Informal Email Part 1 3e

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• Leerjaar 3

Writing - Informal 

Informal Email

How

What

Why

Today's plan

• Exams
• How to write an informal email
  
• Write an informal email

Writing - Informal 

Informal (personal) writing 

What is an informal letter/email?

• Written letter/email to:
• known people; family, friends, acquaintances, colleagues, etc.

Read Sara's email.

Answer exercise 1 in your book.

How do you start an informal email?

1. Goodmorning-afternoon-evening
2. Dear + name
3. Hi, hello
4. No name

The correct way to start a formal email?

1. YOOOOO!!!
2. Hey dude!
3. Dear ........
4. What's up???

Writing a formal email could be to a/my

1. cousin
2. company
3. grandparents
4. teacher

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

Look at example 1 and 2. What makes email 1 a great email?Underline the

differences and write down 9 success criteria

Exams!

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. header
2. salutation
3. body 
4. closing sentence
5. name

Structure

Aanhef/beginning	Hi or Hello / Dear [name],
Beantwoord vragen	Bijv: I am good/bad/okay. How are you?
Vertel meer over het onderwerp/ Reasons for writing	Bijv: Something bad happened! I have broken my leg and cannot walk. It doesn't hurt as much as before. They put a cast on my leg, so I cannot move a lot. etc....
Afsluiting/ Closing Name	I hope to hear from you soon. etc. All the best, [name]

Peer feedback - Exchange your email with your neighbor. How many points does your classmate score? Why?

Aantal punten
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 topics you want to write about? ( Inhoud elementen)	Heb je alles genoemd wat in de opdracht staat?
1p	Spelling	Correcte spelling van woorden.
1p	Aantal woorden
1p	Taalgebruik (formeel of informeel)
1p	Alinea's en witregels

Exercise 3

p.10

Done?

Ex. 2 p.11

Today

Tips for writing

Write an email (Grammatica)

Test next week Wedsnday

Page 14

- Zeg dat jij in september vorig jaar op werkweek naar de Ardennen bent

geweest.

Je gebruikt: Past simple

- Zeg dat je nog nooit had gehoord van Shrove Tuesday.

Je gebruikt: Present Perfect

- Zeg dat we in Nederland op 27 april Koningsdag vieren.

Je gebruikt: Present Simple

- Vertel hoe jij samen met Ben Koningsdag gaat vieren.

Je gebruikt: Future