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💡 How to Use This Lesson

👩‍🏫 For the Teacher

• Guide students through Module 1 vocabulary and quick practice tasks (total lesson: 25 minutes across 3 modules).

• Have students work individually or in pairs, then check answers together using the auto-check feature.

🎓 For the Learner

• First, read the vocabulary words and examples below to refresh your memory.

• Next, complete the four quick activities below to test your writing vocabulary!

Module 1: Alphabets and the History of Writing

Let's practice the new words.

An artistic close-up of colorful handwritten alphabets, ink pen, dots, dashes, and ancient writing scripts on paper

📚 Target Vocabulary

alphabet

handwriting

consonant

poem

dot

dash

trace

grammar

translation

create

Activity (a): Put the words in the right order

Unscramble the words to make a correct sentence.

1. Put these words in order:

write / I / the / alphabet / can / .

____ (Type your sentence here...)

2. Put these words in order:

letter / trace / this / carefully / .

____ (Type your sentence here...)

3. Put these words in order:

with / a / sentence / ends / dot / a / .

____ (Type your sentence here...)

4. Put these words in order:

wrote / she / poem / short / a / .

____ (Type your sentence here...)

Activity (b): Fill in the blanks

Complete each sentence using a word from the bank below.

🏷️ Word Bank:

dash handwriting create consonant translation

1. The letter 'B' is a ____, not a vowel.

2. I need an English ____ of this Spanish message.

3. Her ____ is very neat and clear to read.

4. Use a ____ to separate the two parts of the sentence.

5. Writers ____ new stories using simple words.

Activity (c): Choose the correct word

Select the best word to complete each sentence.

1. Learning good _____ helps you build correct sentences.

____ a. grammar ____ b. dot ____ c. trace ____ d. poem

2. Young children learn to _____ letters by following dotted lines on paper.

____ a. create ____ b. dash ____ c. trace ____ d. alphabet

3. He wrote a beautiful short _____ for his mother's birthday.

____ a. consonant ____ b. poem ____ c. translation ____ d. handwriting

4. The English _____ has 26 letters in total.

____ a. dash ____ b. translation ____ c. handwriting ____ d. alphabet

Activity (d): Match questions with answers

Match each question on the left to its correct answer choice on the right.

Question

The letter A

A dot

My handwriting is messy

1. What mark did you put at the end of your sentence?

____ The letter A ____ A dot ____ My handwriting is messy

2. Why is your written note hard to read?

____ The letter A ____ A dot ____ My handwriting is messy

3. Which is the first symbol in our writing system?

____ The letter A ____ A dot ____ My handwriting is messy

Module 2: Writing Your Message

Now, let's write a message.

📝 Writing Prompt

Write a short message to a friend about a letter, a note or a message that you wrote or got. Ask and answer questions about who wrote it, who read it, what happened and what you did.

📏 Length target: 60–80 words

💡 Pattern Example & Question Types

Example sentence: "Who invented the first alphabet?"

Notice that in this question, the word Who acts as the person doing the action, so we use the main verb right after it without do, does, or did!

1. Subject Questions (No do / does / did)

Use Who / What + verb to ask about the person or thing doing the action.

Examples: "Who wrote...?", "What happened...?"

2. Object Questions (With do / does / did)

Use Who / What + do/does/did + subject + verb to ask about the receiver of the action.

Examples: "Who did you...?", "What did you...?"

🎯 Sentence Starters Frame

Use these starting phrases to structure your message:

Who wrote ...?
Who did you ...?
What happened ...?
What did you ...?
Who lives ...?
I wrote ... because ...

✅ Requirements Checklist

Make sure your message contains all of the following:

☑️ Write between 60 and 80 words.

☑️ Include at least five questions (with who or what), each with an answer.

☑️ Include at least two subject questions (who/what + verb, no do/does/did).

☑️ Include at least two object questions (who/what + do/does/did + subject + verb).

✍️ Write Your Message Here

AI Graded Task

Type your message to a friend in the box below using the sentence starters. Click check when you are ready for feedback!

____ (Hi Alex, I got a special note yesterday! Who wrote it? My sister wrote it...)

Module 3: Model Answer

Here is a model answer.

📖 Example Message (70 words)

Model Sample

Hi Sam! Who wrote the message on your desk? My brother wrote it yesterday. What happened next? He left a short poem with pretty handwriting. Who did you see in the library? I saw our friend Ben. What did you write to him? I wrote a note because I needed help with English grammar. Who lives near the park? Ben lives there, so he read it quickly. Write back soon!

💡 Useful Phrases & Plain Notes

Here are useful phrases from the model answer with short notes explaining how to use them:

1. "Who wrote...?"

Use this to ask about the person who did the action.

2. "What happened...?"

Use this to ask about an event or story detail.

3. "Who did you...?"

Use this to ask about a person you saw or met.

4. "What did you...?"

Use this to ask what a person did.

5. "I wrote ... because ..."

Use this to give a simple reason for your action.

6. "Who lives...?"

Use this to ask who stays in a place.

Writing: Alphabets and the History of Writing

Module 1: Alphabets and the History of Writing

📚 Target Vocabulary

Activity (a): Put the words in the right order

Activity (b): Fill in the blanks

Activity (c): Choose the correct word

Activity (d): Match questions with answers

Module 2: Writing Your Message

💡 Pattern Example & Question Types

🎯 Sentence Starters Frame

✅ Requirements Checklist

✍️ Write Your Message Here

Module 3: Model Answer

📖 Example Message (70 words)

💡 Useful Phrases & Plain Notes

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