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Pre-writing activities
Tasks
Time
Activity procedure
Justification
Materials
A real text sent by
other children with
whom the students
have contact with
increases motivation
and makes reading a
meaningful activity.
The comprehension
questions
help
students focus on key
points of the recipe
and help them realize
the value of written
language
for
communication and
the conditions which
make it necessary.
The text also gives
students a model for
later production.
Students
are
introduced to new
vocabulary which they
will
need
when
writing their own text.
The pictures facilitate
comprehension.
A recipe sent
by children of a
partner school
in Wales.
Task
1
3 min
Students read a model
text
and answer
comprehension
questions.
Task
2
3 min
Students are introduced
to new vocabulary.
They have to identify
certain items referring
to
the
equipment
needed for the recipe
using words from the
text.
Task 3 4 min
Students underline the
verbs in the model text
in order to find out how
the language of giving
instructions is formed.
Task 4 5 min
The notion of coherent Students are
texts is initiated. They exposed
to
underline conjunction grammatical
Comments
Pictures
showing
kitchen
equipment.
Without
being The model text
presented
with
complex grammatical
terms,
students
understand that the
need
to
give
instructions
is
expressed through a
particular grammatical
form, i.e. the use of
imperative. Grammar
is presented within a
meaningful context
first The model text
the and a number
of
sentences
58