H5 week 41 letter writing etc.

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Welcome class H5B

Welcome to English class

Today:

1. Log into Holmwoods!

2. Follow Up

3. Watching & listening

4. Letter writing: feedback letter 2 + 

writing letter 3

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This week and next week: make 8 Grammar assignments.

Fill in the gap:
Hopefully, the Dutch export will __________ next year.

1. add
2. decrease
3. increase
4. extend

True or false?
An era is the same as an age

1. True
2. False

Fill in the gap:
He is a less famous ______________ of Charles Dickens.

1. contemporary
2. opportunity
3. mankind
4. prospect

Translate to Dutch:
simultaneously

Make a sentence with:
previous - sermon

What do you prefer: handwritten letters or typed letters? Why?

Feedback to Practice Letter 2

The Letter of Application: applying to participate in a medical experiment in London

Points to watch:

I am a seventeen-year-old girl/boy, I am a 17-year-old girl/boy.

I, I, I, I, I, and, and, and, and, and

Moreover, ...

Furthermore, ...

Firstly, .....

Secondly, .....

Finally, .....

Linking words??

Adding information:

Examples: 

and, again, and then, besides, equally important, finally, further, furthermore, next, what is more, moreover, as well as, in addition, first (second, etc.), not only . . . but

The order of things:

Examples: 

Firstly, to start with, for one thing, after a short time, lately, shortly, then, previously, after, while, until, as soon as.

Summarising/concluding ideas:

Examples: 

thus, lastly, in brief, in short, on the whole, to sum up, to conclude, in conclusion, as I have shown, as I have said.

Contrasting ideas:

Examples: 

however, nevertheless, rather, whereas, but, yet, on the other hand, though, on the contrary, by comparison, compared to, up against, even though, balanced against, although, conversely, but, meanwhile, in contrast, after all, otherwise, alternatively.

Emphasizing ideas:

Example: 

definitely, extremely, indeed, absolutely, positively, obviously, naturally, always, never, surprisingly, emphatically, without a doubt, certainly, undeniably, without reservation.

More linking words:

In the handout Letter Writing!

Read carefully.

Check your feedback 

in yellow marker.

TO DO: Practice letter 3:

- Exercise 18 p. 21-22

- Oefenbrief 3: de zomercursus

A letter of enquiry is:

1. A letter of application
2. A letter of complaint
3. A polite request for information
4. Used to file your taxes

Translate: 1. Ik vraag me af of U me (precies) zou kunnen vertellen…

- Your teacher gives you an extra handout: a rubric

- Make pairs 

- Swap letters 

- Use the rubric

- Give each other feedback: wat is al goed, wat kan beter?

- Teacher walks around to give feedback afterwards

 

GIVE EACH OTHER FEEDBACK

USE THE RUBRIC YOUR TEACHER GIVES YOU