Week 41 Writing & Australia

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome! Please come in and have a seat!

Planning for today 

Speaking energizer	10 min
Writing: common errors	15 min
Signal words recap	10 min
Time for yourself	10 min

What do you NOT in the top left side of the page?

1. Your zip-code
2. The Netherlands
3. Your name
4. The date

Do not include names with the addresses!! 

While I was grading your letters,

I have come across a variety of mistakes:

• After date: alcohol missuse
• I find that ............
• alwcohol
• I want you to publish this letter in here.
• I think  that ....... and wonder why....... and  people still drink.........
• very bad

If you use a lot of the same words again and again.

If you would like to have different ways to express your opinion in speaking and writing, please have a 👀 at the pictures

Let's play a game!

In groups of four, you are going to chit-chat about the following topics.

However, you are not allowed to say I think!

Video games should be banned in The Netherlands.

I could express my opinion in other ways rather than using I think.

😒🙁😐🙂😃

Which one of these is correct?

1. A article
2. An article

A and An (this is a sloppy mistake!)

University?

Unicorn? 

Hour? 

How many paragraphs must you include in your letter?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

What do you end your letter with?
(2 options)

1. Kind regards
2. Yours sincerely
3. Greetings
4. Yours Faithfully

Zet de elementen in de goede volgorde.

Je voor- en achternaam

adres ontvanger

adres afzender

de aanhef

de inhoud van je brief

de datum

Yours sincerely / faithfully

slotzin

Somethings was missing on the previous slide, what was it?

AOD

Alles Op Donderdag

Options

1. Dear Sir / Madam,
   
2. Dear Mr. Johnson,
   
3. Dear Ms. Johnson,
   
4. Dear Mrs. Johnson, 
   

more examples

See P. 130 

Afsluiting

Yours sincerely,   (If you use dear mr Johnes / Mrs Johnes)

Yours faithfully,   ( If you used dear Sir/Madam)

Signature 

voornaam + achternaam

Tips

• Bring a dictionary (NL -> EN) 
• Study the lay-out and the standard sentences 
• Stay calm 
• Pay attention to the things mentioned in the lesson(s)

Tips (2)

- Witregels

- Zorg dat je er alle punten in verwerkt. 

- Learn some sentences by heart.

- Use your dictionary as often as possible.

- First, Secondly, moreover, furthermore, finally....

• I would like to know ( if ) …………………………

• I wonder………………………

• Would it be possible for you/us to ……….. ?

• Could you tell me if…………………… ?

• Is there any chance I/we could ……………………………

Opsomming, uitbreiding

Tegenstelling

Oorzaak, redengevend

Voorbeeld

Also

In addition

Because

Since

Although

Rather

Instead

Yet

For example

For instance

i.e.

In fact

As

Part 2

Planning for today 

Australia energizer	10 min
The country of koala's and vegemite	20 min
Time for yourself	10 min

In groups 

Make 

Make a word web

Include at least 5 things 

Can you name some
Australian celebrities?

Hemworth brothers, Hugh Jackman, Iggy Azalea, Cate Blanchett,  Heath Ledger, Mle Gibson 

Maybe one of the most important:

The crocodile hunter, the guy Freek Vonk wants to be

Steve Irwin

Which Australian animals
do you know?

Housing? 

Prices are okay-ish compared to here

Average temperature? 

High

Write a 100 word essay

Would you want to emmigrate to Australia? 

Yes? 

Explain why, who would you take with you, what type of job would you get and where would you want to live? 

(type of house or place in Australia) 

No? Why not? 

Hand in your essay here

Write the essay

Finish writing the essay? 

Hand it in and work for yourself (practice/study for the testweek) 

Haven't handed something in in the final lesson? 

Detention