M4 Introduction formal writing

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo g, mavo
• Leerjaar 4

Writing test

One of the exercises will be writing a formal or informal letter (or email).

Lessongoal of today: knowing the characteristics of a formal letter

Aanhef

* If you don't know to who you are writing the letter, use:

Dear Sir/Madam, 

* If you are writing to a specific person, use

Dear Mr.  or Dear Ms. (achternaam), 

Paragraphs and start sentence

In English, the first sentence after the salutation starts with a CAPITAL LETTER

You divide the letter up into paragraphs with a white line in between.

How many paragraphs?

Ideally:

1) introduction

2) explanation

3) questions or possible solutions

4) finish

Over to you

Read

Text on page 132 on sports injuries.

Read

Text on page 132 on sports injuries.

After reading, make exercise 1 on page 133: describe two more injuries that could happen. Use the same style.

Formal letters

The a part of the instruction I gave you just now,  can be found on page 134.

It is about aanhef en sluiting.

Read it through and make exercise 4 on page 135-136: using the correct aanhef en sluiting for the message.