Here are the steps you'll want to follow while writing a blog post.1. Understand your audience.2. Create your blog domain.3. Customize your blog's theme.4. Identify your first blog post's topic.5. Come up with a working title.6. Write an intro (and make it captivating).7. Organize your content in an outline.8. Write your blog post!9. Proofread and edit your post.10. Pick a catchy title.
WRITING FOCUS Describing a person1. Give first impressions. The first thing you notice about her is that she looks older than she is.2. Mention age. He's (about) my/your/his/our age. He’s in his teens/ early /mid-/late twenties.3. Describe personality and interests. He's a very easy-going/interesting, etc. person. She has a great sense of humour. She's the sort/type/kind of person who always remembers your birthday/loves kids. She'd a great teacher/doctor/friend. He's into music/fashion/skateboarding.4. Describe hair, eyes, skin and face. He's got cool, short, dark hair. She's got beautiful, long, straight blond hair. She's got a kind/friendly/unusual smile/face.5. Mention height/build. She's short/ medium height/tall. He's fairly well-built/ slim6. Mention clothes. She dresses casually/smartly/well/in black. He always wears casual/smart/scruffy/fashionable/stylish clothes.
LANGUAGE FOCUS Tentative language: making language less negative or extremekind of/sort oftend to be/get + adjectivecan be/could be + a little/a bit + adjective. Negative adjective to positive adjective with always, exactly, particularly. Quantifiers/softeners. She looks kind of cool/unusual/mysterious/nervous/punky. She tends to get upset. His hair could be a bit shorter. He isn't always hard-working. He's not particularly generous. She looks a bit older. She's a bit too slim.
Rewrite the sentences to make them less negative or extreme. Use the word in brackets.1. Amanda's rude. Amanda . (polite)2. Bryan's mean. Bryan . (exactly)3. Caroline's lazy. Caroline . (always)4. David's loud. David . (could)5. Elena's insensitive. Elena . (can)6. Freddie's untidy. Freddie . (tends)
Complete the description with the words from the WRITING FOCUS. Do you know anybody like Martin? Tell your partner. My friend Martin is the 1 of person who can argue about anything. He always 2 smartly and he's a very interesting 3 . But he's not always serious. He's 4 music and dancing, and he has a great 5 of humour. He's 6 age, but he looks older. He's got short 7 and a friendly 8 I think he'd 9 a good politician. Keys: Kind, dresses, person, Into, Sense, Our, Hair, Smile, make
Match the beginnings with the correct endings to form sentences1. She's the sort of person who 2. She's got long 3. He sometimes 4. The first thing you notice about her is her large 5. He usually wears 6. She's not alwaysblue eyes. e. fashionable clothesb. hard-working. f. blonde hair.c. forgets his manners. g. mid-twenties.d. loves kids.
Find and correct the mistakes.1. My baby sister, who is three, tends cry a lot. 2. I'm not particular lazy, but I like to do nothing sometimes. 3. Andrew always isn't very polite with new people. 4. Eva sorts of shy, but she's different when you get to know her. 5. Diana can a little tired in the evenings because she wakes up at 6 a.m. every day. 6. Paulo could be a bit little smarter, but he has made an effort to dress nicely. 7. Dad's exactly not a genius, but he is very clever.
SHOW WHAT YOU'VE LEARNTDo the writing task. Use the ideas in the WRITING FOCUS and the LANGUAGE FOCUS to help you. A friend is going to visit the city where your granny lives. Your cousin has agreed to show your friend around the city. They have never met before. Write an email to your granny and:describe your friend's appearance,describe your friend's personality,mention some of your friend's interests,thank your cousin for agreeing to show your friend around.