Week 20: Writing practice (Colin)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

W20	13/5 - 17/5	Writing & practice
W21	20/5 - 24/5	Writing rubric & practice
W22	27/5 - 31/5	Letter practice
W23	3/6 - 7/6	Final practice (Miss Koolwijk absent on Thursday & Friday)

Newswise, what do you think it is about? 

Testweek D 

You will be judged on your ability to write short messages. 

You get points for: 

Spelling

Grammar 

Vocabulary 

How you carry out the assignment (do you do what is asked of you?) 

The postcard from Scotland 

Work on the exercises and the postcard. 

We will check the exercises together

Hand in your postcard for feedback

Welcome! 

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What emoji are you?

Think of an emoji that describes your current mood. Talk about this with your neighbour

W20	13/5 - 17/5	Writing & practice
W21	20/5 - 24/5	Writing rubric & practice
W22	27/5 - 31/5	Letter practice
W23	3/6 - 7/6	Final practice (Miss Koolwijk absent on Thursday & Friday)

Testweek D 

You will be judged on your ability to write short messages. 

You get points for: 

Spelling

Grammar 

Vocabulary 

How you carry out the assignment (do you do what is asked of you?) 

Grammar: Word order

(When)	Who	Does	What	How	Where / when
Today	he	played	tennis	very well	on the court.

1. beach / yesterday / they / to / went / the

2. the / slowly / flowers / garden / bloomed / the / in

3. morning / up / early / I / every / wake

4. always / her / she / homework / does / diligently

5. park / the / played / children / happily / in / the

6. dog / the / the / cat / chased 

7. visited / historical / the / we / Saturday / museum / on

Exercise: Word order

Unscramble these sentences!

1. Yesterday they went to the beach.

2. The flowers bloomed slowly in the garden.

3. Every morning I wake up early. 

4. She always does her homework diligently.

5. The children played happily in the park.

6. The dog chased the cat.

7. We visited the historical museum on Saturday.

Exercise: Word order

Unscramble these sentences!

How to start and end a postcard

What words / phrases do we use?

Postcard to a friend

You are going to write a postcard to a friend. You are going to tell about your (amazing / boring) holiday.

• Tell about the most fun / boring thing you did this holiday.
• What made this so fun / boring?
• Ask your friend if they did anything this holiday.
• Ask your friend if they have any plans for the summer holiday.
• Ask your friend if they would like to meet up soon.
• End the postcard properly

Send a reply back to the person you received the postcard from.

Answer the questions the other person sent you!