My first week at a new school: Jack's diary
Jack writes about his first week at a new school: getting lost, lessons and a new friend. Students practice the past simple and write a diary.
A1Teens30 minDiary
About this lesson
An A1 writing lesson (diary). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- A1
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Diary
- Students
- Teens
- Time
- About 30 minutes
- Topic
- School & classroom
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Multiple choice, Gap-fill
- Key words
- get lost, canteen, lab, PE, experiment, nervous
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Understand how a diary entry describes a week and feelings
- Use regular and irregular past simple verbs
- Write a diary entry of 60–80 words about a school week