H4 Formal letter writing and dialoque job interview

Formal letter of application
Writing:
pairs
starter: list character traits <> qualities >
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Formal letter of application
Writing:
pairs
starter: list character traits <> qualities >
notebook

Slide 1 - Slide

Slide 2 - Link

Slide 3 - Slide

Slide 4 - Slide

Lesson goal:
At the end of this lesson
-you know  the structure/conventions for writing a formal letter.
-you have translated useful sentences and practiced them
-you know skills and qualities

Slide 5 - Slide

Check pre-existing knowledge

Slide 6 - Slide

Dear Sir/Madam,
Your address
recipient's adress

The date
Introduce yourself + reason of writing
Explanation of the situation
Conclusion
Closing sentence
Your name
signature
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Slide 7 - Drag question

What is the correct opening greeting if you DO NOT know who will read your letter?

Slide 8 - Open question

How do you end a formal letter?
A
Greetings,
B
Yours sincerely,
C
Sincerely,
D
Yours faithfully,

Slide 9 - Quiz

How do we start paragraph 1?
A
Hello!
B
I'm ...
C
My name is ...
D
Good day

Slide 10 - Quiz

How do you say 'ik zit op het Corderius college?'
A
I sit on the Corderius college.
B
I am on the Corderius college.
C
I study at the Corderius college.
D
I go to the Corderius college.

Slide 11 - Quiz

Which one is correct?
A
I am a fourteen-year-old boy/girl.
B
I am a boy/girl and I am fourteen.
C
I am a fourteen years old boy/girl.
D
I am 14 and a boy/girl.

Slide 12 - Quiz

Which one is correct?
A
The reason I write you is...
B
The reason I am writing you is...
C
The reason i am writing you is
D
The reason i write you is...

Slide 13 - Quiz

How do translate 'Havo' in British English?
A
pre-university education
B
higher general secondary education
C
pre- college education
D
senior general secondary education

Slide 14 - Quiz

Practice conducting a job interview
(Hand out)  Pairs:
Interviewer and interviewee

Act out the dialoque > 
be creative; add skills/qualities when possible

Slide 15 - Slide

Feedback:
Any sentences/words you have questions about?
Why, do you think, did we do this exercise?
Do you need to work more on certain voca/skills? >
note in notebook if you need further practice!
Tip: Finish all exercises WritingBooklet and study sentences, expressions etc.

Slide 16 - Slide

Which skills have you practiced?
Class feedback.

Slide 17 - Slide

Homework check
Writing booklet: pages 9, 10, 11, 14
Check carefully! Study for test! Learn by heart.
Write neatly and in complete sentences.
See ELO for KEY! and more tips!
https://www.flo-joe.co.uk/cae/students/writing/makeover/makeover10.htm

Slide 18 - Slide

Mind the following
In a formal letter all words MUST be written in full
So do not use:  isn’t, it’s of won’t, but:
is not, it is en will not. Gonna and wanna  are a definite NO GO!


For names of magazines or newspapers, use quotation marks. The ‘Telegraaf’.

Slide 19 - Slide

Frequent mistakes
Capital Letters:
 

When you talk about "ik", "i" is wrong, it is always “I”
Days of the week, months : Monday, Tuesday, August, October

Slide 20 - Slide

Frequent mistakes
Word Order


Wrong:
In my opinion is it great to live in New York.

Correct:
In my opinion it is great to live in New York.

Slide 21 - Slide

Task : work on your own/pairs (quietly)

1. Finish exercises pages 10, 11 in notebook 

Ready? Study pp 12, 13 and do ex p 14
(Punctuation)
Study sentences pages 1 t/m 8



Slide 22 - Slide

DOs
  1. Make it neat.
  2. Use signal words and the appropriate tenses, wherever necessary
  3. Use paragraphs ( and use blank lines to clearly separate them)
  4. Use a difficult grammar item every now and then (passive, relative clauses)
  5. At the end, check your work!

Slide 23 - Slide

Don'ts
  1.  DON'T forget about the lay-out
  2.  DON'T use abbreviations / contractions (like I'll, didn't)
  3.  DON'T use the first translation you find in a dictionary without checking. 
  4. DON'T forget content elements 
  5. DON'T use swear words or street language 
  6. DON'T use dumb language (gonna, kinda, u, ur, w8, like ... you know, etc.) 

Slide 24 - Slide

Slide 25 - Slide

Slide 26 - Slide

  • Use adverbs and adjectives to make your writing come alive

Slide 27 - Slide

FORMAL
INFORMAL
Long sentences
Short sentences
Active voice
Passive voice
Email
Application letter
No contractions

Slide 28 - Drag question

Most of those heroes have spend half there lifes trying to be ordinary people. (3)

Slide 29 - Open question

Ones they where traveling threw South America whit some friends when too of them were kidnaped. (6)

Slide 30 - Open question

Those lady’s were trying to get some potato's, tomato's and loafs of bread for free. (4)

Slide 31 - Open question

Their are five books about wit here; this one is a lot funnyer then the other once, don’t you think so too? (4)

Slide 32 - Open question

What have you learned about formal letter writing today?

Slide 33 - Open question