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How to Use This Lesson

👨‍🏫 For Teachers

Guide students through this 30-minute writing lesson step-by-step from vocabulary building to final composition. Answers in Module 1 are checked automatically as students submit their work.

🎓 For Learners

First, practice the key outdoor words and sentence patterns in Module 1. Next, write your own blog post in Module 2 and read the helpful model post in Module 3.

Module 1

Outdoor Words & Sentence Practice

Practice essential hiking words and useful sentence patterns before you start writing.

🎒 Unit Vocabulary

hiker ridge twig lighter muddy rocky foggy blister sprain sunburn

💡 Helpful Pattern Example

"Our guide explained how to read the map before we left."

Notice how a verb can be followed by how to, where to or what to and another verb.

A Put the words in the right order

Rewrite each group of words to make a complete, correct sentence.

1. narrow / walked along / the ridge / the hiker

____ (Type the correct sentence here...)

2. we used / dry / to start / a twig / the fire

____ (Type the correct sentence here...)

3. the trail / was very / and rocky / muddy

____ (Type the correct sentence here...)

4. she got / a painful / on her / blister / heel

____ (Type the correct sentence here...)

B Fill in the blanks with the word bank

Choose the correct word from the word bank to complete each sentence.

1. Be careful on the wet stones so you do not

____

your ankle.

2. He brought a waterproof

____

so we could start the campfire.

3. The mountain path was so

____

that we could barely see ahead.

4. Wear a hat and sunblock to avoid getting a painful

____

5. An experienced

____

always checks the map before leaving.

C Choose the correct word

Select the option that best completes each sentence.

1. We gathered dry ___ to build our evening campfire.

____ a. twigs ____ b. blisters ____ c. sunburns

2. The high narrow path along the top of the mountain is called a ___.

____ a. lighter ____ b. ridge ____ c. sprain

3. After raining all night, the dirt path was completely ___.

____ a. muddy ____ b. foggy ____ c. lighter

4. The steep path was hard to walk on because the ground was very ___.

____ a. rocky ____ b. blister ____ c. twig

D Match each question to its answer

Select the corresponding answer for each question.

Question

Rocky & narrow

Lighter & twigs

Painful blister

1. How did you start the fire in the damp forest?

____ Rocky & narrow ____ Lighter & twigs ____ Painful blister

2. Why did your friend need to rest her foot?

____ Rocky & narrow ____ Lighter & twigs ____ Painful blister

3. What was the trail along the ridge like?

____ Rocky & narrow ____ Lighter & twigs ____ Painful blister

Module 2

Writing Task & Draft

Use the writing frame and checklist to share your outdoors adventure post.

📝 Official Writing Task

"Write a short post for your school or college blog. Write about a day trip outdoors, real or imagined, for example a hike or a camping trip. Say what you knew how to do, what you were not sure about, and what you learned."

Target length: 100–120 words

🧱 Useful Starters Frame

Use these sentence starters to organize your paragraph structure:

"Before the trip I knew how to ..."
"I did not know where to ..."
"My friend showed me how to ..."
"We could not decide whether to ..."
"Next time I will know what to ..."

✅ Content Checklist

Make sure your blog post includes each point below:

• The trip and where it was
• One thing the writer knew how to do
• One thing the writer did not know how, what or where to do
• One thing that somebody showed or explained
• What the writer will do next time

✍️ Write Your Blog Post

Graded by AI on Task Achievement, Coherence and Cohesion, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range and Accuracy

____ (Type your 100-120 word blog post here using the sentence starters...)

Module 3

Model Answer & Helpful Notes

Read an example post to see how the starters and the words fit together.

🌟 Sample Blog Post 116 words

Last weekend, my classmates and I went on a mountain hike near our town. Before the trip I knew how to pack a sturdy backpack and wear proper boots. However, when the weather turned foggy, I did not know where to find the main path again. Luckily, our group leader was very experienced. My friend showed me how to use a compass and read map symbols correctly. Later, when we stopped near a stream, we could not decide whether to set up our tents immediately or keep walking. In the end, we camped early because we did not want to walk in the dark. Next time I will know what to prepare for sudden weather changes.

💡 Why this works: Useful Phrases Notes

1. "knew how to pack"

Why this works: Shows a skill you already had.

2. "did not know where to find"

Why this works: Shows what you were not sure about.

3. "showed me how to use"

Why this works: Shows what somebody taught you.

4. "could not decide whether to set up"

Why this works: Shows a choice between two things.

5. "will know what to prepare"

Why this works: Says what you will do better next time.

Writing Skills: Hiking and Survival

How to Use This Lesson

👨‍🏫 For Teachers

🎓 For Learners

Outdoor Words & Sentence Practice

🎒 Unit Vocabulary

A Put the words in the right order

B Fill in the blanks with the word bank

C Choose the correct word

D Match each question to its answer

Writing Task & Draft

🧱 Useful Starters Frame

✅ Content Checklist

✍️ Write Your Blog Post

Model Answer & Helpful Notes

💡 Why this works: Useful Phrases Notes

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