This document contains a writing curriculum for level 102 students. It includes 12 units covering topics such as free time, clothes, food, health, making plans, and travel. Each unit provides practice exercises to describe activities, people, abilities, preferences, and past experiences in 3-4 sentences. Students are prompted to write paragraphs practicing different grammatical structures, such as using can/can't to describe abilities, because to give reasons, and sequencing language. The goal is to help students improve their writing skills in English.

1. AMIDEAST
Level 102 Writing
compiled by
Shafiqa A. Fakir

2. Level 102 Writing 1
UNIT 7: Free Time
Practice 1 Writing about activities happening now
A. Use the following prompts to write sentences about what people are
doing now.
For example,
mother/lunch
My mother is cooking lunch.__________________________
1. Laila/emails
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2. Ali’s father/nap
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3. my sisters/TV
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4. my neighbor/guitar
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B. What are the animals in the following pictures doing?
1 2
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3 4
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Practice 2 Writing about what people are not doing
C. Use the following prompts to write sentences about what people are
not doing now.
1. Mary/podcast
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2. I/movie
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3. his brothers/movie
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4. my neighbor/piano
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Practice 3 Writing about yourself and your classmates
D. Write about what you and some of your classmates are doing now.
1. _______________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________
Practice 4 Writing about abilities
E. Write sentences with can and can’t about the people below. Use
‘and’ and ‘but’ to connect your ideas.
Hasan Julie Yumi and Rose
play tennis  × 
ride a horse  × 
play the piano ×  ×
For example,
Hasan can play tennis and he can ride a horse._____________

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1. _______________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________
F. Write sentences about yourself using can/can’t. Use ‘and’ and ‘but’ to
connect your ideas.
1. _____________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________
Practice 5 Writing about someone
G. Write a short paragraph about the different abilities (sports, musical
instruments, languages, etc.) of people in your family. Use can/can’t
as well as ‘but’ and ‘and’.
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5. Level 102 Writing 4
UNIT 8: Clothes
Practice 1 Describing what people are wearing.
A. Write questions and long answers about what people are wearing.
Remember that the color adjective always goes before the noun.
For example,
Mariam/abaya/blue
What is Mariam wearing?_______________________________
She’s wearing a blue abaya._____________________________
1. John/shoes/brown
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2. Saleem/jacket/black
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3. Fatima/dress/red
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4. the boys/sweaters/green
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Practice 2 Writing about likes and dislikes in clothes
B. Use the verbs like, don’t like, love, hate to write true sentences about
clothes.
For example,
(don’t like): I don’t wear red clothes. I don’t like red. ___________
1. (like)________________________________________________
2. (don’t like) ____________________________________________

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3. (love) ________________________________________________
4. (hate) ________________________________________________
Practice 3 Giving reasons: Because
C. Look at the sentence.
I never wear brown clothes because I don’t like the color brown.
The word because introduces the reason for the action.
Write three sentences (one each using always, sometimes, never +
wear) and because.
1. _____________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________
Practice 4 Writing a description of someone’s clothes
D. Write a full description of the clothes that someone you know wears.
Write about the different clothes they wear at different times for
holidays, for work, for college. Say what their favorite colors are. Use
as much vocabulary from this Unit as your can.
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Practice 5 Write a paragraph
E. Number the sentences in the correct order. Then rewrite them as a
paragraph with a main idea sentence and supporting details.
_____ It gives energy and vitamins.
_____ Fruit is healthy.
_____ It also tastes good.
_____ In every country, people enjoy fruit such as oranges and
bananas.
__1__ A good diet has a lot of fruit.
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F. Choose one of these topics and write a paragraph.
favorite book favorite toy Favorite TV show
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UNIT 9: Food
Practice 1 Writing about food
A. Write about what food and soft drinks you like, don’t like, love, and
hate.
1. (like)________________________________________________
2. (don’t like) ____________________________________________
3. (love) ________________________________________________
4. (hate) ________________________________________________
Practice 2 Writing about what people eat
B. Write five sentences about what people you know eat for different
meals. Use always, usually, never.
For example,
(me/breakfast): For breakfast, I usually eat eggs and bread, and I
drink tea.__________________________________________
1. (me/dinner) ___________________________________________
2. (my father/lunch) _______________________________________
3. (my friend) ___________drinks____________________________
4. (my mother/desserts)____________________________________
5. (my brother/dinner)_____________________________________
Practice 3 Writing about food.
C. Write affirmative (+) or negative (-) sentences about where the food
is. Remember to use some and any correctly.
For example,
(pasta/table +): There’s some pasta on the table.________________
1. (cheese/refrigerator +) __________________________________
2. (milk/bottle -) _________________________________________

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3. (apples/bowl +) ______________________________________
4. (eggs/box - ) ___________________________________________
D. Write two true sentences about where some food and soft drinks are
in your home.
1. _____________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________
Practice 4 Describing a meal
E. Write a paragraph describing your favorite dinner.
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Practice 5 Giving examples
F. Write down four ways to stay in good shape.
1. _____________________________________________________
2. _____________________________________________________
3. _____________________________________________________
4. _____________________________________________________

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UNIT 10: Health
Practice 1 Writing about remedies
A. How do these people feel or look? Write sentences to describe their
conditions.
1 2
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3 4
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Practice 2 Writing about remedies
B. Write sentences telling people what they should do if they are
unwell.
For example,
headache/Panadol
If you have a headache, you should take a Panadol.____________
1. cough/cough medicine
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2. tired/bed
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3. flue/rest
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4. toothache/dentist
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Practice 3 Giving advice
C. Write advice for the following problems. Use should/shouldn’t
1. For healthy teeth, you ___________________________________
2. For a healthy heart, you _________________________________
3. To keep your eyes strong, you ____________________________
4. To sleep well, you ______________________________________
5. To stay fit, you _________________________________________
6. To lose weight, you _____________________________________
Practice 4 Writing a paragraph.
D. Write a paragraph about what people should or shouldn’t do to
prevent different types of diseases.
Organize the paragraph into three parts.
• start by writing about general actions (e.g. washing your
hands)
• then write about special dangerous diseases (e.g. malaria)
• end with a sentence which summarizes how to prevent
diseases.
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Practice 5 Writing a paragraph.
E. A student is writing a paragraph on ‘ways to stay in good shape’. Add
ideas to the following plan.
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Use the plan above and write a paragraph starting with the following
topic sentence. Use sequence language: Firstly, / Secondly, / Finally
There are different ways to stay healthy. __________________
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ways to stay
in good shape

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UNIT 11: Making Plans
Practice 1 Writing about personal plans
A. Write answers to the following questions.
1. What are you going to do after class?
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2. What are you going to do tomorrow evening?
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3. What are you going to do this weekend?
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4. What are you going to do tonight?
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Practice 2 Writing about the future.
B. Think about the things you hope you are going to do in the future.
Write a paragraph about your plans, hopes, and dreams.
Organize your paragraph carefully:
• start by writing about your present situation (e.g. work,
study, family)
• next write about what you hope you are going to do (e.g. get
a new job, get married)
• finally write about the things you hope you are going to do
later in life.
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Practice 3 Writing about wishes
C. We use ‘would like to’ and ‘wouldn’t like to’ to talk about future
wishes.
Look at this example showing the difference between ‘going to’ for
future plans and ‘would like to’ for future wishes.
I/study/tonight/I/visit/grandmother
I’m going to study tonight, but I would like to visit my_________
grandmother._________________________________________
Write some similar sentences using the word lists.
1. I/get up/early/tomorrow/I/stay/in bed
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2. Fatima/cook lunch/midday/she/eat/mother’s/food
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3. We/play/tennis/Saturday/I/go/camping
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4. Rashid/study/medicine/next year/he/be/lawyer
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Practice 4 Writing about important personal wishes
D. What things would you like to happen in the future for you and your
family? Write a paragraph about your wishes. Organize your
paragraph carefully.
• start with wishes for yourself which have some chance of
coming true
• continue with wishes that do not have so much chance of
coming true
• close with wishes for other people who are close to you
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Practice 5 Writing an invitation
E. Write an invitation to your city’s major inviting him/her to the
following event:
• You are a businessperson. Plan an anniversary to celebrate the
success of your company.
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UNIT 12: On the Move
Practice 1 Writing sentences in the Simple Past
A. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.
For example,
him/week/see/went/last/to
I went to see him last week._____________________________
1. in/they/2010/Cairo/to/moved
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2. tired/bed
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3. flue/rest
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4. toothache/dentist
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Practice 2 Writing about your last weekend activities
B. Write about what you did last weekend.
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Practice 3 Writing about a trip
C. Imagine you went on a trip to different cities in Yemen last year for
14 days. Think about these things.
• Where did you go?
• Who did you go with?
• How did you travel?
• Where did you stay and for how long?
Make a plan of your trip, then write a paragraph describing it in
order. Use as many of the words in the box, in their correct form, as
you can.
buy tickets travel bus go
leave drive plane museum
leave return stay arrive
taxi visit go shopping climb
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