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Donald is writing a report for his school magazine about how students
spend the summer holiday.
Write about 70 words. You may use the following ideas to help you:
stay
healthy ?
?
sports
e.g. swimming,
badminton
Students’
Summer Holiday
Activities
interest classes become
volunteers
e.g.
model making class, e.g.
drawing class visit elderly homes,
clean the beach
learn new make new
meaningful happy
skills friends
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Objectives of the task
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1. Master the skill of paragraph breaking. Date:
2. Present ideas in an organised manner.
S
Introduction:
Students’ Summer Holiday Activities Background
information
Students do many different things in the summer holiday.
L
Use the simple
present tense.
S
Body: Things
students do in the
summer holiday
L
Start each
paragraph in
the body with a
signpost word
(e.g. First,
Second).
C
Start each
paragraph in the
body with a topic
sentence followed
by examples.
S
Conclusion: How
students spend
the summer
holiday
Proofreading my writing
I always check for spelling mistakes after writing.
I use signpost words to introduce different ideas in different
paragraphs.
I use the simple present tense to write the report. I finished
this writing!
I draw a conclusion at the end of the report.
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