This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 50 min
Items in this lesson
Slide 1 - Slide
Slide 2 - Slide
Planning
What are informal letters? (10 min)
What are postcards (5 min)
Instruction (5min)
writing (20 minutes)
Wrap up
Slide 3 - Slide
What rules do you think/know there are for informal writing?
Slide 4 - Open question
characteristics
colloquial language and terms; spreektaal is toegestaan
Personal tone; you know the person (friend/family etc)
Simple structure;
Samentrekkingen (I'm, can't) en afkortingen (CU later) mogen
Empathy and emotion; it doesn't have to be dry - use words like 'love', 'hate' etc.
Slide 5 - Slide
Slide 6 - Slide
Slide 7 - Slide
Slide 8 - Slide
Slide 9 - Slide
Instruction
What and Why: Write a postcard to your friend, practice writing for the test.
How: Follow the steps of the writing assignment
Time: 20 minutes
Help: Check yo'self, your neighbour, juf/me
Finished: Hand-in, we will discuss most common mistakes and personal feedback
Done?
Slide 10 - Slide
Assignment - you are writing your friend in England
Start your letter with 'dear (name)
At least 9 sentences: where you are, what it is like, what you are doing, where you are staying, what you were doing last night when something happened, something interesting about the incident or your reaction, tell what used to be different in the past, ask about your friend's live.
Finish your letter
Switch with neighbour and make suggestions for improvement. Is everything there?
Adjust postcard using suggestions
Hand in
timer
20:00
Slide 11 - Slide
Wrap up: What characteristics of informal writing do you know now?
Slide 12 - Open question
What have you learned? What do you still need to work on? What questions do you still have?