Put the writing subkills in the box under the correct category:

writing legibly - joining our words and sentences clearly - spelling correctly - using appropriate style and register -
organising ideas in a helpful way - forming letters correctly - punctuating correctly - using the features typical of the text
type we are writing - joining letters together correctly - correctly using paragraphs

Accuracy Related to communicating ideas (fluency)

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 F proofreading

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 Process writing
Put the stages in order
a- proofreading (checking for mistakes in accuracy and correcting)

b- drafting/writing the first draft (the first version (or form) of a piece of writing, that
may well be changed)

c- working out the order in which you want to say it, i.e. planning/organising ideas

d- re-drafting (writing a second/final version of your piece of writing).

e- editing (correcting and improving the content of the text)

f- working out what you want to say, i.e. getting or developing idea

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 Unit 6 – Writing
Product Approach
Complete the stages using the words in the box:

Content - writing – lead-in – content – language – reading

- the text – language – layout

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 Nightmare hips
We asked you to tell us about your
nightmare trips. Rita from California
wrote to us about hers...
A nightmare trip I remember was three years ago '__ I
was going to the airport with my friend. We were going to
Hawaii on vacation and we had to be at Los Angeles
airport two hours before the flight.

We ~ home with plenty of time, ' __ when we got to

the freeway there was a huge traffic jaml The trallic wasn't
moving at all. We didn't knew what to do. It was too late to
go another way, 3_ _ we just sat in the car getting more
and more stressed. 4_ _ ten minutes, the traffic started
moving slowly. We decided to leave the freeway and try
to found another way to the airport. 5_ _ I wasn't sure of
the way and we got completely lost. We was sure we were
going to miss the flight. We finally arrived at the airport just
thirty minutes before the plane was going to leave. The
woman at the check-in counter said we couldn't to check in
our luggage ' __ it was too late, 7_ _ we had to run with
all our suitcases to the departure gate.

8_ _ my friend felt down and hurt her leg, we managed

to get to the gate in time and 9_ _ we caught our flight.

a Read the story once. What happened in the end? Then correct
the six grammar mistakes with the verbs (wrong tense or wrong form).

b Read the story again and complete with a connecting word or phrase.

after although because but (x2) in the end so (x2) when

c Look at the list of possible travel problems in the Useful language box below.
Mark them C if they refer to a trip by car and P if they refer to a trip by plane.
,---------------------,
Useful language: travel problems WRITE about a nightmare trip you've had
(or invent one).
the flight was delayed there was a traffic jam
your car broke down you got a flat tire PLAN what you're going to write using the paragraph
you got lost you forgot your passport summaries below: Use the Useful language box and
you missed your flight your flight was overbooked Vocabulary Bank p.l48 Transportation and travel to help you.
Paragraph 1 When was the trip?
Where were you going? Who with? Why?
Paragraph 2 What went wrong? What happened?
Paragraph 3 What happened in the end?

CHECK the story for mistakes ([grammail, rpunctuation],

and [§p_ellingl ).

Ell