You end with 'Love', 'Best wishes', 'All the best', 'Yours'
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Introduction
you introduce yourself and your purpose for writing
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Body
You state your cause, using one topic per paragraph
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Conclusion
You end your letter with a line that tells its reader what you would like them to do ('respond, reply, think of me') or a catchy phrase that sums up the content of your letter.
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Your turn
Write an email
200-300 words
to someone you admire
Par 1: introduce yourself & your purpose: to let them know you admire them greatly (50- 75 words)
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Your turn
Par 2: tell them why you admire them and what that means to you ( 100- 150)
Par 3: end your letter. Let the reader know what you expect from them (or hope) (50 - 75 words).
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Your turn
Leave a blank line between paragraphs
Use capitals when you start a sentence and when using 'I' and names
Mind your dots and commas
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Your turn
Work on it in class
Hand in your letter by the end of this class.
I will give you feedback on structure and grammar.
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Frequent Mistakes
Mistakes of form
Word order
Grammatical tense
Wrong word!
No concord between subject and verb
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Any questions?
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Homework
Thursday 17 Feb 2022:
Study the theory about letter writing, both the formal and the informal letter (Learnbeat, Writing Skills, 5.1 to 5.4).