Writing skills final class

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome!

Road map

• BBC One Minute News
• Writing skills 

BBC One minute world news

• Watch the clip
• What are the two/three topics that are being discussed? 
• What is your idea/opinion about .....be prepared to talk about them! 

www.bbc.com

Writing skills 

• No 'gonna' and 'wanna'
• No swearing: NOT EVER!
• No abbreviations  like 'cuz', 'tho'
• No contractions: use I am instead of I'm, It is instead of It's 

Writing skills 

• Use capitals when starting a sentence
• I also has a capital letter!!!

Informal letter

• start with 'Hi' or 'Dear' 
• Introduction, Body, Conclusion
  
• You end with 'Love', 'Best wishes', 'All the best', 'Yours'

Introduction

you introduce yourself (if the person does not know you already) and your purpose for writing 

Body

You state your cause, using one topic per paragraph

Conclusion

You end your letter with a line that tells its reader what you would like them to do ('respond, reply, think of me') or a catchy phrase that sums up the content of your letter.  

Start

Van Heeckerenlaan 2

7774 AB Coevorden

The Netherlands 

                                                                                       

7 February 2023

Dear Niall, 

Finish

I'm looking forward to hearing from you soon!

All my best,

Bianca 

Tips

• Mind address and date!
• Introduction: what made you write?
• Mind the use of 'should' or 'need to'!
• Closing paragraph: what do you expect / are you looking forward to? 
• BRING YOUR OWN DICTIONARIES!!!

Coherence? 

When I was younger I used to play hide and seek with my sisters. I was always hiding behind the rose bushes. My eldest sister always hid behind the great oak. My youngest sister used to hide in plain sight and walk across the market square where every one could see her but no one noticed her. 

Coherence? 

When I was younger I used to play hide and seek with my sisters. While I was always hiding behind the rose bushes, my eldest sister preferred the great oak. My youngest sister, on the other hand, would hide in plain sight and walk straight across the market square where everyone could see her, but no one noticed her.

Coherence! 

1. Introduction

2. Rising action

3. Climax

4. Falling action

5. Resolution

Each of you starts a story with an introduction of two sentence in which you set the scene. Then, hand your sheet of paper to the person sitting behind you and write the 'rising action' part. Etc. etc. etc. The goal is to create coherence! 

Tomorrow

Discuss the test

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