________________________________________________________________________________________ TITLE: A TYPICAL DAY IN MY LIFE LEVEL: A2.2 SKILL: Writing DATE: __ / __ / ____ TIMING: 30' Cross Curricular Issues: Individual Work: X PEL LEARNING AIM: Pair Work: __ Group Work: __ I can write, in a personal letter, about aspects of daily life (people, places, work, studies, family, hobbies, etc). Although I frequently make mistakes... I can write notes and brief and simple messages related to my immediate needs. I can write very simple personal letters; for example, thanking someone for something. An Irish exchange student is coming to stay with you and your family and she sends you an e-mail telling you a little about herself and also describing a typical day for her in Ireland. To prepare her for the visit, you send an e-mail telling her about a typical day in your life too. Dear..., ...Now I’m going to describe to you a typical day for me in Ireland. First, I get up early at about 7:30, have a shower, get dressed, and then have breakfast. We usually have a big cooked breakfast; bacon or sausage, eggs, baked beans and toast. Then I get my bag ready for school and go to the bus-stop with my brother, Liam. The school bus passes at around 8:30 and we get to school 20 minutes later. School starts at 9 o’clock. We have classes until 11:45 and then we have a lunch break. My Mum packs me something for lunch, normally a ham sandwich, a chocolate milk and maybe an apple or an orange. After that, we have sport from 12:30 to 1:15. We play regular sports like basketball but also Irish sports like hurling or Gaelic football. Next we return to class until 4pm. Then I get the school bus back home and I always do my homework before dinner. After dinner, if I have an exam, I study more, and if not, I watch TV or chat to my friends on the computer. Sometimes I go round to a friend’s house after dinner but normally I just stay home and finally I go to bed at 10:30 or 11:00... NOW IT IS YOUR TURN WRITE AN E-MAIL DESCRIBING A TYPICAL DAY. BEFORE YOU BEGIN, MAKE NOTES ABOUT THE FOLLOWING Time you get up: When school starts/ finishes: When/ what you have for lunch: What you have for breakfast: When you have a break: What you do in the afternoon/ evening: How you go to school: How you go home: When you go to bed: ________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Read the task and the example carefully. 2. Look up any words you don’t know in the dictionary. 3. Look at the use of sequencing words (i.e. then,...) and frequency adverbs (i.e. usually,...). 4. Make notes about your typical day with the guide provided. 5. Using the example as a guide, write about your typical day and remember to include sequencing words and frequency adverbs. CRITERIA ME Level: A2.2 Skill: Writing I followed the example given. I made notes about the information I was going to include before writing. I used sequencing words and frequency adverbs to write about my daily activity. I can write a personal email about my daily life. Remember you can visit the e-ELP website and fill in your own ePEL. MY TEACHER
