My Routine

We are going to write an email describing our house and our routines.

First step: complete a chart similar to this one:

Formula to start an email: Dear..../ I was very glad to receive your last email.

Introduction of the topic you are going to write about: my house and my routines

Your house/flat: size, rooms, your bedroom (wall color and main furniture or items in it)

Your routine: morning, afternoon, evening.

Formula to close a letter or email: That's all for now. I hope to hear from you soon / I'm looking forward to hearing from you.

Final greeting: Kind regards /Love....

Second step: Write your email taking into account the following tips:

  • Organize your ideas into paragraphs: Introduction, ..., Formula to close a letter
  • Use adjectives to describe and make your text nicer.
  • Use connectors to make your text fluent and easy to read.
  • Use adverbs to add fluency to your text.

Read and use the following text as a model to write your letter:

MY HOUSE AND MY DAILY ROUTINE

February 5th 2015

Dear pen pal,

I was very glad to receive your last email. We are now learning about houses and routines, so I'm going to describe my house and I'm going to tell you about my daily routine.

I live in a two floor house. I have got a quite big living room, a rather small kitchen, a comfortable study room, a toilet, a small garage and a very nice garden on the ground floor. Upstairs there are three bedrooms and two bathrooms. My bedroom is painted in blue and I have got lots of posters and pictures on the wall. I also have a desk with a computer to do my homework. I usually keep my bedroom very tidy so that my mother doesn't get angry, but my brother's bedroom is usually quite messy!!

Regarding my routine, I usually wake up at 7.15 in the morning, I get up and get dressed, then I have a big breakfast. I usually have cereals and toasts for breakfast. After breakfast I go to school at around 8 o'clock. I live very near and it only takes me seven or eight minutes to arrive at school. It starts at 8.15. I have six lessons and a break after every two lessons. I always have a snack like a sandwich or some fruit in one of them. We finish school at 2.50 so I get home at around 3.00. Then I have lunch, which is a quite big meal for us. We usually have fish, meat or legumes with salad or some vegetables. I think it is like your dinner!!!

In the afternoon, I always do my homework, but I also have piano lessons twice a week and I do sport three times a week. In my free time, I often listen to music, surf the internet or chat with my friends on whatsapp. We have diner at around 9 o'clock in the evening or even later. Before dinner I always have a shower and after it I often watch a TV show with my family, but sometimes I read a book or a magazine. I usually go to bed at around 11.30. That's my day! Weekends are very different, I usually get up after midday!!!

That's all for now. I hope to hear from you very soon.

Kind regards,

Lisa