Writing Skills 4H

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

WELCOME

Road map

• Block 3: writing skills  
  

Words of the Day

• consequently
• to remove 
• unimportant 
• matter 

Make a correct sentence with these four words. 

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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 

• formal letter
• informal letter 

Address and preamble

Introduction

Body

Conclusion & salutations

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 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.  

Your turn

• Write an email
• 200-300 words
• to someone you admire
• Par 1: introduce yourself & your purpose: to let them know you admire them greatly (50- 75 words)

Your turn

• Par 2: tell them why you admire them and what that means to you ( 100- 150)
• Par 3: end your letter. Let the reader know what you expect from them (or hope) (50 - 75 words). 

Your turn

• Leave a blank line between paragraphs 
• Use capitals when you start a sentence and when using 'I' and names
• Mind your dots and commas 

Your turn

• Work on it in class
• Next week, you hand it in on paper
• I will give you feedback on structure and grammar.  

Any questions?

Homework

• Thursday  10 Feb: study the general information and lay-out of a personal letter 
• Hand in the first draft of your personal letter by the end of next week's class.