Kader 3- Formele email

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 3

Today's program

• To know the differences between formal and informal emails
• To learn how to write formal emails
• To recap about conjunctions and present perfect

Aims

By the end of this lesson:

• I know how to write a formal email.
• I have reviewed conjunctions and the present perfect tense.

Formal or informal

Which statements/phrases on the following slide are formal and which are informal?

I am pleased to inform you that….

I can’t help you with that cuz it’s too hard.

Kind regards,

Hello Mark,

I hope all is well with you and your family.

I have worked for one year in H&M as a shopassistant.

Formal

Formal

Informal

Informal

Informal

Formal

Look at the two examples of emails: a good and a bad example

What's wrong with the bad example?

Discussion questions 

• Have you ever written a formal email? (which tense is it?)
• What are the differences between a formal and informal email?
• When sending a formal e-mail, what information should it contain?
  
• Who will read the e-mail? Why is this important?
• Group 1 and 2  speak in English. Group 3 can choose between English or Dutch

Grammar recap: present perfect

When do you use the present perfect tense? To talk about something that started in the past, and is still going on now (not finished).
Have/has + past participle 
Examples:

• Bob has known John since they were 10.
• Mary has worked in the market for 5 years.

Conjunctions (voegwoorden) are small words used between other words or sentences to connect them. They make your sentence longer and more interesting.

How to write a formal email

Apply for a summber job

Task: writing

What: Write a formal email (100 words) to apply for a job (make sure you use at least 1 collocation in your email, use at least two conjunctions  (and, but, becasue ...) to make your sentences longer, and use the present perfect tense to talk about your past experiences. 

Time: 20 min.

Help: your partner

Done: show it to your teacher

Result: you have checked your e-mail

I have learnt how to write a formal email.

1. Helemaal
2. Helemaal niet
3. Een beetje
4. Bijna

Lesson 4

Today's program

• Finish off/ edit your writing
• Know what to check in your writing 
• Give peer feedback

Aims

By the end of this lesson: 

• I have finished my email and done a self-assessment.
• I have received peer feedback from my classmate. 

What should you check when editing your writing?

Have a look at this sentence. It has two spelling mistakes.
Can you find and correct them?

The cat lucked at the mouse below and licked it’s lips.

Can you spot what is missing in these sentences?

I love going to the park when it is sunny i could stay there all day.

What about this one?

Tom looked down at the dragon it had green scales and was blowing fire out through its nose tom didn’t know what to do next

Task

First: Finish off your work

Second: Edit your work using the self assessment sheet

Next: Use the peer feedback sheet to give your partner  feedback 

Extension task: Once you have improved your text after the self-assessment and the peer feedback, you can choose a job you are interested in and apply  via an formal e-mail. You can search for jobs on www.Indeed. com or www.youngcapital.com. You can do this task individually or in a group.

How did self-assessment and peerfeedback go?

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Lesson 5

Aims

By the end of this lesson:

• I have reflected on my email writing assignment and know what I need to focus on to improve my writing skills. 
• I have evaluated this lesson series.
  

Are you confident with writing a formal email? Which option would you choose?

Are you at beginning, developing or mastering level by now?

Task

Please go to the following slide and click on the link to fill in a reflection form

forms.office.com

How would you rate this lessonserie?

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Resources for materials

https://www.skillioma.com/how-to-write-a-professional-email-for-beginners/

https://www.businessinsider.com/worst-cover-letters-2011-10?international=true&r=US&IR=T#this-is-a-second-email-in-a-correspondence-the-applicant-tells-us-he-is-just-looking-for-a-paid-job-in-journalism-when-he-should-be-telling-us-why-hes-the-one-for-this-job-7

https://www.newsomatic.org/lesson-plans

https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/b1-reading/job-adverts

https://www.tes.com/resource-detail/download/11668820