Help! The Advice Column 1 Help! The Advice Column 2

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Help! The Advice Column ✏ 1

Write a letter to an advice columnist like Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby). Ask for advice.

This is your problem. Describe it clearly.

You want to study visual arts, but your parents want you to study engineering.

They refuse to listen to your side of the argument. They say, "No engineering,

no money!"

Dear Addy,

Help! The Advice Column ✏ 2

Write a letter to an advice columnist like Abigail Van Buren (Dear Abby). Ask for advice.

This is your problem. Describe it clearly.

You share an apartment with a roommate. You go to bed early. Your roommate

goes to bed late. You’re a light sleeper. Every night you’re awakened by phone calls

for your roommate. You don’t know what to do. You’re tired. You need help.

Dear Addy,

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Look It Up and Write It Up ✏ 9

Do you like mythology?

Write about a mythological character. Look up information in an encyclopedia or on the

internet. Describe the character and their strengths and weaknesses.

Write an essay of about 150 words.

Alternatives:

1. Write a famous story from mythology

in your own words.

2. Invent a story about the character

you have done research on.

Look It Up and Write It Up ✏ 10

Do you like science?

Write about a scientist you admire.

Look up information in an encyclopedia or on

the internet. Describe their achievements and

their life story.

Write a biography of about 150 words.

Alternatives:

1. Write about a discovery or invention and

describe its importance.

2. Write about your favorite science and

why you like it.

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Summarizing Interviews and Surveys ✏ 1

Interview a classmate.

Speak with a classmate for about 10 minutes. Take notes.

The write down ve things you learned about your classmate.

Your classmate should write about you.

After you have each written your interview summaries,

show them to each other and comment on them.

Summarizing Interviews and Surveys ✏ 2

Interview a teacher.

First write down 10 questions that you would like to ask.

Take notes during the interview and then write your teacher’s responses to

your questions.

Suggestion:

Several of you can interview your teacher

at the same time. Write your questions

independently, and then take turns asking

them. Write down only your teacher’s

responses to your own questions.

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Write a Conversation ✏ 11

Getting to Know You

You've met someone. You are attracted to them.

You decide to do something fun together.

You want to get to know each other.

Bring up a topic and share

information or feelings about it.

Suggested topics:

1. family 2. interests 3. ____ (you choose)

Write your conversation.

Suggested number of lines: 20.

Read your conversation aloud with a partner.

Practice saying each other’s conversations.

Perform your conversations for your classmates.

Write a Conversation ✏ 12

This Isn't What I Ordered

You’re at a restaurant. You place an order, but

everything goes wrong. The service is poor. The food,

when it comes, isn’t what you ordered. It’s poorly

prepared. You don’t have any silverware. The waiter

comes by and asks, “Is everything O.K.?”

Write your response to the waiter and

the waiter’s replies to your complaints.

Suggested number of lines: 15-20.

Find a partner and practice saying your conversation

and your partner’s, if they have one.

Perform your conversations live or record

and play them for your classmates.

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Write a Paragraph about This Picture ✏ 11

Write a paragraph to describe what happened in this picture.

Here are some words

you can use:

robber/robbed

victim

gun

frightened

wallet

alone

scared

You can begin with this sentence: A robber pointed his gun at Max.

Write a Paragraph about This Picture ✏ 12

Write a paragraph to describe what happened in this picture.

Here are some words

you can use:

policeman

pulled over

stopped

drove

ticket

 ne

speed limit

You can begin with this sentence: Max was driving too fast.

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Write a Story about This Photo ✏ 16

Pick one of the following:

1. We're all so proud of you.

2. A champion at ____________.

3. My favorite athlete.

4. Playing on a team.

5. How I won ____________.

6. Imagine you will receive an award

this evening. Write an accceptance

speech.

7. How important are awards? Write

your opinion.

8. Write about the attitude toward

awards in your own culture.

Write a Story about This Photo ✏ 15

Pick one of the following:

1. What is the boy in this picture feeling?

What has happened? How do you know?

2. It hurts to lose. Write about a personal

experience.

3. Different cultures expect different behavior

from losers. What is expected of a good loser

in North America? Is this true of all North

Americans? Is this different in your native

country?

4. Leo Durocher, a famous baseball player,

       oncesaid,"Niceguysnishlast."Whatdid

he mean? Write a story based on it.

5. Write a story based on the saying "It's not

whether you win or lose, but how you play

the game."

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Write a Story with These Words ✏ 7

Write a story using the following words:

baseball soccer

play watch

tennis

Suggestions:

1. Make your story funny or silly.

2. Make your story scary or mysterious.

OR 3. Write a newspaper article with information on who, what, when, where, and why.

4. Write a conversation between two people.

5. Write an email to a friend.

6. Write an informal letter to a friend.

7. Write a poem.

8. Read your story aloud.

Note: Use any form of the words. For example, play/playing/player

Write a Story with These Words ✏ 8

Write a story using the following words:

interview questions

   experience  benets

salary

Suggestions:

1. Make your story funny or silly.

2. Make your story scary or mysterious.

OR 3. Write a newspaper article with information on who, what, when, where, and why.

4. Write a conversation between two people.

5. Write an email to a friend.

6. Write an informal letter to a friend.

7. Write a poem.

8. Summarize something you have recently read about.

9. Read your story aloud.

Note: Use any form of the words. For example, interview/interviewer

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Write Sentences about This Picture ✏ 3

Write 5 sentences about traveling by airplane.

For example: Two men are traveling by airplane.

rest

work

talk

suit

recline

sit forward

next to

Write Sentences about This Picture ✏ 4

Write 5 sentences about Jenny and her horse.

For example: Jenny is taking her horse for a walk.

country

daisy

gray

spring

walk

exercise