5V Writing Skills 1

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Welcome back!

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Road map
  • BBC One Minute World News 
  • Writing Skills - Theory and practice 

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BBC One minute world news
  • Watch the clip
  • What are the two/three topics that are being discussed? 
  • What is your idea/opinion about ..... 

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Lesson goal
At the end of this class you 
  • can describe the main differences between a formal and an informal letter;
  • you can correctly apply the format of an informal letter to your own work. 

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Writing skills 
  • formal letter
  • informal letter 

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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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Address and preamble

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Introduction

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Body

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Conclusion & salutations

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Writing skills 
  • Use capitals when starting a sentence
  • 'I' also has a capital letter (just saying)

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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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Your turn
  • Write an email
  • 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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Your turn
  • Work on it in class
  • Next week, you hand it in on paper
  • I will give you feedback on structure and grammar.  

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Any questions?

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Homework
  • Thursday  17 Feb: study the general information and lay-out of a personal letter 
  • Hand in the first draft of your personal letter by the end of next week's class. 

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