This document outlines an intermediate writing lesson plan on happiness for the SkimaTalk online learning platform. The lesson instructs students to write about a happy experience and send their response to their teacher before class. During the lesson, the teacher will have the student read their homework aloud, provide 10 minutes of feedback, and ask follow-up questions in the last 5 minutes. After class, teachers are asked to proofread and edit the student's homework response before returning it via the messaging feature.

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SkimaTalk Official Course
Intermediate Writing –
Let’s talk about your emotions and important events
Lesson 1: Happiness

2. Homework:
Write down your answer to the question and send it to your teacher BEFORE
the lesson. You should send the answer to your teacher using the SkimaTalk
Message feature (maximum 2,400 characters).
Preparation / Homework (Important!)
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Tell us about an experience that made you happy.Q
This lesson requires students to complete the homework BEFORE the lesson.

3. Lesson Guidelines
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Your session with your SkimaTalk instructor will be structured as follows:
Introduction / briefing
Student to read the homework
to the teacher
Feedback from the teacher
5
min
5
min
10
min
5
min
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Follow-up questions

4. Teacher Notes
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Please structure your lesson as follows:
1. After a brief introduction, ask the student to read his/her
homework assignment out loud. Note any grammar, vocabulary,
and pronunciation errors.
2. Spend 10 minutes helping the student proofread the document.
Focus on correcting grammar, sentence structure, and vocabulary.
3. In the final 5 minutes, ask the discussion questions on the
following page of this lesson.
4. After the session, please spend 15 minutes proofreading the
student’s homework assignment. Send the edited assignment to
the student using the SkimaTalk Message feature.
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5. Discussion Questions
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1. Have you shared this story with anybody else? What did he/she
say about the story?
2. What tends to make you happy? Examples might include: good
food, traveling, or spending time with your family.
3. Tell me about another recent experience that made you happy.
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