Writing an informal email A1-A2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

Informal Email

Leerdoel: aan het eind van deze les weet ik hoe een informele email eruit ziet en welke onderdelen er in thuis horen. 

Informal vs. Formal

Type	Informal letters and emails	Formal letters and emails
Writing to	- Friends - Family members	- People we don't know - Bosses or managers

Put in the correct order: 

1. Write back soon and tell me about your family. 
2. Lucy
3. Hey Jo, 
4. My name is Lucy. Let me tell you a little about myself and my family.  I have two brothers and one sister. I am the oldest. ...
5. Take care, 

correct order

Hey Jo, 

I hope you are well. My name is Lucy. Let me tell you a little about myself and my family. I have two brothers and one sister. I am the oldest.  

Write back soon and tell me about your family. 

Take care, 

Lucy. 

5

1 Salutation	Hi, Hello, Hey, Dear [name] ,
2 Answer questions	I Hope you are well. I am fine/okay. How are you? Thanks for your email. It was good to hear from you.
3 Share some personal information	Example: Something bad happened! I have broken my leg and cannot walk. It doesn't hurt as much as before. They put a cast on my leg, so I cannot move a lot. etc....
4 Closing sentence	Write back soon! Keep in touch. See you soon. Give my regards to your family. I hope to hear from you soon. etc.
5 Closure	All the best, Take care, Talk later, See you! All the best, Have a good weekend, Love, Hugs, Hugs and kisses, [name]

Assignment 

1. Write a small note to someone you know a little. 
2. Tell him/her something about your family, where you live and about the school you go to.
3. Make sure it has all the elements in it. 
4. Use 70-100 words. ( more is possible ; not less)

Assessment( beoordeling)

• enough words?
• content ( inhoud)
• capital letters, punctuation, spelling
• connecting words (and, because, then, though etc) 
• grammar (word order/  tenses) 
• spelling 
• lay out (paragraphs) 

Capital letters

• start of the sentence
• names of persons
• geographical names
• days of the week, months of the year
• Ik = I    ( don't use i) 

Comma's 

• after the salutation
• after the closing sentence
• after enumeration( opsomming)

Full stops.

At the end of a sentence.

Mistakes made

then - than 

white - with - which - witch 

they're - there - their 

too - to 

Assessment

• enough words?
• content 
• punctuation
• connecting words (and, because, then, though etc) 
• grammar (word order, tenses) 
• spelling 
• lay out (paragraphs) 

How do you start an informal email?

1. Goodmorning-afternoon-evening
2. Dear + name
3. Hi, hello, hey + name
4. No name

The correct way to start a formal email?

1. YOOOOO!!!
2. Hey dude!
3. Dear ........
4. What's up???

Writing a formal email could be to a/my

1. cousin
2. company
3. grandparents
4. teacher

Peer feedback - Exchange your email with your neighbor. How many points does your classmate score? Why?

Aantal punten
1p	Salutation, closing sentence + proper ending	juiste aanhef en juiste afsluiting
2p	Grammar	correcte zinnen (woordvolgorde), tijden, lidwoorden etc.
1p	Punctuation (interpunctie) Does each sentence start with a capital?	interpunctie Does each sentence start with a capital?
2p	Task - Have you covered all topics you want to write about? ( Inhoud elementen)	Heb je alles genoemd wat in de opdracht staat?
1p	Spelling	Correcte spelling van woorden.
1p	Aantal woorden
1p	Taalgebruik (formeel of informeel)
1p	Alinea's en witregels

you should …

you shouldn’t …

read the question/

task carefully.

sound ‘chatty’ like you’re talking to a friend.

miss out any of the necessary information.

use a formal beginning and ending. 

write more than the word limit

Have you reached your goal?
Do you know how to write a correct mail?

1. Yes, I do
2. No, I have not enough information.

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