Lesson 2, period 4

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2,3

Today's programme

- looking back at last week's lesson
- writing a letter, what should you know?
- working online

Looking back at last week's lesson

1. Use the correct tone (formal/informal)

2. Use your tense consequently

3. Your writing: use capital letters, I, and normal language

4. Use your tenses correctly

writing an essay 

Writing a letter

Tips & tricks

How to start

Is it formal?
Dear Sir/Madam,
Dear Mr Smith,
Dear Mrs Hopkins
Dear Miss Ward

Not sure if the lady is married or unmarried? Use Ms

How to start

Is it informal?

Dear Sam,
Hi Anna,

Always use a blank line before starting your letter

Content of your formal & informal letter

Formal

Paragraph 1: short intro; why are you writing?
(I am writing you to express my dismay...)

Paragraph 2: get to the point, why are you writing? Explain and be specific and clear
(Firstly, we did not receive the treatment we asked for...)

Paragraph 3: closure, end your letter in a professional way .
( Thank you for your consideration and I hope to hear from you soon.)

Informal

Paragraph 1: short introduction as to why you are writing.
(How are you? It's  been such a long time..)

Paragraph 2: get to the point, say what you want to.
 (I would like to invite you to our family home this summer.)

Paragraph 3: closure, end your letter appropriately.
 ( I hope to see you again soon!)

Closure, how to end your letter

Formal

When you know the name of the receiving party 

Yours sincerely,
Tim de Vries

When you do not know the name of the receiving party

Yours faithfully,
Petra de Kok

Informal

Best wishes,
Tim

Bye,
Petra

Tips & tricks

Writing dates: 18 May, 2022

Always start your sentences with capital letters, just like names, places and I

In formal letters it is not allowed to use contractions like 'isn't, hasn't' etc.
 Just write 'is not, has not' etc.

Always make use of paragraphs in your letters (at least 3; introduction, body, closure)

Exercise 1

I will now hand out a gap-fill-text.

Think - Pair - Share

Also log in into lesson-up because you have to fill in the first anwers here.

Good luck!

gap exercise writing

Question 1

1. question
2. behalf

Question 2

1. application
2. work

Question 3

1. over
2. more

Question 4

1. gotten
2. had

Question 5

1. looks
2. character

Question 6

1. pleasure
2. hard one

Question 7

1. attitude
2. smile

Exercise 1

You can now finish exercise 1 yourself on the paper, good luck!

Exercise 2

We are now going to watch a video about an English girl who has lived in The Netherlands for a couple of months.

What do you thinks she finds hard/has to get used to when living in The Netherlands?
While watching write down the words which you do not understand.

Exercise 2

You are now going to write an email to Amanda, the girl from the video.
Write her an informal email and respond to what she just told you in the video.
Also, tell her something about where you live and what she needs to know about your habits

Your letter should be approximately 150 words long.

Working online

First, you are going to make this exercise. I will send it through the teams chat.

https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/activities-for-learners/c1w074-cover-letter

After finishing you can work online yourselves.
You can start on Unit 13, paragraph 1.

Good luck!

Do not forget to send your email through the teams chat

Exercise 1

We are going to do a speaking exercise

- Every pair will receive a picture.
- Every person has to talk for one minute about the picture 
- Make sure someone sets a timer to get to the minute
- Ater that you switch roles, the other person will now speak for one minute

Where's Waldo