Practise writing a formal or informal letter

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome back!

Planning for today

• Planning t/m toetweek 3
• Conventies formal/informal letter: hoe zat het ookalweer?
• Start oefenen met brief schrijven

Planning t/m toetsweek 3

• Vrij 1 mrt – Oefenen schrijven brieven
• Di 5 mrt – Boektoets 2 + verder oefenen brief schrijven
• Vrij 8 mrt – I writing & grammar
  
• Di 12 mrt – valt uit
• Vrij 15 mrt – Brieftoets
  
• Di 19 mrt – Herhaling grammar chapter 3

Conventions formal & informal letter

Informal Letter

• Your adress
• Date
• "Dear John,"
• Body of the letter, start with "How are you?"
• "Lots of love," / "Kind regards," "Send my love to...,"
• Your name

Informal letter structure

[Address of the Sender]

Date

Dear (name of person),

Body of the letter:

                      Paragraph 1: Ask for the well-being of the person

                      Paragraph 2: The main reason to write the letter

                      Paragraph 3: Conclusion and end of the letter (Take care)

Yours lovingly,

Name of sender

Denk aan overal witregel/enter tussen!

Formal Letter

• Your adress
• Adress you're writing to
• Date
• "Dear Sir/Madam," / "Dear Mrs Smith," 
• Body in paragraphs
• "I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible."
• "Yours faithfully," / "Yours sincerely,"
• Your name

Formal letter structure

[Address of the Sender]

[Address of the Receiver]

Date

Dear Sir/Madam, / Dear Mr Tremadoc,

Body of the letter:

                 Paragraph 1: Introduce yourself

                 Paragraph 2: Explain why you are writing your letter

                 Paragraph 3: What do you hope to get from this letter

Yours faithfully, / Yours sincerely,

[autograph]

Name of Sender

Denk aan overal witregel/enter tussen!

What to do now?

• Choose from the four assignments and practise writing a(n) (in)formal letter

Finished?

• Hand in your letters for feedback
• Start a new letter
• Study grammar and vocab Chapter 3

Let your neighbour check your work too!