term 4 lesson 4, Letter

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Today

Your report

-I had a quick look and gave some feedback. If you handed it in, you got your lesson point

-Next time feedback also counts (I emailed Learnbeat)

-In various cases I had the impression that text had been copy-pasted from the Internet, which I think is a waste of my and your time.

Prepare to take notes

notebook

pen

1 Essay

2 Choose from 3 assignments

Communicative achievement:
REGISTER
The tone should be

1. informal
2. neutral
3. formal
4. it doesn't really matter

Cito    versus    Cambridge

Starts with:

your home address

date

no home address

no date

Communicative Achievement: FORM
How should you start this letter?

      Formal letter requirements

If you know the name of the addressee, you MUST use it.

Practice 

Click on the following slide and do the 5 small exercises: 

'Beginning a letter'.

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Contents and Organisation

together they add up to  50% op your mark

Contents

Underline the points that should be mentioned.

Think about how you are going to organize it.

Reason for writing

Organisation

-of the complete letter

-within the paragraphs

Organisation

within the paragraphs

More formal:

Choose the best linking word and drag it to the text

A case in point

_______, I have always been impressed with her diligent, hard working attitude.

________, we were recently short-staffed and Sarah offered to work unpaid overtime ...

Sarah has all the qualities such a post requires. ______ she has an outgoing, friendly disposition and always shows a genuine interest in people.

To begin with

In addition

For example

For instance

Moreover

Furthermore

By way of example

Linking devices

_________ resulted in her being nominated 'Employee of the Year'.

_________ was followed by a period spent acting as head guide for our European visitors, 

Sarah spent six months working in our front-office, _______ her organisational skills became apparant.

this

that

they

it

which

where

when

More linking devices

The former / the latter

Clauses: Because of ...., 

                   Apart from being ... ,

                   Besides having succeeded in ...

Finishing the letter

Always think of a good way to finish. 

Open the link on the following slide and practice the 6 exercises 'Ending a letter'.

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Finish it at home

Copy-paste it into Learnbeat

Homework

Finish letter

Copy-paste it to Grammarly

Copy-paste it to Learnbeat

(1 lesson point)