informal email

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome

• Warming up
• Instruction: How to write an informal email 
• Writing challenge
• Cooling down (exit ticket)

Today's goal  

We can write an informal email to plan a visit to a foreign city in 80-100 words.

How to get there:

1: We can explain what an informal style of writing is in our own words. 

2: We can apply the basic structure of an informal email  correctly. 

3: We can express our intentions to visit a friend in a foreign city correctly in short simple sentences. 

What do you already know about an informal email?

How do you start an informal email?

1. Goodmorning-afternoon-evening
2. Dear + first name
3. Hi, hello
4. No name

The correct way to start a formal email?

1. YOOOOO!!!
2. Hey dude!
3. Dear Mr. /Mrs. /Ms./Mx. + last name
4. What's up???

Writing a formal email could be to a/my

1. cousin
2. company
3. grandparents
4. teacher

Informal vs. Formal

Type	Informal letters and emails	Formal letters and emails
Writing to	- Friends - Family members	- People we don't know - Bosses or managers

Writing an informal email

You write an informal email or a letter to friends, family members or people you know.
An email has 5 main parts:

1. A subject (in the title)
2. Salutation (greeting)
3. Body 
4. Closing sentence
5. Name

Writing an informal email

Salutation (Aanhef)	Start your email with Dear + name. You can also start with Hello, / Hi, / Hey there! Good morning, / Good evening etc.
Body	In the body you write your message. This could be about a number of topics; asking questions, inviting a friend or just sharing information. (2/3 paragraphs)
Closing sentence	I hope to hear from you soon. Keep in touch! Write soon.
Closing + your name	All the best, / Best wishes, / Love, / Hugs, / Kisses, / Take care, / Have a good weekend,

Planning a trip to a foreign city.

Challenge

1. Write your friend/family member an email to plan a visit to a foreign country/city in 80-100 words.

2. send your email to: [e-mail] (and your classmate) 

Inhoudelijke eisen: 

1. Begin de e-mail op een passende manier

2. Noem vertrektijd, vluchtnummer en aankomsttijd: stel een plek voor om elkaar te ontmoeten. 

3. Zeg dat je veel zin hebt om samen naar ... te gaan. 

4. Beschrijf jullie verdere reisplannen en laat je enthousiasme blijken. 

5. Zeg dat je een vlog gaat maken over je reis en deel ideeën. 

6. Sluit netjes af. 

Peer feedback - Exchange your email with your neighbor. How many points does your classmate score? Why?

Points
1p	Salutation, closing sentence + proper ending	juiste aanhef en juiste afsluiting
2p	Grammar	correcte zinnen (woordvolgorde), tijden, lidwoorden etc.
1p	Punctuation (interpunctie) Does each sentence start with a capital?	interpunctie Does each sentence start with a capital?
2p	Task - Have you covered all requirements?	Heb je alles genoemd wat in de opdracht staat?
1p	Spelling	Correcte spelling van woorden.
1p	Language formal/informal
1p	Paragraphs

Today's goal  

We can write an informal email to plan a visit to a foreign city in 80-100 words.

How to get there:

1: We can explain what an informal style of writing is in our own words. 

2: We can apply the basic structure of an informal email  correctly. 

3: We can express our intentions to visit a friend in a foreign city correctly in short simple sentences. 

EXIT ticket
1) Wat is een informele stijl van schrijven?
2) Wat is de structuur/opbouw van een informele email?
3) Deze les was: makkelijk/okay/moeilijk? Leg je antwoord uit.

you should …

you shouldn’t …

read the question/task carefully.

sound ‘chatty’ like you’re talking to a friend.

miss out any of the necessary information.

use a formal beginning and ending. 

write more than the word limit