Mission 2 Writing skills 25 Sept 24

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Items in this lesson

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Road Map

BBC One Minute World News
Writing - theory
Writing - do

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Questions

1. What are the topics that are being discussed? Write them down.

2. Think for a minute and formulate an opinion on one of the topics

3. In twos, discuss your opinion and try to react to your neighbour's ideas!

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www.bbc.com

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Writing - p. 42

Formal vs. Informal

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What?

audience
purpose

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Informal

contractions (I'm, aren't, don't etc.)
active sentences
informal expressions
Dear/ Hi Kim, /James,
Best wishes, /All best, / Cheers!
never: swear, use slang, be rude!

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Formal

no contractions
passive
no abbreviations
never: swear, use slang, be rude!
Be firm but polite.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Dear Mr Johnson,
Yours faithfully/sincerely,

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Letter/Email Writing

Introduction: state why you are writing the letter
Body: elaborate on why you're writing the letter.
Conclusion/closing lines: I hope that .../ I look forward to ...

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Letter/Email Writing

one topic per paragraph
use signal words/linking words (conjunctions!)
Skip a line between paragraphs;

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Writing

Write an email to a friend telling them about the two best things of your summer holiday.

First set up a framework

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Framework

Intro

why you are writing the email

Body

- one thing

-second thing

Conclusion

what you hope/expect from ...

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Framework

Intro

I'm writing this email to tell you about .....

Body

- The first best thing ....

- The second best thing ....

Conclusion

I'm looking forward to reading ....

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Look ahead

Friday:

New Interface

Grammar - Mission 2

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