Exercise 1: Write about your family

Write about a member of your family.   Task: Choose a member of your family that you like a lot. Write a letter to an English-speaking penfriend with a description of this person.   Ideas: Make a list of the members of your family you like the most. Decide who you are going to write about. Make notes about: how often you see them why you like them/their good points anything you don’t like about them/their not-so-good points things they have achieved    Plan: Decide which ideas you are going to use and match them to these paragraphs. Paragraph 1: Say who you are writing about and why, and how often you see them. Give a brief description of the person. Paragraph 2: Talk about their good points and any important things they have done. Paragraph 3: Mention any negative points they have. Paragraph 4: Sum up why they are important to you.   Write: Write your letter. Use the paragraph plan to help you.   Check: Check the following points. Are your ideas divided into paragraphs? Does each paragraph have a clear topic and a topic sentence? Have you checked spelling, grammar and punctuation?    Write your task in another program (e.g. Word).  Save the file to your computer.  Upload your file.  If you want to add a note to your teacher, write it in the Comments box.  Select Submit to Dropbox to send your work to your teacher.