Activity 4 – Review of Writing Skills and Exercises

Start Date: September 8th, 2021. Delivery Date: September 21st, 2021.

Name: Juan Jesus Vaca Guzman

Instructions: Complete the tasks below. Answer the exercises in a Word document.
Afterwards, change the Word file to PDF. Finally, upload your PDF files to the folder
assigned by your teacher.
Tasks:
1. Watch the video about Writing Skills called HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR ENGLISH
WRITING SKILLS ALONE AT HOME? From the link below. Then answer the questions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HG_VWYS0qc&ab_channel=EnglishwithAdriana

• A). How often do you have to practice your writing skills?

Every day
• B). How do you have to start daily writing?
Find a quiet place and always write straight when writing.
• C). What do you have to write about?
A journal, what you do every day will help you improve.
• D). Why is it important to get inspired while reading?
To be able to understand your phrases and expressions that you can use when
writing in English.
• E). Why is consistency important in writing skills?
For the improvement of your writing and understanding when writing.
• F). What is feedback and proofread in writing skills?
Feedback is the way to understand what I am writing and correction in writing is the
correction of the written words.
• G). Why is it always important to rely on a dictionary?
It is important because it helps you to know the meaning of a word, or it can help
you to know how to write the word well.
• H). Why is it important to read to know how to write?
Because it helps you learn new sentences and because you can analyze while you
are reading to see if you are getting it right.
• I). What is the easy way to start writing?
What you could do is just copy the text into your journal. so go ahead, look at that
text and write it your way.
 2. Record a video where you explain the following areas of writing:
(5 minutes approximately)

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/writing-skills

a) Research
b) Outlining
c) Editing
d) Reading Comprehension
e) Time Management

Note: The video must include:

• Quality research.
• Organization and creation
• Clarity and coherence.
• Do not read during recording.

3. Read the following lesson. Then rewrite the sentences below in the correct form.
Use Punctuation Rules and capital letters for nationalities and for days of the week.

The Weekend Cook

My dad works in a bank. He works there from Monday to Friday. He helps people.
He counts money, and he uses the computer. His job is important. He is an
important man at the bank.

Dad also works at home. On weekends he cooks dinner. Usually, he fixes Italian
food. On Saturdays he makes spaghetti. On Sundays he makes pizza. Sometimes he
fries chicken or fixes Chinese food. My mother watches and helps. She cuts the
vegetables.
She tosses the salad. I wash the dishes.

Some people say it is strange for a man to cook. My dad enjoys his hobby. Cooking
relaxes him. His father was a weekend cook, too.

a. my father is a weekend cook - My father, is a weekend cook.

b. he works at a bank on monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and Friday - He
works at a bank on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
c. he cooks on saturday and sunday - He cooks, on Saturday and Sunday.
d. he usually cooks italian spaghetti – He, usually cooks Italian spaghetti.
e. pizza is Italian food – Pizza. is Italian food.
f. dad makes spaghetti on Saturdays – Dad, makes spaghetti on Saturdays.
g. my dad likes to cook chinese food - My dad, likes to cook Chinese food.
h. my mother and i help my dad - My mother and I, help my dad.
i. it is good for my dad to cook - It is good for my dad, to cook.
j. his hobby relaxes him - His hobby, relaxes him.
Note: Answer the exercises in a Word document. Afterwards, change the Word file to PDF.

Finally, upload your PDF files to the folder assigned by your teacher.

4. Write a 250-word story about your daily routines. Use the writing skills you have
learned in this activity. Simple Present Tense and correct use of Punctuation Rules
are required.

On a normal day in my life, I always wake up at 10:00 o ́clock, then I get dressed
comfortably, then I go downstairs and have breakfast, when I finish breakfast, I
always brush my teeth and I am ready for the day. I start doing all my homework of
my subjects early, then I start breakfast at about 10:30 am and I take a break at
11:30 am to exercise, approximately I do about half an hour of exercise, so I finish
exercising at 12:00 pm and take a shower to be clean, later 1 pm I go back to do my
homework for 4 more hours, within these 4 hours I take a break for at 03: 00 in the
afternoon I eat, I take my classes at 4:00 pm and these last between 1 and 2 hours
per day, when I finish my classes I continue doing my work to finish them and so at
09:30 at night, watch some videos to entertain me for a while and then go with my
friends at 10:30 and play for a while video games where the truth is I have too much
fun and I entertain myself a lot and so at 12:30 I go to sleep and rest for the next
day.