20-2-26 Formal Writing

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• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

FORMAL WRITING

TODAY:

• Who am I?

• Lesson aims

• Vocabulary (Quizlet)

• Practising writing

• Rounding off

2. What are we going to do in today’s lesson;

Who am I?

Miss te Lintelo

Teacher Training English @ Windesheim

Final internship @ ROC van Twente

LESSON AIMS:

• You know how to start and end a formal email.

(• You have handed in your writing assignment.)

3. Lesson aims: what are you, the students, able to do or know at the end of the lesson;

Formal writing assignment

• Writing assignment given by Miss Oude Spraakste

Er zijn verschillende manier om deze woorden te onthouden en te oefenen.

Overschrijven, flitskaarten maken, online websites zoals quizlet.com of engelsklaslokaal.nl, elkaar overhoren, etc.

Kijk eens rond wat het beste bij jou past. En ga er ook echt mee aan de slag!

FORMAL WRITING

In the next slide is poor example of a formal email.

What would you change to make it more formal?

Voor mannen:
Mr Smith

Voor vrouwen:

Mrs Smith (getrouwd)

Miss Smith (niet getrouwd)

Ms Smith (neutraal)

-> Yours sincerely

-> Yours faithfully

VOCABULARY (QUIZLET)

Grab your phone or laptop

-> scan the code with your phone

or

-> go to quizlet.live and type in the code on your laptop

Do now:

• writeandimprove.com -> W&I Business (on the left side)

• Go to the second page

• Choose on the these ->

• Done? Check what you wrote. What went well? What do you need to improve?

• If you haven't done so already, hand in the writing assignment!

ROUNDING OFF:

• You know how to start and end a formal email.

Geachte mevrouw Johnson (neutraal)

A

Dear Mr Johnson

B

Dear Miss Johnson

C

Dear Mrs Johnson

D

Dear Ms Johnson

Geachte mevrouw Johnson (getrouwd)

A

Dear Mr Johnson

B

Dear Miss Johnson

C

Dear Mrs Johnson

D

Dear Ms Johnson

Geachte meneer Johnson

A

Dear Mr Johnson

B

Dear Miss Johnson

C

Dear Mrs Johnson

D

Dear Ms Johnson

Geachte mevrouw Johnson (niet getrouwd)

A

Dear Mr Johnson

B

Dear Miss Johnson

C

Dear Mrs Johnson

D

Dear Ms Johnson

You started with 'Dear Mr Johnson', how do you end your email?

You started with 'Dear Sir/Madam', how do you end your email?

ROUNDING OFF:

• You know how to start and end a formal email.

(• You have handed in your writing assignment.)