Common writing mistakes

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Common writing mistakes
"e-mail assignment"

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Today's lesson

 I can detect and correct common mistakes in an English text

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Today's goals
- Students will be able to avoid making some common writing mistakes when writing in English 

- Students can name at least 3 common mistakes when writing in English 

- Students can detect and correct errors in a text.

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Use of a capital letter
- Start of a sentence 
- I
- Weekdays/ Months
- Names / Places

My brother and I went to the zoo in Amsterdam on Tuesday the 11th of July

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A or An

-A & an   ‘one of something/ example (''een'')

- A   is used when the word that comes afterwards starts with a CONSONANT 
A book (een boek) – A university (een universiteit) – a house (een huis)

- An is used when the word that comes afterwards starts with a VOWEL.  
An orange (een sinaasappel) – An hour (een uur)

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Than or Then

- Than = comparing: 
My house is bigger than yours. 

- Then = time frame
Then she said: ‘Really.’ 


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Too, to or two
- Too = ook of te: 
    I love reading too    /      It is too cold outside. 
- Two = twee: 
   Those are two eggs 
 - To = in alle overige gevallen: 
    I like going to Spain. 

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There, their or they're
- There =  (place) er, daar:      
There are five companies. 
- Their = (from them) hun (bezittelijk voornaamwoord):
That is their mistake. 
- They’re =  they are = zij zijn:
They’re very busy right now. 





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Where, were or we’re
- Where = vragend voornaamwoord waar:
Where is she?

- Were = verleden tijd van het werkwoord to be (zijn), was of waren:
They were not ready yet. 

- We’re = verkorte vorm van we are (wij zijn):
We’re very happy. 

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ending an e-mail

& FORGETTING YOUR NAME??

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Oefenen (10-15 min)
A man named Randy liked to hunt trees. He looked for big trees and old trees. he made an map to show where these trees we're. He did not want to cut them down. He wanted people too take care of them.
Randy was told of a very tall tree on Vancouver Island. The tree was said two be 314 feet tall. That would make it the tallest tree in Canada. Randy set out to find the tree.
But someone else found it first. It was found by an logger. Loggers wanted to cut down Canada’s tallest tree and all the trees around it.
Randy made a path in the forest so people could see the tall tree on a monday. The tree was so big and beautiful it would fill them with love. 
More and more people wanted to save that forest. Thanks to these people, that forest is now an park. Canada’s tallest tree is still they're. Were greatful that the tree still stands.
Their may still be a bigger tree then this tree in Canada out there. Maybe you will find it. But there are only a few old forests left in Canada. Many are still at risk of being cut down.

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Nakijken
A man named Randy liked to hunt trees. He looked for big trees and old trees.  he (He) made an (a) map to show where these trees we're (were). He did not want to cut them down. He wanted people too (to) take care of them.
Randy was told of a very tall tree on Vancouver Island. The tree was said two (to) be 314 feet tall. That would make it the tallest tree in Canada. Randy set out to find the tree.
But someone else found it first. It was found by an (a) logger. Loggers wanted to cut down Canada’s tallest tree and all the trees around it.
Randy made a path in the forest so people could see the tall tree on a monday (Monday). The tree was so big and beautiful it would fill them with love. More and more people wanted to save that forest. Thanks to these people, that forest is now an (a) park. Canada’s tallest tree is still they're (there). Were (we're) grateful that the tree still stands.
Their (there) may still be a bigger tree then (than) this tree out there. Maybe you will find it. But there are only a few old forests left in Canada. Many are still at risk of being cut down.

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Lesson goals
- Name 3 common mistakes when writing an English letter
- You have corrected the mistakes in an English text.

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TO DO:
 
read :)

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Do you feel like you can ACE (do really well) the test?

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