5.7 - polite email

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome!

Phones in bags, bags on the rack, please.

Take a seat

&

do MY wordle

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Class rules

Try to speak as much English as you can

Be quiet when someone is speaking 

Be nice and have respect for each other 

Five free minutes if the teacher decides it's okay

No homework --> you study at home

No laptops or phones without permission.

Today, in class

I can write a formal email requesting information.

What makes an email formal / polite?

Open your SB, p 68

Analisa wants to do an English course at Paddington English School

Read her email
&
complete ex 3, 4, & 5

alone or in pairs

1. no abbreviations / contractions! - you are not texting
   
   
2. start: Dear Mr or Mrs (Sir or Madam)
   or Dear Mr Smith
3. WHY: I am writing to enquire about ...
   
4. ask polite questions/request information: Could you tell me...?  I would like to know...
   I would be grateful if you could...
   
5. expect a reply: I look forward to hearING from you.
6. finish: Yours sincerely = if you know the name of the person (Mr Smith)
   Yours faithfully = if you don't (Sir/Madam)
   

Complete the indirect (polite) question. Does your school have a canteen?
Could you tell me .......?

Complete the indirect (polite) question. Can my friend stay with the same host family?
I would like to know .......... .

Could you send me an application form? --> I would be ...........

Create your own indirect question:
How many students are there in a class?

Chain-editing

Let's edit this email so it's more formal

Chain-editing = 1  sentence/person

Let's write

Imagine you're in bovenbouw and want to go to St John's.

Use the writing focus & language focus and complete ex 8 - individually (p69)

Reflect

Can you write a formal email requesting information?

Why is it important? Now you know 100% how to write an email to me & other English teachers ;) & unit 5 project!

Study/practice unit 5 grammar/email &

work on your project infographic or poster!