E-mail Writing

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 1

Learning goals

- You know how to write an email

- You know how to start an email

- You know what to write in your email

- You know what to write in the subject

- You know how to end the email

Write down what you know about writing an email.

Je wil een mailtje sturen naar je neef, in welke volgorde zet je de onderdelen?

Subject: My school

Dear Steven,

Thank you for your e-mail, it was nice to hear from you.

I go to school in Amersfoort now, I really like it there. Where do you go to school?

I would love to hear from you soon.

Kind regards,

Rens

Parts of an e-mail

- Greeting, begroet degene die je een mail stuurt

- Reason, de reden dat je mailt

- Main text, de boodschap van je mail

- Closing, wat verwacht je van degene die je mailt?

- Greeting, sluit je mail weer af met een groet.

How would you greet someone? Drag the greetings to the right spot.

- Someone you know well, a friend or family member

- Someone you don't know well, a teacher or your boss

- Someone you don't know the name of

Dear Daniel

Dear Mr Johnson

Dear Sir/Madam

Reason for writing

- You are reacting to an e-mail you got from someone

- You want to know how someone is doing

- you want information on something

- etc.

Waarom schrijf je?

Main text

Write your message to the reader

- Write down what you want to say, make a new paragraph with each thing you talk about.

- Always skip a line between paragraphs to make it nicer to read!

Wat wil je vertellen?

Closing

Write down what you expect from the reader:

- I hope to hear from you soon

- Let me know what you think

- etc.

Wat verwacht je nu van de lezer?

Final greeting

Finish your letter with another greeting:

Informal (to someone close, like friends or family)

Bye, Cheers, Best wishes

Your turn!

Je gaat aan de slag met Lesson 1 van het hoofdstuk Writing in werboek B/ Online.

Good luck!