4hb 03-03 Feedback on letter 2

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Today

- discuss letter 2

- some tips and tricks

- helping each other 

Check (pre-)existing knowledge

Dear editor(s),

Your address

recipient's adress

The date

Reason of writing  + about what

answer to first question

answer to second question

Closing sentence

Your name (and signature)

Sincerely

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What do you have to remember about the adresses?

Dear editor(s),

Your address

recipient's adress

The date

Introduce yourself + reason of writing

answer to first question

answer to second question

Closing sentence

Your name (and signature)

Sincerely

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DOs

1. Make it neat.
2. Use signal words and the appropriate tenses, wherever necessary
3. Use paragraphs ( and use blank lines to clearly separate them)
4. Use a difficult grammar item every now and then (passive, relative clauses)
5. At the end, check your work!
   

Don'ts

1.  DON'T forget about the lay-out
2.  DON'T use abbreviations / contractions (like I'll, didn't)
3.  DON'T use the first translation you find in a dictionary without checking. 
4. DON'T forget content elements 
5. DON'T use swear words or street language 
6. DON'T use dumb language (gonna, kinda, u, ur, w8, like ... you know, etc.) 

"I think that some of the influencers are becoming very easily an influencer."

Frequent mistakes

Capital Letters:

When you talk about "ik", "i" is wrong, it is always “I” 

Days of the week, months : Monday, Tuesday, August, October

Frequent mistakes

Word Order

Wrong:  

In my opinion is it great to live in New York.

Right: 

In my opinion it is great to live in New York

Frequent mistakes

spelling

there/they're/their

than/then

a/an

"Most influencers are having a wide range of followers that easily can be persuaded."

• Use adverbs and adjectives to make your writing come alive

"Like if you post a video on TikTok and it gets a million views you become an influencer."

Assignment: On the spot writing

You have 8 minutes to read the question, think about an appropiate answer and write it down. Your answer needs to be atleast 50 words.

In the article they discuss how many people do not want to get vacinated against Covid. In an attempt to persuade people, the UK government proposed a plan in which influencers promote getting vacinated. 

Say whether or not you agree with this plan by giving at least 2 advantages or disadvantages.

Say whether or not you agree with this
plan by giving at least 2
advantages or disadvantages.

What do you need to remember?