v4 afronding Chicxulub + formal letter writing

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Plan for today

• Round off Chicxulub
• Circle Reading assignment
• Practise formal letter writing

Chicxulub - T.C. Boyle

In about 5 key-words, describe what the story Chicxulub is about?

Discussion Chicxulub

• Form groups of 4 members
• Discuss the discussion questions provided on the next slide
• Afterward, be prepared to take part in the plenary discussion
• You might want to appoint a spokesperson per question

Discussion Questions

1. Why the reference to meteorites, specifically Chicxulub?
2. What is the metaphor in the story?
3. What makes this story Literature? ("great" literature, requires effort to read)
4. How does T. C. Boyle 'play' with the language                                 in the story? (descriptions/imagery, pace, etc.) 

Plenary discussion

1. Why the reference to meteorites, specifically Chicxulub?
   
2. What is the metaphor in the story?
   
3. What makes this story Literature? ("great" literature, requires effort to read)
4. How does T. C. Boyle 'play' with the language in the story? (descriptions/imagery, pace, etc.)

Rate this story on how well you think it was written.

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Rate this story on how much you enjoyed reading it.

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Reading Circle assignment

3 parts:

• an additional short story/novella 
• individual assignment or pair work about the literary works
• discussion in class about the literary works

Read the assignment. Questions?

Formal letter

writing

Can you place them in the correct order?

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Saturnus 1

6922 LX Duiven

The Netherlands

Sunset Holiday Park

33 Main Road

Brighton, GA 105

East Sussex

Great Britain

14 March 2023

Dear Sir/Madam

Last week, I read the advertisement...

Practise

• Assignment 2 or 3 - formal letter writing booklet (p.15)
• Pay attention to the formal letter conventions and formal writing rules (p.1-7)
• Hand in at the end of class! 

Remember:

Letter Writing in next test week

Reading Circle April 13

Formal letter outline

1.A. Your own address without your name

 Marinus Postlaan 1

 8264 PB Arnhem

 the Netherlands

1.B. Address of the receiver

 New York Pizza 
 236 Time Square 
 New York, NY 103600
 United States of America

Formal letter outline

2. Date of writing

 

15 December 2020

 December 15, 2020

 December 15th, 2020

 15th December 2020

All options are correct; the first one is the easiest. Remember to write months with capital letters in English!

Formal letter/email outline

3. Salutation

 Dear Mr. Jones / Mrs. Jones, (if you know who you are writing to)

 Dear Sir/Madam, (if you do not know who you are writing to)

• Use capital letters
  
• Never use a first name
• Always end the salutation with a comma

Formal letter/email outline

5. Three parts

• Part 1: Introduction - State the reason of writig your letter.

                Last week, I read your job listing that made me eager to apply.

• Part 2: Body  - Provide background information. 

                One paragraph per subject

• Part 3: Conclusion - What do you want to achieve? 

                I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Blank line between every paragraph!

Formal letter/email outline

7. Closure

   Yours sincerely, (when you used a name in the salutation) 

   Yours faithfully, (when you used Sir/Madam in the salutation)

8. Your signature and full name

 [signature]                                     

Karin Roovers

Formal Language

• Do not use abbreviations (it is, do not) 
• No slang (going to, not gonna)
• Use formal linking words (not But, And at the beginning of the sentence. Instead, try "however", "also".)