informal email

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome 2B

Today's program

Unit 1, lesson 2

• Warming up
• Instruction: How to write an informal email 
• Writing challenge
• Cooling down (exit ticket)

Today's goal  

We can write an informal email to plan a visit to a foreign city in 80-100 words.

How to get there:

SC1: We can explain what an informal style of writing is in our own words. 

SC2: We can apply the basic structure of an informal email  correctly. 

SC3: We can express our intentions to visit a friend in a foreign city correctly in short simple sentences. 

What do you already know about an informal email?

How do you start an informal email?

1. Goodmorning-afternoon-evening
2. Dear + first name
3. Hi, hello
4. No name

The correct way to start a formal email?

1. YOOOOO!!!
2. Hey dude!
3. Dear Mr. /Mrs. /Ms./Mx. + last name
4. What's up???

Writing a formal email could be to a/my

1. cousin
2. company
3. grandparents
4. teacher

Informal vs. Formal

Type	Informal letters and emails	Formal letters and emails
Writing to	- Friends - Family members	- People we don't know - Bosses or managers

Writing an informal email

You write an informal email or a letter to friends, family members or people you know.
An email has 5 main parts:

1. A subject (in the title)
2. Salutation (greeting)
3. Body 
4. Closing sentence
5. Name

Writing an informal email

Salutation (Aanhef)	Start your email with Dear + name. You can also start with Hello, / Hi, / Hey there! Good morning, / Good evening etc.
Body	In the body you write your message. This could be about a number of topics; asking questions, inviting a friend or just sharing information. (2/3 paragraphs)
Closing sentence	I hope to hear from you soon. Keep in touch! Write soon.
Closing + your name	All the best, / Best wishes, / Love, / Hugs, / Kisses, / Take care, / Have a good weekend,

Planning a trip to a foreign city.

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of Lesson Up!

Today's goal  

We can write an informal email to plan a visit to a foreign city in 80-100 words.

How to get there:

SC1: We can explain what an informal style of writing is in our own words. 

SC2: We can apply the basic structure of an informal email  correctly. 

SC3: We can express our intentions to visit a friend in a foreign city correctly in short simple sentences. 

EXIT ticket
1) Wat is een informele stijl van schrijven?
2) Wat is de structuur/opbouw van een informele email?
3) Deze les was: makkelijk/okay/moeilijk? Leg je antwoord uit.

Thank you

Check Magister for 

Homework Fri 22 Sept

Have a nice day.

Peer feedback - Exchange your email with your neighbor. How many points does your classmate score? Why?

Points
1p	Salutation, closing sentence + proper ending	juiste aanhef en juiste afsluiting
2p	Grammar	correcte zinnen (woordvolgorde), tijden, lidwoorden etc.
1p	Punctuation (interpunctie) Does each sentence start with a capital?	interpunctie Does each sentence start with a capital?
2p	Task - Have you covered all requirements?	Heb je alles genoemd wat in de opdracht staat?
1p	Spelling	Correcte spelling van woorden.
1p	Language formal/informal
1p	Paragraphs

you should …

you shouldn’t …

read the question/task carefully.

sound ‘chatty’ like you’re talking to a friend.

miss out any of the necessary information.

use a formal beginning and ending. 

write more than the word limit