Writing emails U6

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome!

Need: schrift + SB + laptop

In pairs or alone, create 2 columns in your schrift and sort out the following situations where you would use formal vs informal language

Formal

Informal

Chatting with friends

Business meeting

Official law document

Social media

Personal email

Creative writing

Job application

Blog post

Presentation

BBC news article

At the end of this lesson, you can

-Identify when something is formal or informal

-Apply a simple email structure

-Ask indirect questions in your email

-Write a formal email to request information

Is this email formal or informal?

Diane did not give a lot of info...What 2 questions could Ms R ask?

Formal language

Informal language

Hey dude, how's it going?

I am writing this email to file a complaint about...

Dear Mr Burnsley,

Hello James,

He's always doing so much stuff.

Your book is cooked.

Can you tell me if that novel is suitable for children?

Love, Tim

Yours sincerely,

What questions did Mia ask?

Do ex 3+4 in your paper notebook - write down both phrases (from the email + exercises)
(there's 1 mistake in ex 3 - can you find it?)

What is the correct order of writing an email? 

Introduction = reason for writing

Dear Ms Thompson,

Conclusion of the email

Yours faithfully,

Body of the text = questions you have

Your  full name

Direct = less formal vs 

Indirect = more formal

Formal email requesting info

1. start the email politely: Dear Sir/Madam; Dear + Surname...

2. don't use abbreviations (e.g. asap ipv as soon as possible),
slang (e.g. u ipv you), or contractions (e.g. didn't ipv did not)

3. say why you are writing (or say what you're responding to)

4. ask questions (bc you're not sure about something) = ask indirect questions: Can you tell me...? I would like to know whether...etc

5. mention that you would like a reply = I look forward to verb+ing = hearing from you.

6. finish the email politely: Yours faithfully / Yours sincerely / Kind regards

Open your SB on page 76

- Look at the emails in exercise 2 and 3

- Choose 1 of the emails and make it more formal in your paper notebook

- Change the questions to indirect questions. IF there are no questions in the email, create 2 indirect questions of your own!

Can you write a polite email asking for information?

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Welcome

Grab your reading book, notebook & laptop

Take a seat, please :)

Start reading your book

Today:

1. Read your book = done

2. Do recap in your SB and do any exercises you want = 10 mins:

p80: ex 1, 5 / p137: ex 4, 5 / 

p141: ex 5, 6 / p104: ex 1, 4, 6

3. Write a formal email - in your notebook or laptop: make sure you can send/give it to me @ the end

4. If finished, read your book or do Gimkit vocab

Formal email requesting info

1. start the email politely: Dear Sir/Madam; Dear + Surname...

2. don't use abbreviations (e.g. asap), slang (e.g. u ipv you), or contractions (e.g. didn't ipv did not)

3. say why you are writing (or say what you're responding to)

4. ask questions (bc you're not sure about something) = ask indirect questions

5. mention that you would like a reply = I look forward to verb+ing...

6. finish the email politely: Yours faithfully / Yours sincerely / Kind regards

Write an email

In a word doc, write a formal email to the chocolate factory. 

Make sure you ask 3 indirect questions - look at the LessonUp about the grammar if needed.

(vocab: travel arrangements = reisvoorbereidingen; accommodation = accommodatie/verblijf; confirmation = bevestiging)
 
Hand in your email via Teams Opdrachten before Saturday, 13th December!

finished?

Read or do Gimkit Vocab here