Mission 2 Writing skills

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Road Map

• BBC One Minute World News
• Writing - theory
• Writing - do

Questions

1. What are the topics that are being discussed? Write them down.

2. Think for a minute and formulate an opinion on one of the topics 

3. In twos, discuss your opinion and try to react to your neighbour's ideas!

www.bbc.com

Writing - p. 42

Formal  vs. Informal 

What?

• audience
• purpose 

Informal

• contractions (I'm, aren't, don't etc.) 
• active sentences 
• informal expressions
• Dear/ Hi Kim, /James, 
• Best wishes, /All best, / Cheers!
• never: swear, use slang, be rude!

Formal

• no contractions
• passive 
• no abbreviations
• never: swear, use slang, be rude!
• Be firm but polite.
• Dear Sir/Madam, 
• Dear Mr Johnson, 
• Yours faithfully/sincerely, 

Letter/Email Writing

• Introduction: state why you are writing the letter
• Body: elaborate on why you're writing the letter.
• Conclusion/closing lines: I hope that .../ I look forward to ...

one topic per paragraph

use signal words/linking words (conjunctions!)

Letter/Email Writing

• one topic per paragraph
• use signal words/linking words (conjunctions!)
  
• Skip a line between paragraphs;

Writing

Do assignment 3 on p. 43.

Write an email to a friend.

Set up a framework 

Write a rough draft 

Framework

Intro

why you are writing the email

Body 

- rule 1 

 -rule 2

Conclusion

what you hope/expect from ... 

Look ahead

Friday: New Interface MS 2 

grammar and phrases

Tuesday: Writing skills