H4 week 16, dinsdag

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Which book are you
reading right now?
Read for 20 mins.

Class H4B

Lesson goals for today:

- homework check

- the news item

- practicing your writing skills

HOMEWORK

- Checking Follow Up 49, 50

- Reading out loud the sentences of Follow Up 51, 52 

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Writing skills

- informal letter writing

- formal letter writing

Which is the correct date for a letter?

1. 20 April 2021
2. 20th April, 2021
3. 20 april 2021
4. April 20, 2021

An INFORMAL English letter
is a letter to .....................?

1. someone you know
2. someone you don't know
3. someone you hate
4. someone you love

How may you end an INFORMAL letter
(the 'complimentary close')? -> More options are possible

1. Love, Saranke
2. Yours sincerely, Dila
3. Take care, Jaouad
4. See ya! Diogo

What's the best option as the ending/close of an INFORMAL letter? (and why?)

1. Kind regards, Seval
2. See ya! Seval

Example

of a good informal letter

What kind of language do you use in an informal letter?

Language

Your language should match the person you are writing to. 

You use a different style when you write to a close friend from when you write to an uncle you have not seen in years. Always remember who you are writing to and adapt your style accordingly. 

Spelling

Spelling is extremely important in a letter/email. Other people will get a bad impression of you when your writing is full of errors. So use a spelling control (UK) when you write on a pc or a dictionary when you write on paper. Likewise, grammar mistakes will distract the receiver from enjoying your letter. There are many pitfalls that will be dealt with later in this hand out.  

Punctuation

Punctuation is another thing to notice (and use). Although some people talk without ever stopping, a comma is generally used wherever you would normally take a breath. In other words, in longer sentences there should always be a comma. A question needs a question mark (?) and when you make something specific you use a colon (:). We arrived at our destination: London Paddington station. 

Your own style

There are a lot of standard phrases you can use, but don’t make your letter into a dull sequence of these kind of sentences. You need to develop your own style, with (possibly) the help of standard phrases. We will discuss some of these phrases later. Likewise, you can use sentence connectors (signaalwoorden). A list of those will be uploaded to Magister, and using them will make your letter more cohesive. 

Which 'connectors' (signaalwoorden) do you know?

Write two sentences with a connector. Can you use them in your next informal letter or email?

Additional exmples

http://www.talenwijzer.com/schrijfvaardigheid-engels-bovenbouw.html  

Let's practice!

- Write the first e-mail from the booklet on the ELO

(= homework for tomorrow)

- Write the email in Word -> OFFICIAL version!

- Send in through Magister email

Check Magister for Homework

-> WRITE THE EMAIL IN AN OFFICIAL VERSION OF WORD

-> TURN ON SPELLING CHECK

-> HAND IN THE EMAIL BEFORE CLASS (Magister email)