This lesson contains 12 slides, with text slides and 1 video.
Lesson duration is: 45 min
Items in this lesson
Welcome
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Last time
Short stories (use words from word list) Checked the ones I got
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Planning
An introduction to formal writing.
- What is formal writing? - Differences between formal and informal writing - Analyse some examples - Formal writing yourself (eventually)
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Notes
During this class you will probably hear some new things (hopefully) that are helpful to write down.
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Slide 5 - Video
Main points are introduced, elaborated on and concluded.
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so don't use gonna ,wanna... also don't use you're, I'm, we're... ROFL, LOL, NVM, TL;DR
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Support ideas/thoughts with evidence (no/few emotion). When you share an opinion make that clear (from my point of view......). Generally used to write professionally and/or to a big public.
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Know your target group
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Some common ways to test formal writing
- Essay ''an analytic or interpretative literary composition usually dealing with its subject from a limited or personal point of view'' - Article a nonfictional composition usually forming an independent part of a publication (such as a magazine) - Review a critical evaluation
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Examples
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Next time
Writing (what do you want to do) Essay/Article/Review Start thinking about what you want to write about (your topic).
Maybe a review on an add is fun to do (like the German coastguard)?
Lesson duration is: 45 min
