Mission 8 - 3 Writing Skills

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Welcome!

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Road map
  • Make a sentence 
  • Writing skills 
  • Ready? Read your book!



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Make a sentence!
  • commuter
  • to reduce
  •  gradually
timer
1:00

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Tests


  • Friday 10 February W&L 2

  • Friday 17 February Vocab, phrases and Grammar Mission 7 and 8

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Writing skills 
  • No 'gonna' and 'wanna'
  • No swearing: NOT EVER!
  • No abbreviations  like 'cuz', 'tho'
  • No contractions: use I am instead of I'm, It is instead of It's 

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Writing skills 
  • Use capitals when starting a sentence
  • I also has a capital letter!!!

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Informal letter
  • start with 'Hi' or 'Dear' 
  • Introduction, Body, Conclusion
  • You end with 'Love', 'Best wishes', 'All the best', 'Yours'

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Introduction
you introduce yourself and your purpose for writing 

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Body
You state your cause, using one topic per paragraph

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Conclusion
You end your letter with a line that tells its reader what you would like them to do ('respond, reply, think of me') or a catchy phrase that sums up the content of your letter.  

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Start
Van Heeckerenlaan 2
7774 AB Coevorden
The Netherlands 
                                                                                       
7 February 2023

Dear Niall, 

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Finish
I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon!

All my best,

Bianca 

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Your turn
  • Write an informal letter
  • 200-300 words
  • to someone you admire
  • Par 1: introduce yourself & your purpose: to let them know you admire them greatly (50- 75 words)

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Your turn
  • Par 2: tell them why you admire them and what that means to you ( 100- 150)
  • Par 3: end your letter. Let the reader know what you expect from them (or hope) (50 - 75 words). 

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Your turn
  • Leave a blank line between paragraphs 
  • Use capitals when you start a sentence and when using 'I' and names
  • Mind your dots and commas 

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Friday
Audio part 

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Any questions?

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