Composition: How I Spent My Last Holiday Basic 3 English Studies Lesson Note

Write 10-12 sentences about your last holiday.

Plan your writing:

• Beginning: When was your holiday? Where did you go? (2-3 sentences)
• Middle: What activities did you do? Who was with you? (6-7 sentences)
• End: How did you feel? What was your best memory? (2-3 sentences)

Think about these questions:

• Did you travel somewhere or stay at home?
• Who did you spend time with?
• What games did you play?
• What food did you eat?
• What was the most exciting thing you did?
• What new things did you learn?

Useful words for your composition: enjoyed, exciting, fun, family, friends, played, visited, traveled, delicious, memorable, happy, wonderful

Sample beginning: Last holiday was very exciting for me. I went to… During my last school holiday, I…

CLASS EXERCISES

1. Listen to your teacher read the story again and answer:
   1. What did Fatima do on Sundays?
   2. Why did she enjoy the holiday?
2. Make columns and sort these items: Words: mango, cow, shirt, pineapple, goat, dress, guava, sheep

1. Match the new words to their meanings:
   1. Holiday → time when we don’t go to school
   2. Village → small town in countryside
   3. Adventure → exciting experience
2. Complete these sentences:
   1. My best _______ was climbing the big tree
   2. I have a happy _______ of that day
   3. We visited our _______ in the next town
3. Write your holiday composition (10-12 sentences)
4. Tell your partner about one exciting thing from your last holiday