Writing An Email - Linking words

• English
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Welcome 

For today's lesson you will need your iPad

A notebook and pen

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Write as many words as you can in 30 seconds

Lesson aims 

Today's lesson is about LINKING WORDS

• By the end of today's lesson you will know five new linking words.
• You will be able to use these linking words to make longer sentences

Mrs Corrigan has received an email!

divorced! 

growing vegetables!

wants some chickens!

But, although, however

These words all express contrast.  Although and however are more formal than but.

But

joins two clauses. It must to before the second clause and has a comma before it.

Although

joins two clauses. It can go at the start of a sentence in which case a comma separates the clauses. OR it can also go in the middle of a sentence, in which case it is preceded by a comma. I use Facebook to keep in touch with friends, although I don't like it.

Exercise 3: Work individually to join the pairs of sentences in different ways. Try and use all three linking words

When you have made all your sentences, compare your answers with your partner. 

However

joins two sentences and introduces the second sentence. It is preceded by a full stop and followed by a comma. 

Check your answers for correct comma use.

so, because 

What do the words cause and result mean? 

Look at Exercise 4 - pair work

• Sentence 1 is cause first and then result
• Sentence 2 is result first and then cause

Exercise 5 

Work individually as in exercise 3 to link the pairs of sentences

using because or so. 

Check your answers in pairs. Check for correct comma use.

Text

Read the email

What do you think these vocabulary words mean?

divorce

time flies!

a bit of a handful

a spare room

pub

keep in touch

realise/realize

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EXERCISE 

6

Write an email to your old friend

Use some notes from exercise 1, the highlighted phrases in Amber's email and some of the linking words.