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Engels
Middelbare school
havo
Leerjaar 4
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Slide 1 - Slide
What are we going to do today?
Wordle!
Activating prior knowledge
Formal writing
5 - minute break
Writing
Kahoot
End of the lesson: next lesson?
Slide 2 - Slide
wordleunlimited.org
Slide 3 - Link
What do you remember about formal language use?
Slide 4 - Open question
Writing a formal email/letter
Doel:
Je kent het verschil tussen formeel en informeel schrijven.
Je kunt de juiste spelling bij veelvoorkomende fouten gebruiken.
Slide 5 - Slide
Opdr. 1
In de volgende dia zit een sleepvraag.
Zet de onderdelen van de email op de juiste plaats.
Slide 6 - Slide
Dear Sir/Madam,
Your (email)
address
recipient's (email)
address
The date
Introduce yourself + reason of writing
Explanation of the situation
Conclusion
Closing sentence
Your name
signature
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Slide 7 - Drag question
What is the correct opening greeting if you DO NOT know who will read your letter?
Slide 8 - Open question
How do you end a formal letter?
A
Greetings,
B
Yours sincerely,
C
Sincerely,
D
Yours faithfully,
Slide 9 - Quiz
How do we start paragraph 1?
A
Hello!
B
I'm ...
C
My name is ...
D
Good day
Slide 10 - Quiz
How do you say 'ik zit op het Dr. Mollercollege'
A
I sit on the Dr. Mollercollege
B
I am on the Dr. Mollercollege
C
I am at the Dr. Mollercollege
D
I go to the Dr. Mollercollege
Slide 11 - Quiz
Which one is correct?
A
I am a fifteen-year-old boy/girl
B
I am a boy/girl and I am fifteen
C
I am a fifteen years old boy/girl
D
I am 15 and a boy/girl
Slide 12 - Quiz
Which one is correct
A
The reason I write you is...
B
The reason I am writing you is...
C
The reason i am writing you is
D
The reason i write you is...
Slide 13 - Quiz
Mind the following
In a formal letter/email all words MUST be written in full
So do not use:
isn’t, it’s of won’t
, but:
is not, it is en will not
.
Gonna
and
wanna
are a definite NO GO!
For names of magazines or newspapers, use quotation marks. The ‘Telegraaf’.
Slide 14 - Slide
DOs
Make it neat.
Use signal words and the appropriate tenses, wherever necessary
Use paragraphs ( and use blank lines to clearly separate them)
Use a difficult grammar item every now and then (passive, relative clauses)
At the end, check your work!
Slide 15 - Slide
Don'ts
DON'T
forget about the lay-out
DON'T
use abbreviations / contractions (like I'll, didn't)
DON'T
use the first translation you find in a dictionary without checking.
DON'T
forget content elements
DON'T
use swear words or street language
DON'T
use dumb language (gonna, kinda, u, ur, w8, like ... you know, etc.)
Slide 16 - Slide
Frequent mistakes
Capital Letters:
When you talk about "ik", "i" is wrong, it is always “I”
Days of the week, months : Monday, Tuesday, August, October
Slide 17 - Slide
FORMAL
INFORMAL
Long sentences
Short sentences
Active voice
Passive voice
Email
Application letter
No contractions
Slide 18 - Drag question
Frequent mistakes
Word Order
Wrong:
In my opinion
is it
great to live in New York.
Right:
In my opinion
it is
great to live in New York
Slide 19 - Slide
How to make your writing more interesting
Je kunt je schrijfvaardigheid nog verbeteren door andere woorden te kiezen met dezelfde betekenis. Lees de volgende dia's door.
Slide 20 - Slide
Use adverbs and adjectives to make your writing come alive
Slide 21 - Slide
Eigenschappen die je in een sollicitatie kunt gebruiken:
Slide 22 - Slide
Woorden om zinnen aan elkaar te koppelen:
Slide 23 - Slide
Sleepvraag:
Zet de onderdelen in de juiste volgorde.
Slide 24 - Slide
Dear Sir/Madam,
Yours sincerely, / Yours faithfully,
Jouw (email)adres
Inhoud formele brief
datum
(email)Adres van de ander
Slide 25 - Drag question
Slide 26 - Slide
Tekst
True
False
Je gebruikt Dear Sir/Madam als je de naam niet weet bij een formele brief/email
Yours sincirely is goed geschreven
Het woord 'love' is een goeie afsluiting voor een informele brief/email
Je mag afkortingen gebruiken in een informele brief/email
Slide 27 - Drag question
Slide 28 - Slide
Find the mistakes
In the following 2 questions you have to find the mistakes.
Type the correct words in your answer area.
For each sentence the total amount of mistakes is given.
Slide 29 - Slide
Most of those heroes have spend half there lifes trying to be ordinary people. (3 fouten)
Slide 30 - Open question
Those lady’s were trying to get some potato's, tomato's and loafs of bread for free. (4)
Slide 31 - Open question
Kijk goed naar de volgende brief.
Er staan een aantal fouten in. Schrijf er 3 op in de vraag die na de brief komt.
Slide 32 - Slide
Slide 33 - Slide
Write down 3 mistakes from the previous letter
Slide 34 - Open question
Slide 35 - Slide
Nu de goede brief.
Kijk goed naar de verschillen tussen beide.
Slide 36 - Slide
Slide 37 - Slide
Kahoot
De docent stuurt een link met een kahoot die je zelf kunt spelen.
Slide 38 - Slide
Next lesson
Neem een woordenboek NE-EN en een pen mee!
We gaan aan de slag met schrijfvaardigheid!
Slide 39 - Slide
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