The document provides instructions for a writing task that asks students to plan their attendance at a festival. It details what information to include in the plan such as the festival name, dates, location, and planned activities. Students are instructed to write an 80-100 word paragraph with a topic sentence, supporting details, and conclusion about their plans to attend, including what they would like to do and predictions for weather. Evaluation criteria are provided focusing on task characteristics, organization, structure, vocabulary, capitalization, and punctuation.
1. Writing about plans for the future
TASK 2: Unit 10
A plan to attend an event/festival
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Writing
2. OBJECTIVE
ORGANIZATION
A paragraph should have:
• A topic sentence
• Supporting ideas
• Concluding sentence
To use future forms (be going go, would like to) and modal
verbs (will, might) to make a plan for attending a festival.
REMEMBER
• This task should be done individually
• You need to use all grammar points and vocabulary
used in the week (plans, phrases with get, adjectives
and places to describe the weather)
• Cheating in any way will be penalized by not receiving
the task.
# OF WORDS
& FORMAT
From 80 to 100 words / Handwritten
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3. 1) Investigate about a worldwide known event/festival you want
to attend (place, dates, celebrities you can see/hear there, what
you can do there, weather…).
2) Imagine you are attending the event/festival and make a
plan.
3) Elaborate a timetable with the activities that you want to do
each day.
4) Write some ideas about:
- what you would like to do (desires)
- what you are going to do (plans & intentions)
- what you will do (predictions)
5) Structure a paragraph with your sentences.
Include a topic sentence, supporting ideas and a concluding
sentence.
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INSTRUCTIONS
4. MAKE SURE YOU ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
What’s the name of the festival?
It’s the… festival.
When will it be?
It’ll be in…
How long will it be?
It’ll be from… to…
Where will it be?
It’ll be in…
What will you do there?
It’ll…
I’m going to…
I might…
I would like to..
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TIP!
6. DAY 1 DAY 2
02:00 pm Visit the food area Have lunch
03:00 pm Attend a workshop See a play
04:00 pm Buy a drink (soda,
water…)
Attend an art
exhibition
05:00 pm Buy souvenirs (a T-shirt,
mug..)
Attend a book
presentation
06:00 pm See a traditional dance
show
Play games
07:00 pm See a documentary Attend a conference
08:00 pm Attend the day show /
concert
Attend the day show
/ concert
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EXAMPLE
7. I are /aren’t going to…
I will probably… / I ’ll probably…
I won’t… / I probably won’t…
I would like to… / I ’d like to…
I would / wouldn’t like to …
I am /am not going to…
I want to… / I don’t want to…
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USE THESE
PHRASES!
8. Writing Rubric – Symbology
• TC – Task characteristics
• O - Organization
• S – Structure
• V – Vocabulary
• C and P- Capitalization & Punctuation
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11. You use a comma (,) in sequences. For example:
In the morning I always get up early, take a shower,
get dressed and eat breakfast.
USE THE APPROPRIATE
PUNCTUATION
You can add extra guideliness
for further support, especially
when prediciting problems with
a certain aspect of the Task.
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You use a period (.) when you finish a complete sentence.
I take English class from Monday to Thursday.
12. 10 rules of capitalization
http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/capitalization/10-rules-of-
capitalization.html
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