I. The original material

You have just received a letter from a friend, she/ he has just moved to the country and is interested in growing some vegetables in the garden. Reply to the letter and give some general advice to your friend. Some of these ideas may help

examine soil/ ask neighbours/ which plants grow best.
sow seed/ correct time of year/ ask neighbours about the weather.
make a plan/ not grow plants in the same place/ year after year.
remove weeds/ plants grow taller.
turn the soil over with a fork/ sow seeds.

Begin like this: thank you for your letter. I am sending you a few pieces of advice about gardening. First….

II. Adaptation

1. Analysing writing activity

Audience: other students

Aim: information

Genre: expositive

Level: lower to intermediate

2. Instructions for the activity

Step 1. Divide students into pairs.

Step 2. Ask each pair to write down one step they know about Vegetable

growing on a sticker marked with number

Step 3. Stick all the answers to the wall.

Step 4. Classify each step they wrote and put them into the next 7 stages.

(The six stages are:

examining soil
sowing seed
making a plan
removing weeds
turning the soil over with a fork
selecting seeds )

Step 5. Ask students to reorder the stages in a logical way in pair.

Step 6. Decide which pair’s order is the best.

Step 7. Ask the pair to work out an article according to the best order.

Step 8. Ask students to appreciate and peer correct the next pair’s article.

Activity 4

This activity is based on Lesson 52, Unit 13, SEFC 2B.

I. The original material

Work in groups of four. You are going to write a summary of the life of Albert Einstein. Each of you can write one part:

His early studies
His research
His success
His time in the USA

Read the passage in Lesson 50 and 51 again. You can use the notes which you made in Lesson 50. You may also add some information.

II. Adaptation

1. Analysing writing activity

Audience: teachers and students

Aim: a summary of the life of Albert Einstein

Genre: report

Level: intermediate to upper mediate

2. Instructions for the activity

Step 1. Divide students into groups.

Step 2. Each group has a name of a famous person who is very familiar to

students.

Step 3. Ask each group to describe the famous person with five sentences

with linking words.

Step 4. Stick the notes of all groups on the wall or the blackboard and the

names of the famous people in another piece of paper on the wall or

the blackboard in a rumbled order.

Step 5. Match the description of all groups with the names.

Step 6. Check.

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