How to Teach Basic Writing and Trade English: Lesson 2

It’s week 2 of the class. Let’s get ready for a midterm exam.

Textbook Unit 4 

Here are the resources for the lesson.

 

Let’s do the exercises in Unit 4. They are good practice. They help you learn to write simple present tense sentences that describe places.

  • Read and write

Tasks (60)

  • explain the words (5)
  • page 29 
  • page 30 and 31 (10)
  • capital letter review (5)
  • page 31 fill in the blanks part 1 and 2 (10)
  • Write again (10)
  • Word Scramble (10)
  • read the answer and write the question (10)

5-minute break

  • page 34 (10)
  • page 36 and 37 – read and write (10)
  • dictation (10)

 

Email Writing 

Part 1 Look at email message (10)

Let’s look at a simple business email. 

  1. One email message is asking questions.
  2. One email message is answering questions.

Notice the:

  • polite use of names
  • simple structure
  • use bullets to ask questions
  • use same bullets to answer
  • contact information

 

Describe the Midterm Exam (10)

Here is the midterm test. Good luck.

 

Numbers (15)

Pair work activity.

Practice asking and answering questions with big numbers.

 

Textbook Unit 5 (20)

Let’s do the exercises in Unit 5. This is about describing activities.

  • Read and write