Mission 22 Writing skills II 16 Oct 24

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Road Map

• Book of the week
• Writing - theory
• Writing - do

Book of the Week

Literature

Why?

In what time is the book set?

What message do you think it conveys?

Book of the Week

Literature

Why?

In what time is the book set?

What message do you think it conveys?

Focus

You understand:

• the requirements of both informal and formal letters/emails

You know:

• how to give feedback effectively

Writing skills

Finish your formal letter of complaint

Mission 22, p. 196, 197

Outline

Address - without your name

Date 27 September 2023 (NOT 27/09/23)

Address of company you're writing to/person within that company

Dear Madam/Sir,                     or  Dear Mr Smith, 

Outline

Dear Mr Smith,

Introduction: why are you writing

Body: state your case 

Conclusion: what do you expect?

Yours sincerely, 

Bianca Seinen

Writing skills

Peer feedback

What works for you?

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)
• how are the various parts linked?
• grammar

Writing skills

• 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 grammar mistakes

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

Strands

https://www.nytimes.com/games/strands

Wordle

https://www.nytimes.com/games/wordle/index.html

Squaredle

https://squaredle.app/