Intermediate Writing (English)
Intermediate level tasks require learners to demonstrate that they can:
- Create practical statements and questions to meet practical needs and limited social demands
- Write short messages and letters
- Write paragraphs and short compositions
- Take simple notes
Restaurant, Foods, Invitations, Preferences |
Writing stimulus: |
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Eating Out, Entertainment |
Customs and Holidays |
Nutrition and Cooking |
Social and Community Events |
Incomplete Chart |
Complete an online take-out food order form. Try this: Students fill out a form and write suggestions to a restaurant using a "How can
we serve you better?" form. |
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Try this: Students complete a chart with what they eat for breakfast and evaluate the nutritional value. |
Try this: Students complete an invitation and add
a note about specifics for the occasion. |
Picture |
Try this: Students write an e-mail to a friend to ask about a restaurant
that looks interesting. |
Try this: Students write about their favorite birtday celebration or school year. |
Try this: Students write about their preference for a dish
based on a picture. |
Try this: Students write a short article about an event for a local paper based on a picture.
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Short Prompt/Question |
Students write a complaint letter about a bad restaurant experience. Try this: Students write to e-pals in target language
about where they like to go eat. Try this: Students ask e-pals for suggestions for food or restaurants.
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Students describe what they like and dislike about their favorite holiday celebration for the class newspaper or an online target language chat room. Example: What I really like and don't like Try this: Students write a short article about a holiday event for a local paper. |
Try this: Students respond to a survey about snack foods on a target language web site. Try this: Students write an essay about a food they do not like. |
Try this: Students write a letter to thank someone for a weekend they spent with a friend's family. Try this: Students write a thank you note for a party they attended. |
Short Text |
Students write an email to a friend reminding them of a new address for a restaurant. Example: Reminder Based on a menu, students write a restaurant review for a newsletter.
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Try this: Students write an ad about their favorite dish. Try this: Students read or listen to an ad for a food and write questions about the food to the manufacturer. |
Try this: Students make an advertisement to invite the community to an Open House/Concert/Language Day at their school. Try this: Students write a short e-mail message to make a reservation for a free concert, city theater, celebrity lecture |
Two Texts |
Try this: Provide students with restaurant reviews and ask them
to write their own review and include their preferences.
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Try this: Students read or listen to two accounts of celebrating a holiday and write what is similar and what is different. |