Letter Writing

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 1

Did you like 

your letters?

Agenda

1.  Lesson aims

2. Elements of a letter

3. Exercise with example letter

4. Write your own letter

5. Reply to the questions of your penpal

6. Ask about school in Corona

AIMS

After this lesson you should be able to:

• write an informal letter
• answer the questions your penpal asked
• ask questions

After this lesson you know:

• How to write an informal letter

Beginning

Middle

End

Today's date

Dear Martin,

Best wishes,

PS: I'm single

I love anime

Informal letters

1. Write the date in the top right (- hand) corner
   
2. Start the letter with: Dear + Name,
   
3. Ask how a person you are writing to is
4. You are allowed to use short forms (contractions)
5. You finish the letter with: Love, Best wishes, Kind regards, ...
6. Then sign it with your name
   
7. If you forgot something, you write  PS:

Finish the exercises

Missing parts

Informal examples in the letter

What's next?

• You get back your draft letter + your penpal letter
• Your write your reply by hand.
• Use all the elements in your letter.
• Hand it in before the end of the lesson.  
• You can finish the letter next Tuesday.
• We will send it to Spain next week.

Introduce yourself

1. What’s your name?
2. How old are you?
   
3. What are your hobbies?
   
4. Where do you live?
   
5. Write something about your family.
   
6. What’s your favourite music/movies/books/etc.
   
7. Do you have any pets?
   
8. Write down what you like about school.
   

Remember

• Introduce yourself
• React to your penpal's letter
• Answer his or her questions

• Ask about their school life during Corona time. 
• Ask some more questions to get to know your penpal.  

Hand in your letters

1. The letter from your penpal
2. The letter you wrote today to your penpal

Next week we finish the letters and

next week you can take the letter from your penpal home

Learning

During this lesson, did you:

• write an informal letter?
• answer the questions your penpal asked?
• ask questions?

Do you now know:

• How to write an informal letter?