English 5.6 Personal correspondence

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English 5.6

Personal correspondence 

Today

- Homework answers:

  - 5.5 exercise 5 + exam exercise (on Teams)

  - Past Perfect exercises

- 5.6 Personal correspondence

Goals

- Getting a better understanding of personal letters with    complex subjects.

1. We admired the picture that Lucy _______. (paint)

2. The teacher corrected the tests that the students ______. (write)

3. I _______ the floor because my cats had knocked over the flower pots. (clean)

4. My friend went to a hospital because she ________. (slip)

5. They ______ about the film they had watched. (talk)

6. By the time the show began, all friends _________. (arrive)

7. She _______ in Sweden before she went to Norway. (live)

8. After they had packed their backpacks, they ________ away on their bikes. (ride)

Past Perfect check questions

Fill in the correct form. Choose between the Past Perfect and the Past Simple.

Kijk goed naar wat er als eerst in het

verleden gebeurt is.

I _______ up five stairs before I arrived at the classroom. (walk)

I _______ the movie because I had read the book. (enjoy)

5.6 Personal correspondence 

What is personal
correspondence?

What is personal correspondence?

- Letters

- Emails

- Instant messages (Chats / What'sApp)

To:

- Friends and family

What is personal correspondence?

In other words:

Informal letters / emails

(Iets wat we al eerder hebben gezien)

What do we know about
informal texts?

Informal texts

- Contractions (samvoegingen) can't, don't 

- Slang (straattaal) 

- Proverbs and expressions (spreekwoorden) 

Wel Engelse spreekwoorden / gezegden. Niet vertalen uit het Nederlands.

How do you read these texts?

Skimming and scanning! 

- pictures, first and last sentences

- skim over the text

- read the questions and look for keywords in the text (scanning)

Check exercise

Go to page 191, exercise 1

Look at:

- the picture

- the first and the last sentence

- quickly skim over the text

                                                                             2 minutes

What is this text about?

For now

5.6 page 191-194

Reading exercises 1, 2, 3