Lesson 1 period 7

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Welcome

From 10:00-12:00 we speak English, also to each other.

General school rules

• Be on time at the start of the lesson, bring your laptop, books, clothing and materials with you.

• Show respect for your fellow students, the staff of the school, the building and environment. 

•  Mobile phones are not visible and are on silent mode during lessons.

•  Together we make sure that our school is safe and clean.

• We only eat and drink in the designated areas in school. In class you can drink water. Students take responsibility themselves for their laptops.

• In school/class our faces are recognizable so this means no wearing of caps, hats and helmets in the school.

• Only with permission of the person(s) involved we take pictures or film each other.

Today's programme

- Discussing last period's test
- Looking forward to the upcoming lessons
- Writing; emails
- Working online Unit 5 & 12
- Speaking exercises

Last period's test

I will hand out an exercise with common mistakes that were made on the test. See if you can answer all the questions and we will discuss them in 10 minutes.

Week 1 15 February	Last period's test and working online and practicing our speaking skills.
Week 2 29 February	Expanding our vocabulary and speaking exercises
Week 3 7 March	Adverbs and adjectives, language card exercise and working online
Week 4 14 March	Conjunctions and Claridges hotel exercise
Week 5 21 March	Review writing and reading text about vegans
Week 6 28 March	Conjunctions and demonstrative pronouns
Week 7 4 April	Adverbs/adjectives and listening exercise about the number 1 new restaurant in the United States
Week 8 11 April	Practicing speaking
Week 9 19 April	Electives week
Week 10 22-26 april	Test week, no exams

Exercise

I will now hand out some papers. You will have 5 minutes to read/scan them. Afterwards you are going to answer a few questions about the texts.

writing examples
formal email examples and tips

How can you start a letter?

You are writing a letter to Mevrouw Smith (not married).
How do you start?

1. Dear Mrs Smith,
2. Dear Miss Smith,
3. Dear Ms Smith,
4. Dear Mr Smith,

You are writing a letter to Mevrouw Smith (you don't know if she's married).
How do you start?

1. Dear Ms Smith,
2. Dear Miss Smith,
3. Dear Mr Smith,
4. Dear Mrs Smith

You are writing a letter to Mevrouw Smith (married).
How do you start?

1. Dear Mrs Smith,
2. Dear Miss Smith,
3. Dear Mr Smith,
4. Dear Ms Smith,

Which letter starts with
'Dear John, '

1. Formal letter
2. Informal letter

You know the name of the person of which you have been writing to (formal). How do you end?

1. Yours faithfully,
2. Yours sincerely,
3. Greetingz!

You don't know the name of the person of which you have been writing to (formal). How do you end?

1. Yours faithfully,
2. Yours sincerely,
3. Bye bye!

Summary

- formal letter start: Dear Sir/Madam, Dear Mrs Smith, Dear Miss Smith, etc.
  formal letter end: Yours faithfully, OR Yours sincerely,

- informal letter start: Dear Peter, Hello Samira, etc.
  informal letter end: Kind regards,  All the best, Love, Bye, etc. 

- Check your capital letters ( I at the start, middle, end --> always!)

- Make sure you use your tenses consequently

- Make use of paragraphs (at least three)

- Differentiate in your use of words.

- Make use of signal words (If, in short, also, furthermore, firstly etc.)

Writing exercise

You are now going to write the email that I handed out at the beginning of the lesson and a sheet with questions about formal emails.

writing skills practice

Working online

You can now work online on NuEngels Unit 5, 5.1 Appointments

Speaking

Pickwick tea questions