informal email

Welcome


  • Warming up
  • Instruction: How to write an informal email 
  • Writing challenge
  • Cooling down (exit ticket)

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This lesson contains 18 slides, with interactive quizzes, text slides and 1 video.

time-iconLesson duration is: 50 min

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Welcome


  • Warming up
  • Instruction: How to write an informal email 
  • Writing challenge
  • Cooling down (exit ticket)

Slide 1 - Slide

Today's goal  
We can write an informal email to plan a visit to a foreign city in 80-100 words.

How to get there:
1: We can explain what an informal style of writing is in our own words. 
2: We can apply the basic structure of an informal email  correctly. 
3: We can express our intentions to visit a friend in a foreign city correctly in short simple sentences. 


Slide 2 - Slide

What do you already know about an informal email?

Slide 3 - Mind map

How do you start an informal email?
A
Goodmorning-afternoon-evening
B
Dear + first name
C
Hi, hello
D
No name

Slide 4 - Quiz

The correct way to start a formal email?
A
YOOOOO!!!
B
Hey dude!
C
Dear Mr. /Mrs. /Ms./Mx. + last name
D
What's up???

Slide 5 - Quiz

Writing a formal email could be to a/my
A
cousin
B
company
C
grandparents
D
teacher

Slide 6 - Quiz

Informal vs. Formal
Type
Informal letters and emails
Formal letters and emails
Writing to
- Friends
- Family members
- People we don't know
- Bosses or managers

Slide 7 - Slide

Writing an informal email
You write an informal email or a letter to friends, family members or people you know.
An email has 5 main parts:
  1. A subject (in the title)
  2. Salutation (greeting)
  3. Body 
  4. Closing sentence
  5. Name

Slide 8 - Slide

Writing an informal email
Salutation (Aanhef) 
Start your email with Dear + name. You can also start with Hello, / Hi, / Hey there!
Good morning, / Good evening etc.
Body
In the body you write your message. This could be about a number of topics; asking questions, inviting a friend or just sharing information. (2/3 paragraphs)
Closing sentence
I hope to hear from you soon. Keep in touch! Write soon.
Closing + your name
All the best, / Best wishes, / Love, / Hugs, / Kisses, / Take care, / Have a good weekend,

Slide 9 - Slide

Slide 10 - Slide

Planning a trip to a foreign city.

Slide 11 - Mind map

Challenge
1. Write your friend/family member an email to plan a visit to a foreign country/city in 80-100 words.
2. send your email to: dkoktas@rocvantwente.nl (and your classmate) 

Slide 12 - Slide

Inhoudelijke eisen: 
1. Begin de e-mail op een passende manier
2. Noem vertrektijd, vluchtnummer en aankomsttijd: stel een plek voor om elkaar te ontmoeten. 
3. Zeg dat je veel zin hebt om samen naar ... te gaan. 
4. Beschrijf jullie verdere reisplannen en laat je enthousiasme blijken. 
5. Zeg dat je een vlog gaat maken over je reis en deel ideeën. 
6. Sluit netjes af. 
timer
15:00

Slide 13 - Slide

Peer feedback - Exchange your email with your neighbor. How many points does your classmate score? Why?
Points 
1p
Salutation, closing sentence + proper ending
juiste aanhef en juiste afsluiting
2p
Grammar
correcte zinnen (woordvolgorde), tijden, lidwoorden etc.
1p
Punctuation (interpunctie) Does each sentence start with a capital? 
interpunctie
Does each sentence start with a capital? 
2p
Task - Have you covered all requirements?
Heb je alles genoemd wat in de opdracht staat?
1p
Spelling
Correcte spelling van woorden.
1p
Language formal/informal
1p
Paragraphs 

Slide 14 - Slide

Today's goal  
We can write an informal email to plan a visit to a foreign city in 80-100 words.

How to get there:
1: We can explain what an informal style of writing is in our own words. 
2: We can apply the basic structure of an informal email  correctly. 
3: We can express our intentions to visit a friend in a foreign city correctly in short simple sentences. 


Slide 15 - Slide

EXIT ticket
1) Wat is een informele stijl van schrijven?
2) Wat is de structuur/opbouw van een informele email?
3) Deze les was: makkelijk/okay/moeilijk? Leg je antwoord uit.

Slide 16 - Open question

you should …
you shouldn’t …
read the question/task carefully.
sound ‘chatty’ like you’re talking to a friend.
miss out any of the necessary information.
use a formal beginning and ending. 
write more than the word limit

Slide 17 - Drag question

Slide 18 - Video