Semester Test on Writing

Aims and objectives: check students' writing skills.

Sequence

Warm up

The teacher's greeting. Good morning, students! I’m glad to see you.

How are you?

introducing the topic

The teacher gives students a set of cards with the situations they have learnt. Students may choose two or three situations. The situa­tion in the card may be repeated for different students. After teacher’s words students start their work.

Writing. Tasks

т Write a letter to your pen friend (6-9 sentences). Use the plan below.

1. your name and age;

2. the place where you study;

3. the place where you live;

4. your future profession;

5. your hobby.

т Write a letter to your pen friend (6—9 sentences) about your family. Use the plan below. •

1. your name, age;

2. the members of your family; .

3. what are the parents’ professions;

4. what hobbies the members of your family have.

v Write a letter to your pen friend (6-9 sentences) about your favou­rite clothes style. Use the plan below.

1. what your favourite style is;

2. what you think about uniform; .

3. what you usually wear after;

what clothes you prefer at a party. 'JI /

• Write a letter to your pen friend ((> 9 sentences) about your I

canteen. Use the plan below.

1. Your name, age;

2. where you usually have a lunch;

3. what is on the school canteen menu;

4. what dishes you prefer to eat.

т Write a letter to your pen friend (6 9 sentences) about your favou rite school subject. Use the plan below.

1. What your favourite subject is;

2. how many times a week you have it;

3. what you usually do at the lessons;

4. why you like this subject.

• Write a letter to your pen friend (6-9 sentences) about your best friend. Use the plan below.

1. your friend’s name and age;

2. what he / she looks like;

3. his / her hobby;

4. what you like doing together.

т Write a letter to your pen friend (6-9 sentences) about your last ho­lidays. Use the plan below.

1. when you had the holidays;

2. where you spent them;

3. what places you visited;

4. why you liked/disliked them.

• Write a letter to your pen- friend (6-9 sentences), using the plan below:

1. give some information about yourself (name, age, appearance, in­terests);

2. describe your family;

3. write about your wish to know more about your friend’s family and friends;

4. ask your friend to write back.

т Imagine you are going to have your birthday party. Write a mes­sage to your friend (6-9 sentences) using the plan below:

1. invite him/her;

2. say the time and the date of the party;

3. inform where the party will take place and what you are going to do;

say that you’ll be happy to see your friend at the party.т Imagine you have visited Great Britain, Describe one of the places using the plan below (6-9 sentences):

1. write where the place is situated;

2. give information why you went there;

3. say other details about the place: weather conditions; what you saw and what you did there;

4. say how you feel about the place.

v Imagine that your pen friend from England has asked you to write about Ukrainian cuisine. Write a letter (6-9 sentences) using the plan below:

1. give general information about Ukrainian cuisine;

2. write about your dishes cook in your family;

3. what is your favourite Ukrainian dish, why do you like it;

4. write the recipe of cooking.

т Write a letter to your pen-friend about school life in Ukraine) using the plan below (6 —9 sentences):

1. what kind of your school is;

2. write about your new teachers and subjects;

3. give information about your time-table;

4. what are your favourite subjects and why.

т Write 6-9 sentences about your family rest last year. Give some in­formation about:

1. where you went and what you did;

2. who you went with;

3. what you liked/disliked most;

4. whether you want to go there again.

y Write what food you usually prefer and why (6-9 sentences). Give some information about:

1. food you like/dislike;

2. your favourite dish;

3. what you can cook on your own;

4. where you prefer to buy food. Explain your choice.

y Write a letter to your pen friend (6-9 sentences) about the weather in Ukraine. Use the plan below.

1. what is the weather like in Ukraine in summer / winter / au­tumn / spring; .

2. what season you like best of all and why;

3. what kind of the weather you prefer; .

why you like it.219

т Write a letter to your pen friend (6—9 sentences) about your favour­ite holiday. Use the plan below.

1. the name of your favourite holiday;

2. when you celebrate it;

3. how you celebrate it;

4. why you like this holiday.

Homework

Го prepare to the speaking test; to repeat Degrees of Comparison, the use of “much/many/a lot of”, “some/any”, the use of present Sim­ple, Present Continuous, Present Perfect, Past Simple Tenses.

Summary and feedback

The teacher summarizes the work by asking for students’ feedback.