APIEWriting: Wool, Sheep and Knitting
Wool, sheep and knitting
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🧶 Module 1: Wool, Sheep & Knitting
Vocabulary building, sentence building, and short matching exercises.
📌 How to use this lesson
• Guide students through this 25-minute practice to learn unit words before writing.
• Check answers together in class or let learners complete items step by step.
• First, practice word order and fill-in-the-blank items to learn the wool vocabulary.
• Next, choose correct words and match questions with answers to finish Module 1.
Example Pattern
"My aunt started knitting a hat."
Notice how we use action words like started followed by an -ing word (knitting).
📇 Unit Vocabulary Words (Listen & Learn)
A Part (a): Word Order (4 items)
Put the words in the right order to form a correct sentence.
Question 1
Unscramble: wool / Farmers / shear / soft / from / sheep .
Type the complete sentence below: ____ (Farmers shear...)Question 2
Unscramble: yarn / She / colorful / bought / a / bundle / of .
Type the complete sentence below: ____ (She bought...)Question 3
Unscramble: is / sweater / This / very / itchy .
Type the complete sentence below: ____ (This sweater...)Question 4
Unscramble: hot / in / Warm / clothes / shrink / water .
Type the complete sentence below: ____ (Warm clothes...)B Part (b): Fill in the Blanks (5 items)
Choose words from the Word Bank to complete each sentence.
📦 Word Bank for Part (b)
Question 5
Farmers ____ the sheep every spring to collect their wool.
Question 6
The thick white ____ keeps the sheep warm in cold winter weather.
Question 7
My grandmother uses long needles and soft red ____ to knit a warm scarf.
Question 8
If you wash this wool sweater in very hot water, it will ____ a lot.
Question 9
This old wool collar feels rough and ____ on my neck.
C Part (c): Choose the Correct Word (4 items)
Select the best word to complete each context.
Question 10: She pulled the thread through the small _____ to start a new stitch.
Question 11: I lost one warm wool _____ on the bus, so my left hand is freezing!
Question 12: Do not drop the long thread on the floor or it will _____ into a messy knot.
Question 13: My aunt likes to _____ clothes by hand.
D Part (d): Match Question to Answer (3 items)
Match each question on the left to its correct answer choice on the right.
Answer Choices:
• Ans A: They cut it off carefully to make yarn.
• Ans B: Because high heat makes them shrink.
• Ans C: Wind it slowly into a ball so it does not tangle.
🎉 Great job finishing Module 1!
You are now ready to move on to Module 2 to write your short message.
📝 Module 2: Write a Short Message
Module 2: Write a short message to a friend about a hobby or activity.
Sentence Starters Frame
Use these frame starters to build your message:
Writing Checklist
Make sure to check each item in your writing:
- ✓ At least five sentences with start, begin, keep, stop, or continue + the -ing form
- ✓ One sentence with start or begin
- ✓ One sentence with keep
- ✓ One sentence with stop
- ✓ No to + verb after keep or stop
- ✓ Correct spelling of every -ing form
"Write a short message to a friend about something that you started doing, such as a hobby, a sport or a class. Say when you started, what you keep doing, and what you stopped doing."
🌟 Module 3: Model Answer & Analysis
Module 3: A model answer of 78 words, shown openly using the starters frame.
📌 How to use this module
• Show this open model answer to the class after students finish drafting their writing.
• Point out how the bold phrases use the sentence starters to join ideas clearly.
• First, read the model message openly and count how many starters you recognize.
• Next, check the "Why this works" notes to improve your own sentences and -ing words.
Hi Sara! I started knitting wool mittens last month because my hands were cold. I began making a simple blue scarf first. Now, I keep practicing every evening after school with soft yarn. My friend continues helping me when I make a bad loop. I do not want to stop making gifts for my family! Last year I stopped buying cheap gloves from the shop. Now my mittens are warm and not itchy at all. Write back soon!
- Anna
💡 Why This Works (Explanatory Notes)
Short plain notes showing why each bold phrase works in writing.
Why this works: Use start + -ing to say when a new hobby began.
Example: "My aunt started knitting a hat."
Why this works: Begin + -ing means the same as start. It tells your reader about your first project.
Example: "I began making a gift last week."
Why this works: Use keep + -ing for things you do again and again. Do not put 'to' after keep!
Example: "I keep practicing with yarn."
Why this works: Continue + -ing shows an action that is still going on now.
Example: "My friend continues helping me every day."
Why this works: After want to, use stop + -ing. Say stop making, not stop to make.
Example: "I do not want to stop learning."
Why this works: Use stop + -ing to talk about an old habit that ended. Never put 'to' after stop!
Example: "Last year I stopped buying gloves."
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