Writing Skills 4

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 5

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• BBC One Minute World News 
• Writing Skills

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• What are the two/three topics that are being discussed? 
• What is your idea/opinion about ..... 

Writing skills 

Your booklet:

• formats and words
• informal letter 
• formal letter

Formal letter 

• formal style: no contractions, no abbreviations, use passive.
• Write one paragraph per subtopic.
• Skip a line between paragraphs.
• Make sure you know what you want, ensure it is reasonable and state it plainly.
• Never be rude. Be firm but polite.

Formal letter

• Dear Sir/Madam, or Dear Mr/Ms/Mrs .... 
• Introduction: state why you are writing the letter.
• Body: elaborate 
• Conclusion: I hope that .../ I look forward to ...
• Yours faithfully (when the name of the recipient is unknown)
• Yours sincerely (when the name is known)

Formal letter

• Do assignment  5.4.B. assignment 1 
• Write a formal letter as discussed on Learnbeat and in class. 
• Work on the letter in week 10 (Thursday 10 March) 
• Hand in in week 11 (Friday 18 March)

Formal letter 

• Formal letter assignment 1
• Bring a printed version of your letter to class  on 10 March 
• No letter =  no feedback = extra assignment from me :-)

Any questions?

Homework 

Write formal letter 1 and bring a printed version of it to class on 10 March 2022

No letter = no feedback = extra assignment form me ;-)

Peer feedback

Good feedback should be

• constructive
• specific
• kind
• justified 
• relevant.

Peer feedback

Look at:

• have all the formal     requirements been met?
• structure (intro-body-conclusion)
• grammar

Peer feedback

• discuss/judge the work, not the person writing it!
• mark mistakes or things that you think can be improved
• Always indicate WHY and perhaps even HOW! 

Frequent Mistakes

• Mistakes of form
• Word order
• Grammatical tense
• Wrong word! 
• No concord between subject and verb