Activity # 1

Level: False Beginners

Objective: Students will be able to write about their families.

Writing Strategy: Clustering

Kind of Writing: Informative/ Expository

Schema

Pre- Reading Activity

Instruction: Read about Patrick Binchey and then write the names of the people in the correct place

Pre - Writing Activity

Clustering Activity A. Family photos worksheet

Task

Write an informative writing task about your family.

My mother is Lia.My father is Jose.My brother is Juan.My sister is Ana.

Lia is fourty years old.Jose is fourty five years old.Juan is twenty years old.Ana is seventeen years old.

My parents are teachers.My brother and my sister are students.

We live in Escazú

Activity # 2

Level: Real Beginners

Objective: Students will be able to describe the house where they live.

Writing Strategy: Brainstorming

Kind of Writing: Descriptive

Schema

Students will answer the following questions orally.

Where do you live?Do you live in a small or enormous house?

Where is your house located?How many rooms are there?

Is there a yard?What color is your bedroom?What color is the bathroom?

Pre- Reading Activity

Instruction: Look at the picture and write the words in the correct place

Pre - Writing Activity

Read the text

Pre - Writing Activity

Brainstorm about your house

My house

# Bedrooms

garage

Living room

yard

Kitchen (size, coor)

Dinning room

Two /one floor (s)

bathroom

Task

Write descriptive writing about your house.

My house

I live in a big house in Cartago. There are 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. My brother´s bedroom is blue and it

has many objects like a tv, dvd, and a computer.