1. Have the beam projector ready to show the activity suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section and download the file and make copies of the second activity for students.

2. Tell students they are going to write a letter to a friend by completing the sentences in the body of the letter.

3. Review letter and envelope format with the class.

4. Project the letter and ask students to copy it in their notebooks. Then, ask them to complete it in pencil so they can erase and correct if necessary.

5. Have some volunteers come to the front and type an option.

6. Ask the class not to interrupt them until the whole letter is finished. Then, make suggestions and corrections if necessary.

7. Invite some volunteers to read their letters since there will be different options.

8. Ask students to write a similar letter, but this time choosing a different type of party and changing some of the sentences to give variety.

9. Review some of the punctuation marks and their importance in being used accurately in a text.

10. Distribute the worksheet and draw students’ attention towards the first exercise.

11. Use the first sentence as a model and punctuate it for them. Then, ask them to tell you if that’s ok .

12. You may suggest students to number the sentences for easy reference 1-4 and work with 2,3,4-

13. Have volunteers to read their sentences by saying what they did, used a capital letter, commas, etc. as the class check answers and make suggestions or corrections.

14. You may want to write the sentences on the board as students say what they did.

15. Invite students to work in pairs and do exercise 2. There are 7 sentences that need different punctuation marks.

16. Have some volunteers come to the board and write their sentences.

1. Have the beam projector ready to show the activity suggested in the “Materiales Educativos Digitales” section and download the file to make copies for students.

2. Tell students to think of possible reasons not to be able to attend a birthday party and discuss them with the class.

3. Show the activity and ask students to think of the three parts they need to complete and write some notes if necessary.

4. Ask students at random to give you their options for the first part, date, and salutation and choose somebody to come to the computer and write it.

5. As for the body, invite somebody to come to the front and write. Discuss it with the class and make corrections.

6. Have some more students to write at least three different options for the body of the letter.

7. Finish the letter by asking students to give you some options for the closing. Then, read the letter and discuss how well they did.

8. Write on the board a long sentence that enumerates several different things and use commas.

9. Drive students to notice what that use is.

10. Distribute the worksheet and ask students to work in pairs and mark the first exercise as A and the second as B.

11. Assign pairs of students to do A while some other work on B.

12. Monitor the activity and when they are finished ask them to get together with another A or B pair and compare answers.

13. Have some  'A'  volunteers to share their answers with the class and direct the activity for the ones who did 'B.'

14. Repeat the procedure now asking B students to do the same with students who did A only.

15. As a class, work on the last part of the exercise and write different options on the board.