Training for a charity run: an email giving sports advice
Luke replies to a friend who has signed up for a 10K charity run. Students analyze advice language and write an email about taking up a sport.
B2Teens45 minEmailFree
About this lesson
A B2 writing lesson (email). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- B2
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Students
- Teens
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Topic
- Sports
- Activities
- Speaking / writing task, Key words, Reading text, Matching, Multiple choice, Gap-fill
- Key words
- sign up for, cause, build up gradually, recover, gear, talk yourself out of something, cheer someone on, count me in
- Access
- Free
By the end, students can
- Understand how an informal email organizes advice into clear paragraphs
- Use a range of structures for giving advice and warnings
- Write a 140–190 word email giving advice about taking up a sport