Holiday lesson - writing formal email to book accommodation

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Agenda Online Students:

Together:

• Lesson goals - 2 minutes
  
• What is this? - 2 minutes
  

Online:

• Write down 3 things you need to organise when you go on holiday?  And put in order of priority - 3 minutes
  
• Drag and Drop exercise - 3 minutes
  
• Task - pair up (online) and write formal email to book accommodation - 12 minutes
  

Online students come back into meet 6 minutes before end of lesson. Stay online!

Together:

• Close lesson - 3 minutes
  

Agenda Students in Class:

Together:

• Lesson goals - 2 minutes
• What is this? - 2 minutes

In Class:

• Write down 3 things you need to organise when you go on holiday? Pair up, discuss and put in order of priority - 3 minutes
• Drag and Drop exercise - 3 minutes
• Task - pair up (student next to you) and write formal email to book accommodation - 12 minutes

Together:

• Close lesson - 3 minutes

Lesson Goals

By the end of this lesson you can either....

• find information online
• distinguish between a formal and an informal email
• write a formal email in English to book accommodation

Choose one country and one city/area in the country.  

Students in the class, as you will work with the person you sit next to in class, be sure to agree on the country/city before you get started on the tasks.

England	Wales	Scotland	Ireland	USA
- London - Bath - Cornwall - Manchester - Liverpool	- Cardiff - Anglesey - Snowdonia	- Edinburgh - Glasgow - Iverness	- Dublin - Galway - Cork - Killarney - Limerick	- Los Angeles - New Orleans - Miami - New York City - Seattle
Canada	New Zealand	Australia	India	South Africa
- Vancouver - Toronto - Montreal - Ottawa - Yukon	- Auckland - Rotorua - Wellington - Wonaka - Queenstown - Milford Sound	- Sydney - Melbourne - Brisbane - Uluru - Cairns - Tasmania	- New Delhi - Jaipur - Goa - Hampi - Mumbai - Udaipur	- Johannesburg - Cape Town - Durban - Garden Route - Kruger National Park

You are going on holiday.
What do you need to organise?
Put in order of priority

FORMAL

INFORMAL

Yours sincerely

Warmest wishes

Best regards

Dear Mrs. Johnson

Hi Lynne

Yours faithfully

Dear Sir/Madam

FORMAL

INFORMAL

Long sentences

Short sentences

No introduction paragraph

Introduction paragraph

Slang & abbreviations

Closing paragraph

No contractions

Put this email in the correct order.

From [e-mail]

To [e-mail]

Cc / Bcc

Subject Great news!

Hi Jane,

Can you write back to me as soon as possible? The sooner I book, the cheaper my ticket will be.

I hope you’re well!

How have you been? I am fine! Guess what? I have great news to tell you.

I talked to my parents about coming to your Sweet 16 Party. They said as we have been friends since we were kids, it was okay for me to come! I didn’t think they would agree as we had seen each other quite a few times last month! And you live quite far away. My parents said I can go if I can sleep over, like I did the last time. I will go by train. I already checked train tickets to get an idea of the costs.

Bye,

Lizzy

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         Now that you have chosen a country and city....you 

have 12 minutes to find a hotel/ youth hostel or other accommodation there and....

-  Pair up and write a formal email directed to the accommodation you find and ask/include the below in your email.

• Greeting, introduction, main part, conclusion and ending (see SB p.88 ex. 4)
• Dates of stay 
• Type of accommodation and number of rooms you want to book
• Ask the hotel/accommodation to confirm pricing and availability?
• Ask the hotel/accommodation one question about the facilities?
• Ask the hotel/accommodation about an airport transfer or transport options to the hotel?
• Ask the hotel/accommodation about what there is to do when you are there?

- Remember to save your work (shared doc) so you can finish as homework if you do not manage to finish it in class. Hand your work in to Google Classroom (all students) before Friday!

Finished writing your email and you have time over....

Look at your Student Book, p. 88 and complete exercise 4 

End of the lesson

Hand in your work (email) in Google Classroom before Friday (all students)