Formal Writing 4 B/K

Formal letter
Writing

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Formal letter
Writing

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Lesson goal:
At the end of this lesson you know how to write a formal letter.

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Check pre-existing knowledge

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Dear Sir/Madam,
Your address
recipient's adress

The date
Introduce yourself + reason of writing
Explanation of the situation
Conclusion
Closing sentence
Your name
signature
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Slide 4 - Question de remorquage

What is the correct opening greeting if you DO NOT know who will read your letter?

Slide 5 - Question ouverte

How do you end a formal letter?
A
Greetings,
B
Yours sincerely,
C
Sincerely,
D
Yours faithfully,

Slide 6 - Quiz

How do we start paragraph 1?
A
Hello!
B
I'm ...
C
My name is ...
D
Good day

Slide 7 - Quiz

How do you say 'ik zit op het Valuas college?'
A
I sit on the Valuas college.
B
I am on the Valuas college.
C
I study at the Valuas college.
D
I go to the Valuas college.

Slide 8 - Quiz

Which one is correct?
A
I am a fourteen-year-old boy/girl.
B
I am a boy/girl and I am fourteen.
C
I am a fourteen years old boy/girl.
D
I am 14 and a boy/girl.

Slide 9 - Quiz

Which one is correct?
A
The reason I write you is...
B
The reason I am writing you is...
C
The reason i am writing you is
D
The reason i write you is...

Slide 10 - Quiz

How do translate 'vmbo' in British English?
A
pre-university education
B
general secondary education
C
pre- college education
D
senior general secondary education

Slide 11 - Quiz

Mind the following
In a formal letter all words MUST be written in full
So do not use:  isn’t, it’s of won’t, but:
is not, it is en will not. Gonna and wanna  are a definite NO GO!


For names of magazines or newspapers, use quotation marks. The ‘Telegraaf’.

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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

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Frequent mistakes
Word Order


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

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

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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!

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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.) 

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  • Use adverbs and adjectives to make your writing come alive

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FORMAL
INFORMAL
Long sentences
Short sentences
Active voice
Passive voice
Email
Application letter
No contractions

Slide 21 - Question de remorquage

Most of those heroes have spend half there lifes trying to be ordinary people. (3)

Slide 22 - Question ouverte

Ones they where traveling threw South America whit some friends when too of them were kidnaped. (6)

Slide 23 - Question ouverte

Those lady’s were trying to get some potato's, tomato's and loafs of bread for free. (4)

Slide 24 - Question ouverte

Their are five books about wit here; this one is a lot funnyer then the other once, don’t you think so too? (4)

Slide 25 - Question ouverte

What have you learned about formal letter writing today?

Slide 26 - Question ouverte