TP 7: Productive Skills (Writing)
pre-intermediate level
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide product writing practice of a emails
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To introduce and provide practice of writing a short email (35-45 words) inviting friends (in another country) to visit you
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide review and practice of language used for making invitations in the context of someone who you know well.
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To practice using linking words or cohesive devices (e.g., “so,” “then,” “also,” “because”) to improve writing flow
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To develop students' ability to organize a short informal letter/email logically (e.g., greeting, purpose, details, closing)
Procedure (45-55 minutes)
Show students the prepared slide, which will ask them to share about a time that they were invited to somewhere. What was it? (a trip, to see a movie, go to a restaurant, etc) / When was it? / Where was it? / Did you go or decline the invitation?
Provide students with a google form, which will have a model invitation written. Have students determine what the purpose of the invitation is. Be specific, saying "What does Stella want Giusy to do?". The answers will be a multiple choice response (3-4 choices, for ex, visit her at college, go to a party, or visit her for the easter vacation). The invitation should be short and sweet to allow for quick interpretation, as well as streamline the following activity which utilizes the same message.
A) Using Figjam, provide students with the same email again, and have students label the different parts of the email. Make duplicate slides for the exact quantity of students, so that everyone has their own workspace. Make sure the stickies can be connected to letters that have been placed into the invitation. B) If there is time, have students complete a second Figjam, using a slightly different email invitation. In this one, students should provide a Gapfill with useful information surrounding language important to use when crafting an invitation. Make sure to ask students to confirm what the invitation is for before they begin to work on their own.
For this task, students need to write their own invitation to somebody, using the similar criteria to what was shared in the exposure task. Students should work for 10-12 minutes on their own, and then review each others work, using the checklist provided in the document.
Provide as necessary as you review student output throughout the lesson, but particularly in the productive task stage. It will be advisable to offer edits to student writing to demonstrate clarity.
