A1 WRITING ASSESSMENT 4 My family moves to

Students…
another house!
 Write simple sentences about personal interests.
 Write simple sentences about a familiar object.
 Give personal details in written form in a limited way.

1. Think about:

1. Do you like your house? Do you

want to move to another house?

2. What are the reasons people

change their place to live?

3. Do you think moving to another

house is a demanding task? Why?

Demanding: Demandante, difícil.

Task: Tarea, labor.

2. Words matter!

To do well in this lesson, it’s necessary to learn a number of words. Please complete
the following exercise. At the end you will have increased your vocabulary.

2.1. Underline the expression that best matches the idea of the boldfaced word or
phrase. Have a dictionary at hand!

a. We move every two years to a different house.

- To change to another house - To produce movement with your hands

b. We need a big moving truck, because we have so many things.

- A big car to travel - A big car to transport objects

c. All the stuff is in the truck now. You have many things in your bedroom!

- Things - People

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d. Hey, keep an eye on my stuff for a second. I need to go to the restroom.

- Wear glasses - Watch / take care of.

2.2. Match the word on the left with the meaning on the right. Write in the
parenthesis the corresponding letter.

Word Meaning
1 Movers ( ) a During the time that…
Movable articles we have in our house or office like tables,
2 While ( ) b
sofas, beds, cabinets, etc.
A person or company that helps people transport their objects
3 Furniture ( ) c
to a new place.
4 Math ( ) d Science about numbers and operations.

3. Read a bit!

Read the following text about “My family moves to another house”. Javier and Helena
are married; they have two children. They are moving to another house.

I’m Javier, I’m 38 years old. Today,

Saturday we move to another house.
It’s 8:00 am now and the moving truck
is here. We need to put all our stuff in
the truck. We have a lot of things.
Helena is my wife, we are married and
we have two children. They are 3 and 7
years old. Helena keeps an eye on the
kids while I help the movers with our
furniture.

Helena’s father comes to help us. He is 61 years old. He is old but very strong. He lives on
22nd Street and our new house is on the 24th. Our new house is close to his.

We are also moving because the new house is near my office and the school. The kids don’t
need to go by bus to school, they can walk. Helena goes with them; she is a math teacher
in their school. I go by bicycle to my office because I love to exercise.

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 4. Tips for composition:

In this session you find grammar elements and composition strategies that help you
with your writing production. Read the explanation; this is important for the next
step!

Simple present in short sentence production.

 First let’s learn how to create short sentences in simple present. Experts like you
follow these steps:
a. Think about a person, animal or object. (Mover)
b. Think about actions related to that character. (organize the furniture)
c. Think about places for the action. (truck)
 Now we have the three basic elements for a simple sentence. (Mover, organize
furniture, truck)
 Then use articles (a, an, the) and prepositions (in, on, at) to complement the
sentence and give it a sense. (The mover organize the furniture in the truck)
 Be careful with the grammatical rule: (The mover organizes …)

4.1. Write 1 character, 3 actions related to the character and places for each action.

(Person, animal or object) _____________________________________________________________________

(Actions)_______________________________________________________________________________________

(Places) ________________________________________________________________________________________

4.2. Include articles and prepositions to give sense to the sentences apart.

Sentence 1. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Sentence 2. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Sentence 3. ___________________________________________________________________________________

Connecting sentences for short paragraphs.

Now you have three sentences. Let’s put them together. Try this!

 Use expressions to connect the sentences you have. (and, or, then, so, after, before)
 Each expression has an intention. Look up the meaning of the words in the
dictionary and use them according to the intention you want to give to your text.

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4.3. Connect the sentences 1 and 2 with a period (.). For the sentence 2 replace the
subject with the personal pronoun (he, she, it). Use one of the words (and, or, then,
so, after, before) to connect sentences 2 and 3. Don’t use the subject in sentence 3.

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4.4. Look at a student’s composition.

As a result of the steps and

the instructions this is the
composition of a student.

“Carlos runs in the park. He

organizes the house and
cleans the room.”

Now you are ready for your writing test. Let’s write something.

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