B1 Unit 1 Writing Task: Writing sentences with the simple present tense

1. Unit 1 Writing Task

2. goal
You are going to write sentences on the following topic:
Describe three of your daily activities that might be
interesting to someone from another country.
Step 1: Brainstorming Step 2: Make a draft Step 3: Submit your sentences

3. Step 1: Brainstorming
Brainstorm a list of things that you do in a typical day.
Things I do in a
typical day
Take a ferry
across the bay
Wake up in a
boathouse
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4. Follow the steps to make notes for your sentences. Don’t worry about
grammar or spelling. Don’t write complete sentences.
Step 2: Make a draft
➔ Step 1: Look at your brainstorming list you just wrote. Choose
three activities that you think someone from another country
might find interesting.
➔ Step 2: Decide how you want to organize your ideas. For
example, you could put the activities in the order that you do
them every day. You could also put the most interesting activity
at the end.
➔ Step 3: Include at least one detail for each activity.

5. Step 2: Make a Draft
Things I do in a Typical Day Details (when, why, who with, etc)
Wake up in a boat house
Every day around 7:00 am
rent- boat house is cheaper
Take a ferry across the Bay
every morning around 8:00 am
Fastest way to get to the office
1. Your activity List details here
2. Your activity List details here
3. Your activity List details here

6. DRAFT 1
- I usually do my homework on
Saturday morning.
- My friends and I usually go to
the movies. We go on Saturdays.
- I practice the guitar every day
after school. Sometimes my
friends comes over and we play
the guitar together.
Before you start the first draft…..
DRAFT 2
- I play tennis in the park on
Sunday mornings. It’s fun and
it’s good exercise.
- My friends and I usually go to
the movies on Saturdays.
- We go the movies theater in the
mall.
- I practice the guitar everyday
after school. Sometimes my
friends come over and we play
the guitar together.
a. Replace an
unrelated idea
with a new one
b. Added a
detail about an
idea
c. Corrected a
verb form
d. Combined two
short
sentences.
Describe three leisure activities. Give one or more
details about each one. For example, explain when,
why or where you do them or who you do them with.

7. Let’s practice!
Correct one mistake with the simple present tense in each of the sentences
1. I cooks food for 500 people every day.
➔ I cook food for 500 people every day.
➔ I think many people don’t cook nowadays.
3. My husband drive me to work every morning.
➔ My husband drives me to work every morning.
4. He be a bus driver.
➔ He is a bus driver.
2. I think many people doesn’t cook nowadays.

8. Let’s practice!
Correct one mistake with the simple present tense in each of the sentences
5. I don’t works in an office.
➔ I don’t work in an office.
➔ I work in a laboratory.
7. My grandparents doesn’t watch TV.
➔ My daughter doesn’t have a job.
8. My daughter doesn’t has a job.
➔ My grandparents don’t watch TV.
6. I working in a laboratory.

9. “Now use the information in your
outline to write your sentences ”

10. Check your
sentences!
Now use the questions below to revise your sentences
Are all your sentences about daily activities?
Did you include at least one detail for each
activity?
Are all the verb forms correct?
Did you combine short sentences
where suitable?

11. You can
do it!
Submit your sentences on edvance360
Describe three of your daily activities that might be
interesting to someone from another country.