A cloze exercise to practice vocabulary from the Pen-Pal letter handed out in the classroom. -To practice using verb SER to describe oneself and others; to talk about one's place of origin and nationality. -To practice using verb ESTAR to indicate physical location and to form the progressive form. -To use the verb TENER to talk about one's age. -To use verb GUSTAR to indicate what one likes; -To learn how to recognize "cognates" in a writing piece.