Level 1 Writing

Language Focus

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Level 1: Information Transfer 1: Routines

1. The following table shows the weekday schedule for Mina AlKaabi. Write a report for your university lecturer describing Mina’s weekday schedule.

Mina AlKaabi is a Level 1 Foundation student at UAEU.

Mina’s Weekday Routine:

INTRODUCTION

Read to understand. Look at the information you are given above the table. Make sure you understand important words.

Mina Al Kaabi’s weekday routine

Put the information above the table into one or two sentences. You may need to change the verbs or add in prepositions, pronouns and conjunctions where necessary.

Introductory Sentence:

(Use her full name!)

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What Mina does5:30 am wake up6:00 am have shower, get dressed6:45 am have breakfast07:15 am father drive her to campus08:00 – 9:50 am have Arabic class10:00 – 11:50 am go to Maths class12:00 -1.50 attend English class2:00 pm go home2:30 pm have lunch5:00 – 6:30 pm do homework /study7:00 – 8:00 pm relax - watch TV / play computer games8:00 pm have dinner with family10:00 pm go to bed

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What does this mean? Is her schedule the same for every day of the week? What about Fridays?

‘s (apostrophe s)Why do we use an apostrophe here?

Now we need to add more information to your Introduction.

Add a comment to this introductory paragraph. Ask yourself what kind of schedule / timetable /routine she has. Look up these words and write the Arabic translation next to them. Choose one of these words to use in a sentence.

Concluding sentence for Introduction:

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The Body Paragraph

Time What Mina does during the week

5:30 am wake up

Mina wakes up at half past five. OR Mina wakes up at five thirty.

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Schedule / Timetable/ Routine

busy

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demanding

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full

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hectic

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Schedule / Timetable/ Routine

busy

Arabic: ________

demanding

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full

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hectic

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SVAThe verb (to wake up) agrees with the subject (Mina)I wake upYou wake upHe/ She/ It wakes up

Preposition

We use ‘at’ for a specific time.

SVAThe verb (to wake up) agrees with the subject (Mina)I wake upYou wake upHe/ She/ It wakes up

Problem solving

1. Look at the extract below.

Can Mina do both of these things at the same time?

6:00have shower , get dressed

Now you need to decide:

If you will use a proper noun (Mina) or a pronoun (she, she, it) to replace the noun how you will change the verbs what do the commas mean? What must you do? which action comes first? What happens after that? What time expressions will you use? (then, and then, later, next, after that etc) Do you need a conjunction (and, but, so)

See if you can write out this information in two different ways. You may need to change the verbs or add in prepositions, pronouns and conjunctions where necessary.

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2. What words do you need to add in?

07:15 am ^ father drive her to campus

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Which action comes first? What grammar do we use to show this?

Whose father? What grammar do we use to show this?

TimeWe use ‘at’ for a specific time but we can write 7:15 in two different ways.

TimeWe use ‘at’ for a specific time but we can write 7:15 in two different ways.

See if you can write out this information in two different ways. You may need to change the verbs or add in prepositions, pronouns and conjunctions where necessary. Watch your spelling!

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2. Look at the extracts below. Decide which time expression to use.

Look at the two extracts below.

Now you need to decide:

If you will use a proper noun (Mina) or a pronoun (she, she, it) to replace the noun how you will change the verbs Are you going to use articles (a, an or the) or a possessive adjectives (his / her)?

Where will you put these?Write out this information. You may need to change the verbs or add in prepositions, pronouns and conjunctions where necessary.

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3. Look at the extract below.

08:00 – 9:50 am10:00 – 11:50 am

08:00 – 9:50 amhave ^ Arabic class

10:00 – 11:50 amgo to ^ Maths class

5:00 – 6:30 pmdo homework / study 7

between _____ and ______ she…..

from ______ to _____ she …..

Whose class? What grammar do we use to show this?Or do we use an article? [Remember the UAEIO rules!]

/What does / mean? Does Mina do both of these actions? What conjunction should you use here?

Write out this information. You may need to change the verbs or add in prepositions, pronouns and conjunctions where necessary.

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2. Look at the extract below.

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Write out this information. You may need to change the verbs or add in prepositions, pronouns and conjunctions where necessary.

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4. Look at the extract below.

Do we use a possessive pronoun or a possessive adjective?

7:00 – 8:00 pm relax - watch TV / play computer games

8:00 pm have dinner with ^ family

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-What does this symbol mean? How does she relax? Use two sentences.

/What does / mean? Does Mina do both of these actions? What conjuction should you use here?

Whose family? What grammar do we use to show this?

Write out this information. You may need to change the verbs or add in prepositions, pronouns and conjunctions where necessary.

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The Conclusion

Read through the information given above the table.

Read all the information given in the table again.

Look at the sentences below. Say why they are they good or bad conclusions?

(a) Mina is a beautiful girl and I want to be like her

(b) Mina has a hectic schedule.

(c) Mina is a busy student.

(d) Mina studies all the time.

(e) Mina loves being a student at UAEU.

Now write your own conclusion. This may be only 1 sentence.

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TASK: Now write out Mina’s daily routine in full. Check to see that you write at least 120 words.

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