Unit 13 class 5 writing

1. Objective
To write a postcard about
a landscape using present
perfect, past simple, and
-ing and -ed adjectives

2. • Watch the following videos and choose the place you
would like to visit. Tell why. Remember to take notes:
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbeHjcLOkgs
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehnd599dkk8

3. HOW would you feel?.
1. You have been travelling all night from Cali to
Madrid (exhausted, tired, motivated, excited)
2.You bungee jumped for the first time yesterday
(thrilled, excited, frightened, amused)
3. You didn’t win a competition you took part in
(disappointed, demotivated, surprised)
.

4. Ask your students WHAT is each situation like?
1. Studying all night for an important exam is ___________________
2. Bungee jumping is ____________________________________
3. Not winning a competition is _______________________________
tiring, exhausting, motivating
exciting, frightening, amusing
disappointing, demotivating, surprising

6. ED / ING ADJECTIVES
Circle the correct adjectives in each sentence below.
1.Our visit to Paris was an amazing / amazed experience.
2. I get really annoying / annoyed when I have to wait in line.
3. It is impossible to get boring / bored in London.
4. Nightlife in Ibiza is quite exciting / excited.
5. I am a little confusing / confused about this city map..
https://www.lessonplansdigger.com/wp-
content/uploads/2015/08/ED-ING-
ADJECTIVES-WORKSHEET.pdf

7. ED / ING ADJECTIVES
Change the words in CAPITALS so that they fit the gaps.
1. Studying a foreign language might be ........................ FRUSTRATE
2. I often feel ........................ in winter. DEPRESS
3. This 12-hour bus journey was ........................ EXHAUST
4. Tom was really ........................ when he saw the spider.
FRIGHTEN
5. I hate long movies, they are always so ........................ BORE
8. Jane is ........................ by the ancient Egypt. FASCINATE
7. It was so ........................ to fall down on the street! EMBARRASS
8. This book was rather ........................ DISAPPOINT
https://www.lessonplansdigger.com/wp-
content/uploads/2015/08/ED-ING-
ADJECTIVES-WORKSHEET.pdf

8. My trip to T &T
Zen was fascinating
The weather was hot and we took the sun every day,
so I was not bored at all
People are really friendly. I
met some interesting people
TT is an exciting country

12. Date ….
Dear ….
Paragraph 1 (Opening remarks)
Greet your friend: Dear + (your friend first name)
Reason for writing: where you are /when you went/ with whom you went/ what your trip was like /how
you felt)
Paragraph 2 (Main Body)
Give details about your holiday there:
where you went/ what you saw / who you met / how you felt / why it is worth visiting it/
Paragraph 3 (Closing remarks) End the postcard
Take care, / Yours, / Sincerely,/Love, etc,
(Your first name) _____________________
Imagine you are writing a postcard to a friend Choose a country or city..
Remember to use past simple and present perfect and –ed and –ing adjectives.
Use the following guidelines (layout):

15. Imagine you are on vacation in CHINA. Write a postcard to a friend saying what you did/saw the week before and
how you felt.
Use at least 2/3 adverbs of attitude to show your feelings about what happened, 2/3 natural features and 2
superlatives, 3 statements in present perfect and 3 statements in simple past. Use different VERBS.
CHINA
Taste Chicken Chow Mein
Walk along the great Wall of China
Go shopping in Beijing
Visit the forbidden city in Beijing
See terracotta army of Emperor Qi
Date ….
Dear ….
Paragraph 1 (Opening remarks)
Greet your friend: Dear + (your friend first name)
Reason for writing: where you are /when you went/ with whom you went/
what it is like /how you feel)
Paragraph 2 (Main Body)
Give details about your holiday there:
where you went/ what you saw / how you felt / why it is worth visiting it/
Paragraph 3 (Closing remarks) End the postcard
Take care, / Yours, / Sincerely,/Love, etc,
(Your first name) _____________________

16. Imagine you are on vacation in LONDON. Write a postcard to a friend saying what you did/saw the week before and
how you felt.
Use at least 2/3 adverbs of attitude to show your feelings about what happened, 2/3 natural features and 2
superlatives, 3 statements in present perfect and 3 statements in simple past. Use different VERBS.
Date ….
Dear ….
Paragraph 1 (Opening remarks)
Greet your friend: Dear + (your friend first name)
Reason for writing: where you are /when you went/ with whom you went/
what it is like /how you feel)
Paragraph 2 (Main Body)
Give details about your holiday there:
where you went/ what you saw / how you felt / why it is worth visiting it/
Paragraph 3 (Closing remarks) End the postcard
Take care, / Yours, / Sincerely,/Love, etc,
(Your first name) _____________________
LONDON
Taste fish and chips
Walkaround central London
Goshopping in Oxford Street
Visit the House of Parliament and the
Big Ben
Get on the London Eye
Stop at the Buckingham Palace