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10.5.1 Functional Writing: Packing and Shopping lists

English · Grade 7 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Grouping items on a packing list: clothes, documents, toiletries, food, music gear
  • Parts of a shopping list: item, quantity, unit price, total; matching a budget
  • Writing a packing list for a specified event and a shopping list for a given budget

What you will be able to do

  • identify ways of grouping items in packing and shopping lists
  • write a packing list for a specified event
  • prepare a shopping list for use in a given context
  • recognise the importance of preparing a shopping and packing list in their everyday lives

Key questions

“What should one consider when grouping items in a packing list?”

“Why should a shopping list be prepared?”

Lessons

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  1. How to group packing and shopping items
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Pack by category and need. Shop with item, quantity and price. Both lists save forgotten things and wasted money.
  2. Write a packing list and a budgeted shop
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Fill a packing list for a specified music event. Write a shopping list with quantities and prices that stay inside a budget.