Writing an informal email

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 2

Informal Email

How

What

Why

Today's plan

• BBC Newsround
• How to write an informal email
• Get to work!
• Finish your homework week 49 (Slim Stampen Vocab C + Stone 6)

www.bbc.co.uk

Read Sara's email.

Answer her questions in your notebook.

How do you start an informal email?

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

The correct way to start a formal email?

1. YOOOOO!!!
2. Hey dude!
3. Dear ........
4. What's up???

Writing a formal email could be to a/my

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

What do you know about an informal email?

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

Structure

Aanhef	Hi or Hello / Dear [name],
Beantwoord vragen	Bijv: I am good/bad/okay. How are you?
Vertel meer over het onderwerp	Bijv: Something bad happened! I have broken my leg and cannot walk. It doesn't hurt as much as before. They put a cast on my leg, so I cannot move a lot. etc....
Afsluiting	I hope to hear from you soon. etc. All the best, [name]

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. header
2. salutation
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, Best regards / Love, / Hugs, / Kisses, / Take care, / Have a good weekend,

Preparation - Write a number (1-6) to put these parts of an email to a friend in order.

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Let's practise

• Piece of paper
• Read page 139 of your textbook
• Write an informal email
• Controleer of je alle punten hebt benoemd in je mail!
  

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

Aantal punten
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 topics you want to write about? ( Inhoud elementen)	Heb je alles genoemd wat in de opdracht staat?
1p	Spelling	Correcte spelling van woorden.
1p	Aantal woorden
1p	Taalgebruik (formeel of informeel)
1p	Alinea's en witregels

Get to work!

Finish your homework week 49 (Slim Stampen Vocab C + Stone 6)

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

Is dit doel wat jou betreft bereikt?
Aan het einde van de les weet je hoe je een correcte e-mail opstelt

1. Ja! Dit weet ik.
2. Nee. Dit is voor mij niet duidelijk geworden.