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Narrative Informal Letter Teachers Notes
Narrative Informal Letter Teachers Notes
Lead in
Write on the board:
Students discuss in pairs. Go to open class, students share exotic destinations, activities and advice.
Task Analysis
Give out student handout. Students read task and underline the 4 things they must include in their letter
Task
You have recently been travelling in an exotic country. Your friend has written to you because they are thinking
about visiting the same place. Write them a letter describing the highlights of your trip, you should also
mention any problems you encountered, say whether or not you would recommend the place and give your
friend advice for their trip.
Paragraph Plan
Opening Closing
It’s wonderful to hear from you again. Anyway, I’d better get going as I have an early start in
It’s been ages since we last saw each other. the morning.
How have you been? Well, it’s getting late and I’ve gotta get up at the crack
What have you been up to? of dawn tomorrow.
Sorry for not writing back sooner, I’ve been snowed Hugs and kisses
under with schoolwork/exams/work. Lots of love
So you wanted to know about…. Well… Send my love to ….
Briefly run through the language on the handout for sequencing etc. Students read and field any questions or
doubts they might have. We will look at the advanced grammar next.
Give out the worksheet. Students match the collocations. Use the quizlet set to drill/reinforce with games.
This section is revision of several advanced grammar structures that can be used in compositions with a
narrative element.
Key:
As soon as we had left the jeep we were surrounded by different types of monkeys!
Hardly had we left the jeep when we were surrounded by different types of monkeys.
Little did we know that there were man-eating sharks in the water.
The road was so wet that we had to turn back and go a different way.
So wet was the road that we had to turn back and go a different way.
The gorilla was so strong that he broke the window of the jeep!
So strong was the gorilla that he broke the window of the jeep!
https://quizlet.com/122267420/travel-collocations-flash-cards/
https://quizlet.com/122237779/travelling-expressions-flash-cards/