# HSK 4 Writing Lesson Plans: Teacher Guide to the HSK 4 Guided Writing Workbook 12 lesson plans of 30 to 45 minutes for HSK 4 writing classes, with pair and group work, peer review, writing homework, the full answer key and assessment ideas Source: https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-4-guided-writing-workbook-teacher-guide ## At a glance - Level: HSK 4 (new HSK) - Format: Teacher guide · PDF · 21 pages · US Letter (prints on A4) - Price: Free · free with a saymei account · updated Nov 5, 2026 ## Download Free with a SayMei account, on the workbook's page: https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-4-guided-writing-workbook-teacher-guide. SayMei emails a copy too. ## A line from the workbook 先写好句子，再写好段落。 (Xiān xiěhǎo jùzi, zài xiěhǎo duànluò.) — First write good sentences, then good paragraphs. ## By the end you can - Teach the sentence skeleton and the three de. Lessons 1 and 2: pairs rebuild cut-up HSK 4 sentences with time, place and helper words before the verb, then choose between 的, 地 and 得. 林浩认真地检查了每一个句子。 (Lín Hào rènzhēn de jiǎnchále měi yí ge jùzi.): Lin Hao carefully checked every sentence. - Teach connector pairs and 把, 被 and 比. Lesson 3 keeps the book's Connector Toolkit up all lesson. Lesson 4 acts out 把 with real papers and has groups compare their members with 比 and 没有. 只要每天练习，你的中文就会进步。 (Zhǐyào měi tiān liànxí, nǐ de Zhōngwén jiù huì jìnbù.): As long as you practise every day, your Chinese will improve. - Run the first Review as a sentence check. In Lesson 5 students find and fix word-order, de and connector mistakes, then check a partner's sentences with the book's ten-point checklist. 对。地点要放在动词前边：我在一家银行工作。 (Duì. Dìdiǎn yào fàng zài dòngcí qiánbian: wǒ zài yì jiā yínháng gōngzuò.): Right. The place goes before the verb: 我在一家银行工作. - Move from pictures to events to paragraphs. Lessons 6 to 8: a gallery walk of photos for one sentence of 10 to 20 characters, Story 1 rebuilt from strips, then a paragraph with a topic sentence and a 总之 close. 总之，秋天是一年中最舒服的季节。 (Zǒngzhī, qiūtiān shì yì nián zhōng zuì shūfu de jìjié.): In short, autumn is the most comfortable season of the year. - Teach the layout of a Chinese note or email. Lesson 9 draws the layout on squared paper with the two-box indent. Groups write one message to a manager, a teacher and a close friend, each with the right greeting. 尊敬的王经理： (Zūnjìng de Wáng jīnglǐ:): Dear Manager Wang, - Teach a description and an opinion paragraph. Lesson 10 describes a place students love with the tools of Story 3. Lesson 11 builds an opinion in four steps: view, reasons, example and conclusion. 我认为每个人都应该学一门外语。 (Wǒ rènwéi měi ge rén dōu yīnggāi xué yì mén wàiyǔ.): I believe everyone should learn a foreign language. - Hold a final draft workshop. Lesson 12 opens with the book's Ten Mistakes to Fix, gives 12 minutes to peer review with the ten-point list and starts the final draft by hand in class. - Mark writing with the book's checklist. Write the point number in the margin instead of the correction, and the student finds the mistake. The guide adds a mid-book task, an end-of-book task and a three-level scale. - Mark the exercises with the answer key. The book's answers by lesson. Lines marked Model are one good answer. The Write and Say it tasks have no key, so you mark them with the checklist. ## Use it with The student book: [HSK 4 Guided Writing Workbook](https://www.saymei.app/resources/downloads/hsk-4-guided-writing-workbook), 40-page PDF, HSK 4 (new HSK). Your class downloads it free with a SayMei account. ## What's inside - Course map: Course map - Lesson 1: Build the Sentence Skeleton - Lesson 2: Choose the Right De - Lesson 3: Link Ideas with Connector Pairs - Lesson 4: Write Ba, Bei and Bi Sentences - Lesson 5: Sentence Check with Mei Lin - Lesson 6: Write About a Picture - Lesson 7: Tell Events in Order - Lesson 8: Shape a Paragraph - Lesson 9: Write a Note or Email - Lesson 10: Describe a Place - Lesson 11: Give Your Opinion - Lesson 12: Final Draft Workshop - Assessment: Check and mark writing - Mixed levels: Teach a mixed-level class - Answer key: Answer key · Answer key · Answer key · Answer key ## How to use this book Twelve classes in the book's order, 40 to 44 minutes each, with a note on what to drop for 30. Lessons 1 to 5 are sentence work, and Lessons 6 to 12 build up to paragraphs. - Before term: Set the pace and the paper. Twice a week, the book fills about six weeks. Daily classes cover it in under three. Students draft by hand on squared paper, one character per box. - Each lesson: Borrow the model. Warm-up, the Learn or Story page, the Practice page, pair and group work and the Say it box. The homework is usually the page's Write task, shaped like the model. - Lesson 5: Mid-book writing task. Introduce the ten-point checklist and set six to eight sentences about where students work or study and their week, checked with points 2 to 6. - From Lesson 7: Peer check with the list. Partners swap drafts and go through the checklist. The reader writes only the point number, and every piece is read aloud once before it is handed in. - After Lesson 12: End-of-book writing task. In 20 minutes in class, an opinion paragraph on working from home in the book's four steps. Mark it with the full list alongside the final draft. ## Who it's for Teachers of HSK 4 writing on the new HSK (HSK 3.0): secondary school, university and adult classes, and tutors whose students are ready to write emails, descriptions and opinion paragraphs. Before you start: Your class needs the student book, HSK 4 Guided Writing Workbook, free with a SayMei account. Students download their own copy, or you hand out printed pages. Squared paper helps. The book has no audio, so you read the models aloud. ## What level are the students? About HSK 4 of the new HSK (HSK 3.0). The model sentences carry pinyin and English. The Story texts are in characters, with pinyin for the key words. ## How do I mark the Write tasks? They have no key. Mark them against the student book's Before You Hand It In checklist: write the number of the point in the margin and let the student find and fix the mistake. The guide also gives a three-level scale from Getting there to Confident. ## How do I teach students who already speak some Chinese? The mixed-levels page has a section on heritage speakers. They often write as they speak, with 的 for every de, chatty words such as 反正 and 挺, or no paragraph shape. Start them on the de pages, the written-style rewrites and the layout rules. ## How do I share the guide with a colleague? Send them this page. They can download their own copy, free with a SayMei account. ## Is this teacher guide free? Yes. The whole 21-page PDF is free, and you can look through its pages here before you download. There's no card and nothing to pay. ## Do I need a SayMei account? Yes, to download the PDF, and the account is free: sign up with Google, Apple or your email address. With it we email you a copy of the workbook, keep every workbook you download on your account on all your devices, save your place in the free online practice, and you can practise speaking with Mei Lin, SayMei's AI tutor. ## How do I print it? The PDF is US Letter size. On A4 paper, choose "Fit to page" (or "Scale to fit") in the print dialog so nothing is cut off. Print the whole workbook or only the pages you need; colour looks best, and black and white works too. ## Can I copy it for my class? Yes. Print and copy as many pages as you like for your own classes. Your students can download the student book from its page, free with a SayMei account. Version 2026-11, updated Nov 5, 2026.