Formal Writing: Letter writing practice

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Practice makes perfect...

WRITING A FORMAL/COVER LETTER

Agenda

- Lesson goals

- Marking a formal letter - 10 minutes

- Identifying common mistakes - 10 minutes

- Practice writing the content of a letter together - 30 minutes

- Give feedback according to form 10 min

-Rewrite/ incorporate feedback- 10

Today's goals

- I can practice writing the content of a formal letter.

- I can identify common mistakes.

- I know how I will be graded on my formal letter.

At the end of class:

Let's write the content of a practice letter together.

Line spacing between salutations and paragraphs

Include everything asked for!!!

Example of a good letter

Example of a good letter

FORMAL

INFORMAL

Dear Mrs. Brown,

Hi Molly,

Jenny,

Dear Sir or Madam,

Hey you,

To whom it may concern,

Dear colleagues:

FORMAL

INFORMAL

Yours sincerely,

Cheers,

Love,

Yours faithfully,

See ya,

Best regards,

Yours faithfully,

When do yo use ''Dear Sir or Madam''?

1. When you don't know the person you're writing to
2. When you do know who you're writing to
3. You can always use it
4. Never

How do you end a formal letter?

1. Greetings,
2. Yours sincerely,
3. Sincerely,
4. Yours faithfully,

Structure the application letter 

Formal Expressions

I am writing to you to apply to the post of part-time job assistant.

My responsibilities there included serving customers as well as shelf-filling.

I consider myself to be a trustworthy, hardworking and enthusiastic person.

If necessary, I can supply you with references.

I would be grateful for the opportunity to visit your shop.

I will be available to start work from 22 July.

I am enclosing my CV.

• Use adverbs and adjectives to make your writing come alive

What are personality traits that will get you hired?

Linking Words

Other Words

In short

In other words

Anyway

What

Similarly

More

Could

Although

Might

Moreover

Yet

Always

Like

No

For example

Doubt

Then

Why

Most of those heroes have spend half there lifes trying to be ordinary people. (3)

Write down 5 mistakes in this letter