Mission 2 Writing skills 25 Sept 24

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Road Map

• BBC One Minute World News
• Writing - theory
• Writing - do

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!

www.bbc.com

Writing - p. 42

Formal  vs. Informal 

What?

• audience
• purpose 

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!

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, 

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 ...

Letter/Email Writing

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

Writing

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

First set up a framework 

Framework

Intro

why you are writing the email

Body 

- one thing

 -second thing

Conclusion

what you hope/expect from ... 

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 ....

Look ahead

Friday: 

New Interface 

Grammar - Mission 2