Checkpoint letter writing

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

General article feedback

Headlines and subheadings missing

Intoducing what you will write about in the introduction

Conclusion paragraph with a summary of what you wrote about

At least 1.4 a4 pages long

Spelling mistakes

Today

Answer the questions on the Checkpoint paper

Letter structure

Letter writing

Homework: what was your answer for question 2?

Punctuation

When to use a colon/semi colon/brackets/comma

Comma or colon? Never use a colon after a verb

I went to the shop and bought: carrots, milk and tea.

I went to the shop and bought carrots, milk and tea.

Punctuation

When to use a colon/semi colon/brackets/comma

Comma - keeps the flow

Brackets - helps readers understand more. Information is not always necessary.

The plummer, who was working at the house with the tiled roof, parked his truck on the footpath. 

Maybe  there were two plummers - necessary information.

Group assignment

Checkpoint test 2

Groups:

1 Havva, Tvisha, Finn, Diana

2 Miguel, Karem, Nehir, Isha

3 Benjamin, Kaya, Sana, Okke, Zayyan

4 Fabio, Tilo, Luka, Yassine

5 Jurre, Rafael, Luuk, Cayro

Group assignment

Go through the remainding questions

Discuss and write your final answers together (make sure to write in your own book to help you study)

How do others attempt to answer the questions? 

ow might that help you in the test?

 

Answers

what should a letter comprise of?

Letter structure

Letter

structure

Tips

Formal or informal language?

Introduction  - who are you and why are you writing?  

Conclusion - what are you trying to achieve?

Ideas split into paragraphs

Check and double check spelling and punctuation

Audience and purpose

Sentences: short and long sentences - why?

Let's write - neatly please!

Read the question carefully

Have a mini brainstorm about how you might want to answer it

Write a plan using bulletpoints - or your own preferred way

Check the rubric in teams - have you thought about everything in it?

Hand your letter in at the end of the lesson 

What would you like to recap next lesson?