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LESSON 6

WRITING

Writing about family routines

Uni
WARM-UP
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LESSON 6

Task 1: Choose a routine.

PRE-WRITING

Task 2: Read the email and complete the table.

Task 3: Complete the email about Dong's family
routines.

WHILE-WRITING

POST-WRITING

CONSOLIDATION

WRITING
GETTING STARTED

Peer review and evaluation
• Wrap-up
• Home work

WARM-UP

1

What activity is the most
frequent in your family?

PRE-WRITING

2 Read the

email and
complete
the table.

New message

__ X

To: dong@webmail.com
Subject: My family routines

Hi Dong,
How are you getting on? In your last email you asked me about my family routines.
Well, we have quite a few routines to help us learn life skills and build family bonds,
but I'll tell you about three main ones.
First, my family always have dinner together. Dinners are important for us since we
share our daily experiences and talk about the latest news. Second, we watch our
favourite game show on TV together every Friday evening. We discuss the questions
and guess the answers. It's great fun every time we get a correct answer. Third, every
two weeks, on Saturday we clean the house together. We make a list of all the chores.
Each of us then chooses one or two household tasks according to personal choice. We
all feel happy and proud when we see our home spotlessly clean at the end of the day.
Do you have similar family routines? I'd be interested to know about your family.
Please write back soon.
Best,
Joey
SEND

New message

__ X

To: dong@webmail.com
Subject: My family routines

Hi Dong,
How are you getting on? In your last email you asked me about my
family routines. Well, we have quite a few routines to help us
learn life skills and build family bonds, but I'll tell you about three
main ones.
First, my family always have dinner together. Dinners are
important for us since we share our daily experiences and talk
about the latest news. Second, we watch our favourite game show
on TV together every Friday evening. We discuss the questions
and guess the answers. It's great fun every time we get a correct
answer. Third, every two weeks, on Saturday we clean the house
together. We make a list of all the chores. Each of us then chooses
one or two household tasks according to personal choice. We all
feel happy and proud when we see our home spotlessly clean at
the end of the day.
Do you have similar family routines? I'd be interested to know
about your family.
Please write back soon.
Best,
Joey

2. Read the email and complete the table.

Routines
1. have
dinner
together

When /
How often

every day

2. watch
every Friday
favorite
evening
game show
on TV
3. together
clean the
house
together

every two
weeks, on
Saturday

Things to do to
strengthen
family bonds
- share daily
experiences
- talk about the
latest news.
- discuss the
questions
- guess the
answers
- make a list of
chores
- choose tasks

3. Complete the email about Dong's family routines using the information in the box.

WHILE-WRITING
3.1. STRUCTURE OF A PARAGRAPH

WHILE-WRITING
3.2. QUALITIES OF A GOOD PARAGRAPH
QUALITIES OF A GOOD
PARAGRAPH

Unity
(i.e. one main idea is
developed)

Coherence
(i.e. all the sentences and
ideas flows smoothly to
make clear and logical
points about the topic)

WHILE-WRITING
3.3. CONNECTORS

To list ideas

First, Second, In addition, Additionally,
Moreover, Furthermore, Another idea
worth noting is that, Finally

To give an
example

For example/ For instance, To illustrate

To conclude

In conclusion, In brief, In short

To: joey@webmail.com
Subject: My family routines
Hi Joey,
How are you? We're all doing fine here. You asked me about my family routines. Well, we have a
number of routines to help us learn life skills as well as build family bonds. Here are three main ones.
First, my family always have breakfast together. Breakfast is a quick meal with just bread or noodles
because both my parents work and we, kids, have morning classes. But the most important thing is
that we can sit down together, eat healthy food and share our plans for the day.
Second, we spend Saturday evenings as a family. We often watch a film, share snacks and then
exchange our opinions after the film. I can even argue and defend my ideas about the film with my
grandparents or brother.
Third, on the second Sunday of the month, we visit our grandparents. We come to my parents' home
quite early in the morning to help them do some housework such as cleaning the house or washing
clothes. Then, we have a big lunch with them. My parents are very happy when we come to see
them. The visits make me feel closer to my grandparents.
What do you think about my family routines?
Please, write back soon and let me know.
Best wishes,
Dong

Uni
WARM-UP
t

LESSON 6

WRITING
GETTING STARTED
Task 1: Choose a routine.

PRE-WRITING

Task 2: Read the email and complete the table.

Task 3: Complete the email about Dong's family
routines.

WHILE-WRITING

POST-WRITING

Peer review and evaluation

POST-WRITING
PEER CHECK & REVIEW

- Work in pairs
- Give comments on your
partner's writing

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
 lexical items about family routines
 ways to write an email about family
routines.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- exercises in the workbook
- prepare for Communication and Culture lesson

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