Write With Me About Your Daily Routine for Intermediate English Students — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hello and welcome to Write with Me, the
2. 0:02podcast that helps English learners like
3. 0:04you become strong, confident writers,
4. 0:07one day at a time. I'm your host, Chris,
5. 0:10and today's episode is all about your
6. 0:12daily routine. Now, this is the perfect
7. 0:15topic to begin your writing journey
8. 0:18because it uses vocabulary from real
9. 0:20life, but we'll take it further by
10. 0:22building longer, more detailed
11. 0:24sentences. That way, you can organize
12. 0:26everything clearly. So, grab your
13. 0:28notebook or a writing device and let's
14. 0:30begin because here is today's prompt.
15. 0:34Write a detailed paragraph or essay
16. 0:36about your daily routine. Begin with
17. 0:39what time you wake up and describe your
18. 0:42activities in order. Include work,
19. 0:44meals, household chores, free time, and
20. 0:47bedtime. Use transition words like
21. 0:49first, then, after that, and finally.
22. 0:52Describe how you feel at different times
23. 0:54of the day and tell me what is your
24. 0:56favorite part. We're going to try and
25. 0:58write 25 to 30 sentences. So, the
26. 1:02question is, what do I need to do? Well,
27. 1:05we're going to write about your daily
28. 1:06routine. So, what do you usually do on a
29. 1:10normal day? You're going to use the
30. 1:12present tense for starters. I wake up at
31. 1:166:00 a.m. Then, I get dressed and I
32. 1:19leave for work. After work, I cook
33. 1:22dinner and I relax, which I wish was
34. 1:24true. Use time words like these to show
35. 1:28the order of things in your day. You're
36. 1:30going to describe how you feel during
37. 1:32each part as well. Are you tired in the
38. 1:34morning like me? Are you stressed in the
39. 1:37afternoon like me? Are you stressed at
40. 1:40night like me?
41. 1:42Don't just list your activities.
42. 1:44Describe them clearly and add your
43. 1:46feelings or your thoughts. What makes
44. 1:49writing powerful is how we put ourselves
45. 1:52in that writing. Okay, so now let's look
46. 1:56at some useful vocabulary. First, wake
47. 2:00up or get up. We can use these
48. 2:02interchangeably. They mean to stop
49. 2:05sleeping. Get ready means to prepare for
50. 2:08the day. And this can include showering
51. 2:10or eating meals or putting clothes on.
52. 2:14Commute means how you get to work,
53. 2:16right? You are going to be on the bus.
54. 2:18You're going to be on the train, your
55. 2:20own personal car, taxi. Work shift or
56. 2:24shift hours are the time that you are at
57. 2:26work doing this thing. Take a break. No,
58. 2:30that means stop and rest. Cook dinner or
59. 2:34prepare food. That's pretty obvious.
60. 2:36We're going to make our meals. Do
61. 2:38chores. Things like wash dishes, clean
62. 2:41clothes, the laundry, all that stuff.
63. 2:45Relax and unwind means
64. 2:47exactly what you expect. Calming down,
65. 2:50taking a moment for yourself and getting
66. 2:54rid of that stress. And the last one
67. 2:55would be like go to bed or fall asleep.
68. 2:59Then we have time words. First, then
69. 3:03after that, in the afternoon, later at
70. 3:07night, and finally. I usually don't like
71. 3:11to use finally unless we're making a
72. 3:14list of things like a this this this and
73. 3:17finally you put it in the stove or in
74. 3:19the oven. You see what I mean? It's like
75. 3:21it's the last part. So, traditionally, I
76. 3:24wouldn't use finally, but you can if you
77. 3:26want to. If it fits your description of
78. 3:29your day, go ahead. It's okay. Now,
79. 3:32before we get started, I want to give
80. 3:33you some of the best things we can, and
81. 3:35they are sentence starters. easy things
82. 3:38to help you write about your day. So,
83. 3:41first I wake up at
84. 3:44after that I take a shower. I
85. 3:48then I leave home at
86. 3:52I start work at
87. 3:54during work. I usually What do you do? I
88. 3:59feel because So, we're going to give our
89. 4:02feeling and then a reason for it. When I
90. 4:05get home, I What do you do? At night, I
91. 4:09like to What do you do? My favorite part
92. 4:13of the day is this.
93. 4:17Okay, so we're looking back and
94. 4:19reflecting on what was the best part.
95. 4:22Use a mix of actions and feelings to
96. 4:24make your writing natural, okay? And
97. 4:27more personal. Without them, it feels
98. 4:30fake. Now, let's build an outline for
99. 4:34your writing. Okay, your paragraphs can
100. 4:36follow this structure. So, paragraph one
101. 4:39is all about the morning time. What time
102. 4:41do you wake up? What do you do to get
103. 4:44ready? What time do you leave for work?
104. 4:46And how are you feeling? Okay, we could
105. 4:49talk about these in paragraph one.
106. 4:51Paragraph two is our work day or our
107. 4:54school day. If you're a student, what
108. 4:56time does it start? What do you do
109. 4:59there? Right? What's is your job? Do you
110. 5:02take breaks? Right? What time does it
111. 5:06finish? And how did you feel there?
112. 5:09Noticing a pattern, right? What do you
113. 5:10do? When does it start? How do you feel?
114. 5:13Take a look at the third paragraph.
115. 5:15After we're finished with work or
116. 5:18school, what do you do when you get
117. 5:20home? Do you cook? Do you clean? Do you
118. 5:24relax? What time do you eat dinner? Do
119. 5:28you have hobbies or free time? Paragraph
120. 5:32four would be the night, right? The end
121. 5:34of the day. What do you do before bed?
122. 5:37What time do you go to sleep? How do you
123. 5:40feel at the end of the day or how do you
124. 5:42feel about your day? Maybe I feel
125. 5:46stressed at the end of the day, but
126. 5:48during the day I felt okay. You know,
127. 5:51life is crazy sometimes. Then we have
128. 5:53our conclusion. What was the favorite
129. 5:56part of the day and why? Why did you
130. 5:58like that? Now, it wouldn't be right if
131. 6:01I don't give you an example paragraph,
132. 6:03but that doesn't mean copy. It means
133. 6:06learn from it. Okay? So, take a look at
134. 6:08this. First, I wake up at 6:30 every
135. 6:11morning. I feel a little tired, but I
136. 6:13get out of bed and take a quick shower.
137. 6:16Then, I prepare a light breakfast and
138. 6:18get dressed for work. After that, I pack
139. 6:21my bag and leave the house at 7:15. I
140. 6:25usually take the bus to work and the
141. 6:27commute takes about 30 minutes. I like
142. 6:30listening to music during this time.
143. 6:33Pretty simple, right? Now, it is your
144. 6:36turn to write something. Take 30 to 25
145. 6:41minutes to write this. Right? Pause the
146. 6:43video if you like and come back and
147. 6:44finish the video with me. But you can
148. 6:46write more if you really would like to.
149. 6:48If you're doing good, go for it. You
150. 6:50know, now that you understand the
151. 6:52assignment or you're finished, like you
152. 6:54paused the video and came back. Great.
153. 6:56Let's wrap this thing up. Talking about
154. 6:59your daily routine helps you practice
155. 7:01the present tense time expressions and
156. 7:05personal vocabulary, things that matter
157. 7:07to you. If you wrote 30 sentences, that
158. 7:09is outstanding. If you didn't quite make
159. 7:12it, completely understandable. Okay? So,
160. 7:15don't worry too much about that. In the
161. 7:19next episode, we'll write about
162. 7:21something delicious, your favorite meal,
163. 7:23and you will learn how to describe food
164. 7:26using sensory details, right? How does
165. 7:29it look? How does it smell? How does it
166. 7:32taste? Right? Can you hear it? Maybe.
167. 7:34Who knows what kind of food it is? This
168. 7:37was right with me. And I hope that you
169. 7:40enjoyed this first lesson and I will see
170. 7:42you for the next one where we eventually
171. 7:45go into many new lessons on how to write
172. 7:48for different situations and different
173. 7:50topics. If you're enjoying this like I
174. 7:53did, great. I'll see you for the next
175. 7:54one. Okay, let's keep going. Goodbye.