ACTIVITY 3

Texting

Before writing

  • Read the sms conversation and:
    1. Circle the greetings
    2. Underline the activity they did last weekend
    3. Highlight the invitation

  • Read the text messages and find the short informal words for:
    1. your: _______________
    2. you: _______________
    3. to: ________________
    4. are: _______________
    5. See you!: ______________
  • Plan your writing: complete the sms conversation:

 

Writing task

  • Use sms messages to communicate with a friend  for different reasons:
    1. greet your best friend and invite him/her to go out
    2. tell a friend where you went last Saturday and what you did
    3. invite a friend to go somewhere

You can use your cellphones or write down the sms conversation here:

 

After writing:

  • Think of the way you write sms in your own language. Which words do you write differently in a sms message in Spanish?