Focus 2- 5.7- Writing Formal Letter

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Focus 2- 5.7- Writing Formal Letter

An enquiry

At the end of this lesson:

You can write a formal email/letter requesting information.

What does "Formal" mean? 

What makes a letter 'Formal'?

Starting a formal letter:

1.  If you know the person:

you use Dear Mr …, for males or 

Dear Mrs …, for females. 

 for example:

Dear Mr Robinson,

2. If you do not know the person:

you use Dear Sir/Madam,             

to start your letter.

Finishing a formal letter:

1. If you know the person, 

you use: 

Yours sincerely,

2. If you don’t know the person, you use:

Yours faithfully,

 Important to remember:

  Do not use abbreviations / contractions (short form of verbs/words)

• I would  instead of I’d
• I am  instead of I'm

Find the Four errors in this Formal letter.

Dear Mrs Robinson,

I am a sixteen-year-old dancer from Italy. I'm writing to enquire about the dance workshop at your centre the two-week hip-hop dance course this July.

I tried to book the workshop online but i haven't received any confirmation. Could you check everything is alright? Could you also tell me the cost of the course and how should i make the payment?

Yours faithfully,

Sara Anderson

Type in the correct form

Go to student book

Student book > Unit 5 - 5.7  (p. 68-69)

Complete exercises:

ex. 5 + 6 (on your own) 

Done?  GO TO WORKBOOK 5.7 - Read exercise 8
(this is your 5.7 writing prompt)!

Write your letter!

Go to WB 5.7 - p. 69 ex. 8

Go to your writing file 5.7

Write your letter

<-----Check your work
and make improvements

Check: What have you written?

1. Get a stamp for writing today in class

OR:

2. Work on in Dalton (stamp by an English teacher in writing file)

Next class:

Time to write/finish

week task

Any other English things...