LOST AND FOUND

WRITING AN INFORMAL LETTER 

TO A FRIEND

(1º ESO- SECCIÓN BILINGÜE)

CHOOSE ONE of these uncommon objects.

Then, write a letter to a friend telling them how you found it and what you did with it later.

Answer these questions:

1. WHERE did you find it?

2. WHERE were you?

3. WHO  were you with?

4. WHY was it unusual?

5. WHAT did you do with the object?

6. WHAT happened in the end?

BEFORE YOU WRITE YOUR FINAL VERSION, CHECK THIS:

- Does the letter answer all the questions?

- Has it got all the necessary information?

- Is it easy to understand?

- Is it well organised?

- Is the grammar correct?

- Have you used different words?

- Have you used punctuation and capital letters?

...AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE STORIES MY STUDENTS OF 1º ESO B PRODUCED!!

VERY IMAGINATIVE I MUST SAY!!!

WOW! THEY REALLY SURPRISED ME WITH 

THE UNEXPECTED TURNS OF THEIR STORIES!

WHAT THE SEA BROUGHT BACK...

I’m not sure but I think it was about two years ago. I was going out with Laura. We had met three months before and had decided to live together.
Everything seemed to be alright until that day. I still remember it clearly. We had had a silly argument about something she knew but I didn’t. She accused me of being an ignorant and replied that, at least, I spoke fluent English which she didn’t. She stood up, slammed the door and left the room without a word.
The next morning, when I woke up, she wasn’t there. I went to the kitchen and there, on the table, next to an empty cup of coffee I found a newspaper with that ad which looked at me in the eye: ‘Shakespeare for the ignorant’.
I grabbed it, went to the toilet and I’ll let to your imagination what I did with it.
Now, two years later, I’m sitting on this beach in the North of Spain.
Yes, although my eyes refuse to believe it, here it is again: the same paper, the same ad, the same grave face.
I remember Laura, and I cry.

DON’T EXPLAIN EVERYTHING.
       LEAVE SPACE FOR 
         THE READER’S
          IMAGINATION.


This is an example of how you can use your imagination to write really creative and appealing pieces of writing.
Use one -or more- of the following photos and write your story!! You can follow the guidelines above -in the spidergram- to trigger your imagination.
Ah,and keep the highlighted lines from the model text as a place and time reference.