This document provides teaching materials for a writing unit on animals as pets. It includes sample student writing pieces about different pets including cats, dogs, and other animals. It also provides guidance on grammar structures for students to use like present simple tense. Vocabulary words are defined and an activity is included where students have to match vocabulary terms to their definitions. Students are instructed to brainstorm about animal appearances from example texts and write a first draft of an essay about their limited edition pet.

1. Teaching Writing

2. Unit: My Interest/ Opinion
Topic: Animals
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5. favorite
My favorite pet
is a cat.

6. scratch
The cat
scratched me
with it’s a claws.

7. train
He is training a
dog for
competition.

8. quadruped
Dogs are
quadruped
domestic animals.

9. domestic
Dogs and cats
are domestic
animals.

10. tame
This tiger is
very tame.

11. quality
People today enjoy a
better quality of life.

12. faithful
Cat is a faithful
friend.

13. bark
The dog barked at the stranger.

14. playful
These cats are
playful.

15. joyful
It is a joyful pet.

16. Pet lists

17. Hedgehog
Capybara

18. Hamster
Skunk

19. Llama
Sugar Glider

20. Iguana
Crocodile

21. Structure
Present Simple Tense
S
V1
We use present simple to talk about things
that are generally true.

22. Affirmative form
- Tom looks pretty.
- I speak English.
Negative form
- Tom doesn’t look pretty.
- You don’t work very hard.
Yes/No question
- Do you speak French?
-Yes, I do./ -No, I don’t.

23. My
Favorite Pets

24. My favorite pet is a little cat. Her name is Lilly
her color is black and white and her color of eyes is
blue. It likes to play with me. I feed Lilly some dry
food and water. I take Lilly for a walk and usually
we go back home afterwards.
The cat likes to play by scratching its favorite
toy which is a small tree branch. I also like to play
with the cat when I have some free time.
I’m July

25. My cat likes to go out in our garden all by itself.
I trained the cat by first taking the cat to the hole
and leave the flap open. Once it has jumped through
several times, wedge flap open slightly until it is
used to pushing it open.
My cat likes to play with his friends. His friends
are Cloe, Linda and Bianca. Cloe, her color is brown,
black and white. Linda, her color is grey and white.
Bianca, her color is white. I like to play with my cat
very much.
I’m July

26. Dogs are quadruped domestic animals. They are
tamed by many people. I have dog too. It is my pet
dog. I call it Tom.
Tom looks pretty. It is brown is color. It is two
feet high and three feet long. It has a curved tail.
It has four paws. They are all white. Tom has a
good health. It is never sad. It is jolly and joyful.
Tom is a dog of qualities. It is quite faithful to me.
It seldom sleeps at night. It keeps watch on my
house.
I’m John.

27. It barks at the stranger, whenever it sees
him. It scares the cows. It scares the jackal and
the stray dogs. Tom likes me very much. It
follows me wherever I go. It knows me well. It
knows my voice. Tom runs to me, whenever I call
it. It gets playful and wags the tail. Tom knows
my mind too. When I am sad, it wails aloud.
I’m John.

28. I like my dog. So I take care of it. I keep it
neat and clean. I wash its body with soap and
warm water. I keep it I a neat place. I feed it
properly. I give it healthy food. I give it rice and
milk. In summer, I keep it cool. In winter, I keep
it warm. I play with it, whenever I get time.
Dogs are very faithful. They like their
masters. But my dog is more faithful than any
other dog. It makes me much more than others.
Tom is the best of the lot
lot.
I’m John.

29. While-Writing
activity 1

30. Matching Game
Direction:
1. Get in pairs.
2. Receive answer sheets.
3. Read the definitions and try to find the
words related with the meaning.
4. Write the correct words in the answer
sheets.

31. 1. preferred to all others of the
same kind
favorite

32. 2. teach a person or animal to do
something well
train

33. 3. an animal which has four feet,
especially an ungulate mammal
quadruped

34. 4. not dangerous or frightened of
people; domesticated
tame

35. 5. cry of dog or fox
bark

36. 6. wanting to play; not serious
playful

37. 7. that you can trust; always ready to
help
faithful

38. 8. relating to the running of a home
or to family relations
domestic

39. WHILEWHILE-WRITING
ACTIVITY 1
Brainstorming

40. Direction:
1. Make a group of three.
2. Read the text 3 for 5 minutes.
3. You have 5 minutes to brainstorm
about the appearance of animals in
the text.
4. Sharing your information with other
groups.

41. Essay

42. Direction:
1. Individual work.
2. Everyone receive a sheet of paper.
3. You have 35 minutes for writing your first
draft in the topic “My limited edition pet”.
4. Submit your first draft for checking the
mistake.
5. Receive your first draft to make the revise
and hand in the next class.

43. Guideline
I have a pet dog named Bobo and is three
years old. He belongs to the Dobermann
Pinscher breed. He is black in colour.
He loves playing with the ball and the
both of us spend a lot of time. He also
accompanies me in my morning walks.
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