M4D week 2 Friday

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 4

Good morning M4D

4th period:

• check exam prep + Format the Netherlands
• Explanation writing assignments
• Letter writing

Good morning M4D

5th period:

• Writing exercise 1
• Making a draft

Finished? 

Readtheory 4 texts

writing test

16 October 5th period

Exam prep onderdeel 3 & 4

Check answers on page 112 WB

Make it, don't fake it!

Format the Netherlands

Statistics:

Europe                           Region

Amsterdam                 Capital

16,936,520                    Population

41,543 SQ. KM             Area

$879.3 billion              GDP (Gross domestic products )

$49,624                          GDP per
capita, ppp

Typically Dutch

• cheese, wooden shoes, windmills, tulips
• colour orange
• tallest people
• liberal view on drugs, abortion, euthanasia etc
• celebrating Kingsday

Typically Dutch

Government

• located in the Hague
• constitutional monarchy
• elected parliament
• two main political parties
• prime minister: Mark Rutte
• head of state: King Willem Alexander

What else do you know about our government?

Historical facts

• Words such as "dollar" and "Yankee" have Dutch roots
• Amsterdam grew around a 13th century dam in the Amstel river
• first to legalise same-sex marriage in 2001
• in 1642 Rembrandt paints the Nightwatch
• 1919 Dutch women get the vote

Geographical facts

• highest point is 322,7 metres above sea level (Vaalserberg)
• one of the most densely populated countries in the world.
• More than 1,000 bridges
• 20,000 miles of bike paths
• Much of the country is
  underwater
• 12 provinces

Other interesting facts you found?

The Netherlands is the best place to live, because:

writing skills

oefenopdrachten:

Choose from 4 writing assignments.

Hand in assignment 1:  Thursday 23 September

Informal letters

• to friends, family, relatives, close aquaintances
• personal tone
• used for personal communication
• casual language
• No set format ---> guidelines

guidelines

address of the writer

• no name, just your address
• left side top of the page 

Hertogenlaan 87

6023 AB Weert

the Netherlands

Writing tip

Even when writing to close friends or relatives the address must be written, so they can reply back to the letter with ease. If the recipient of the letter is in another country, do not forget to write your country as well in the address.

guidelines

Date 

• just below the writer's adress (skip 1 or 2 lines)
• Write the month in full

16 September 2021

September 16, 2021

16th September 2021

September 16th 2021

guidelines

Greeting

• Just below the date (skip 1 or 2 lines)
• Dear .../Hi ... / Hello ...

Hello dad, 

Dear Alex,

Hi mum 

guidelines

Content

• Write at least 3 paragraphs
• Introduction, body, conclusion

Writing tip

Adjust your language according to who you are writing to. With a friend, you can be  casual. But if you are writing to an elder relative or aquaintace, you must be respectful.

guidelines

Signature

• Commonly used phrases:

Lots of Love 

Best Wishes,

Kind Regards,

Your name

formal letters

• to people you don't know personally
• businesslike tone
• Simple and clear language
• used for official communication
• conventions

Conventions

1. address of the writer (same as informal letter)

2. Name + address of the person you are writing to

3. Date (same as informal letter)

Conventions

4. Greeting

If you don't know the name of the person you are writing to:

Dear Sir/Madam

Writing tip

it is always advisable to try to find out a name

Conventions

4. Greeting

If you know the name of the person you are writing to use:

title + last name

Dear Mr Jenkins,                Dear Miss Davis,

Dear Dr Green,                     Dear Ms Hamers,

Dear Mrs Hutchins,

Conventions

5. How to end a formal letter

• If you do not know the name of the person, use:  Yours Faithfully,
• If you know the name of the person ,use: Yours Sincerely,
• Your signature: Sign your name

Writing tip

You cannot use contractions in formal letters. 

Do not use words like aren't or hasn't but write them in full: are not, has not. 

abbreviations

asap = as soon as possible

cc = carbon copy (when you send a copy of a letter to more than one person)

enc. = enclosure (when you include other papers with your letter)

pto (informal) = please turn over (to make sure that the other person knows the letter continues on the other side of the page)

RSVP = please reply

Writing assignments

1. Improving your future self
2. Improving Philips van Horne
3. Write a limerick about a world issue
4. Speech for a world leader 

Readtheory

• 4 texts every week
• will be checked every Friday
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