Greetings from Oaxaca: a Day of the Dead postcard
Lena sends a postcard from Oaxaca during the Day of the Dead; students study the postcard, its useful phrases and word order, then write a postcard from a festival.
A1Adults30 minPostcard
About this lesson
An A1 writing lesson (postcard). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- A1
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Postcard
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 30 minutes
- Topic
- Halloween
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Gap-fill, Word order
- Key words
- postcard, greetings, remember, candle, delicious, host family
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand a short postcard about a festival
- Use postcard phrases: Greetings from…, There are…, I miss you
- Write a postcard of 50–70 words about a festival