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Unit 5 (blog entry- recount on Chinese New Year )

Writing Support
You want to write a blog entry for the school magazine about how you celebrated Chinese Ne
1. What is the purpose (reason) of our
writing?
2. Who will be reading our blogs?
3. What type of text are we writing?
4. What style and tone are we writing in?
*More informal / casual words to use:
I felt kind of bored / it was kind of boring
Literally,
Honestly?
IYKYK (if you know, you know)
You HAVE to (do / try / eat / go…)
You know,/ guess what?
To share about what we did during Chinese New Year.
1. Students / schoolmates / classmates
2. Teachers and principles
3. Parents
A blog post that will be shown in the school’s
newspaper.
Informal / casual, for example:
 Hey everyone!
 What did you guys do during your CNY?
 It was SUCH a fun holiday!
 CNY snacks are so yummy!
 I REALLY love my new clothes!
 The fireworks were AWESOME! OMG!
 Let’s catch up soon – Chris

5. How many words will we write? About 120 (easier) to 150-200 (more difficult)
6. Which tense will we be writing in? Simple PAST tense: regular and irregular VERBS
*see vocabulary and sentences from Part 1 and 2

Opening paragraphs
1. greeting :
Hey, friends! Haven’t seen you for ages. Happy New Year of
the Loong!
2. lead-in :
- asking a question about what your friends did at Chinese New Year
- give your overall feeling (eg. I had a wonderful time during the holiday.)
3. transition : Let me tell you what I did during the holiday.

1
Body paragraphs:

Let’s Brainstorm ideas together! What did you do to celebrate Chinese New Year? Write about your
activities.

Think about TWO or THREE festive activities.

Before/ A week before Chinese New Year, SVOA (**+ because/when/after S+V…) S
Also, SVOA. SVC.

S V O Adverbials (other information

(PAST) with who?
-ed?
how? (feeling, transport)
where?
when?
I cleaned my home with pomelo leaves on the 28th

S V C
(feel/ be) (adjective/ noun phrase)
(PAST)
I had a great time.
I felt overjoyed./ happy/excited.

2
Think about TWO or THREE festive activities during the Chinese New Year.

During Chinese New Year, / On the first day of Lunar New Year, SVOA (**+
because/when/after S+V…). SVC. After that, SVOA .SVC.

Subject V O Adverbials (other information)

(PAST) with who?
how? (feeling, transport)
where?
when?

S V Complement
(feel/ be) (adjective/ noun phrase)
(PAST)

** Adverbs to link ideas together:

● giving ANOTHER idea:
Also, / What’s more, / Besides,/
● showing TIME order
Next,/ Then, / After that, / Later,/ *Afterwards,

3
Closing paragraph (Your reflection)
1. Did you enjoy your time?
2. Do you want to know about how their holiday was?
3. Do you look forward to the next coming holiday?