or underline descriptive words in the email and think of what they describe. 4. The students will then share their findings with the teacher. 5. In pairs or small groups, the students will highlight or underline narrative tenses (taught in previous classes) in the email. 6. The students will share their findings with the teacher.

1. The students will take a minute to read the list of useful vocabulary. 2. The students will chorally drill the vocabulary. 3. The students will read again and discuss the meanings (Chinese is allowed at this stage). 4. While the students are reading again the teacher will go around to provide clarification if needed.

1. The students will first write a draft of an email to their parents/best friend describing their adventure in the city of Lijiang and the snow mountain (optional). 2. The students will rewrite the email after they have modified and reconstructed their ideas in a better way. 3. The students are allowed to use the handouts to help them with language and sentence structures. 4. Before the students begin the teacher, will provide them with some extra ideas and elements that they might include in their writing. For example: don't forget to mention the food, weather, the locals etc.

Given after the marking of the writing