Cambridge class 7 - Writing part 2 emails/letters

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Cambridge English - class 7

Today

Class work

• Explanation writing part 2
• Focus on emails/letters

Individually

Writing part 2

Goals

• Understand and practise Writing part 2

Writing

Part 2

What is it?     A choice of four questions. The answer students have to write will be one of the following: article, email/letter, essay, review, story.

What do you have to practise?             Writing different types of text: articles, essays, letters/emails, reviews. Depending on the question, students will have to advise, compare, describe, explain, express opinions, justify and/or recommend something.

• 140 - 190 words

Writing

Part 2: emails/letters

How to prepare? 

Read a lot!

Practise grammar, vocabulary, formal language, linking words. 

Practise how to conduct and email/letter appropriately.

Practise recognizing the difference between formal and informal language. 

Writing

Part 2: emails/letters

How to act? 

Ask yourself

1. What do I have to include in my email/letter?

analyse the letter you've received and underline all information that is important

2. Who is going to read it? 

are you writing to a friend, teacher and someone else

Writing

Part 2: emails/letters

How to act? 

Conducting your email

1. start with an appropriate salutation 

Hi Emma, (informal)

Dear Mr Johnson, (formal) 

Dear Sir/Madam, (formal, if you do not know the name of the person you are writing to)

2. begin your letter appropriately

How are you? It was great hearing from you. 

I am writing in regards to the advertisement which I found in the Daily Telegraph of 3 May 2018. 

Writing

Part 2: emails/letters

How to act? 

Conducting your email

3. Topic paragraphs

Divide up the things you want to discuss logically into seperate paragraphs. 

Use (formal) linking words to construct a nice letter/email. 

Writing

Part 2: emails/letters

How to act? 

Conducting your email

4. Final paragraph: write a natural ending to your letter

Well, that's all. Have fun at your friend's party. I hope we will talk soon. 

Thank you in advance for considering my application. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

5. Closure

 Best wishes, / Kind regards, (informal)

Yours faithfully, / Yours sincerely, (formal) 

What to do?

• Click on each link in the following slides, do the exercises, make a printscreen of the work, and hand these in via Magister.me. 

• Do the writing assignment from the sample paper. You can also find this in the next slide. 

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End of the class

Today you have:

- practised writing part 2: emails/letters

Homework: finish 'What to do'

Next class: Writing part 2 - reviews