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An email about your favourite outdoor
7.3 activity

MODULE D

An email about your favourite From: Derek
outdoor activity To: Harry
When we write an email about our Subject: Cycling
favourite outdoor activity, we use
Hi Harry,
informal language.
How are things? I love cycling.
• We start our email with a
I usually go cycling at the weekend. I often go cycling on my own.
greeting (Hey,) and our friend’s
I love cycling so much! It keeps me fit. Also it’s cheap. All you need
first name, our opening remarks
is a bike and helmet!
and the name of the activity.
What about you? Write back.
• Then we write about the activity
Derek
(when/how often we do it, who
with). Model analysis
• We also write why we like this
activity and what equipment we 2 a) Read the model. What reasons does Derek give to
need to play/do it. explain why he likes cycling?
• In the last paragraph, we write
b) Copy the spidergram into your notebook. Read the
our closing remarks (Write back
model and complete it.
soon.).
opening remarks
• We sign off our email with Best closing remarks
wishes, etc and our first name. name of activity
equipment
he needs to do this Derek’s Favourite when/how
activity Outdoor Activity often he does it
Rubric analysis
why he likes this activity
1 Read the task. Use the who he does it with
underlined key words to answer 3
the questions. Write in your Look at the pictures. Make sentences.
notebook. 1 tennis 2 skateboarding

This is part of an email from your helmet
English-speaking friend. ball

What’s your favourite outdoor
activity? How often do you do it?
skateboard
Who do you do it with?Whydo you racket
like it? What equipment do you
trainers
need? Write and tell me all about it!
Harry goggles
3 skiing 4 canoeing
paddle
Write your email (50 words).
ski poles
1 Who are you going to write to?
2 What kind of text are you
vest
going to write?
3 What are you going to write
about?
skis canoe
4 How many words are you gloves
going to write? 1 To play tennis, you need a … .
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