Writing A1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo
• Leerjaar 1

Writing an informal letter

Welcome to class!

When you come in, please find your seat according to your group:

Green Group: Please sit in the row next to the window.

Red Group: Please sit in the middle row.

Orange Group: Please sit in the row next to the door. 

Make sure you sit in your assigned row so we can all have a great lesson!

Welcome to English class!

On your table:

Laptop

Pencilcase

Vocabulary notebook

Please make sure:

• Your phone is in your Zakkie
• Your Zakkie is in your bag
• Your bag is under your desk
• You have everything you need for the lesson

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How are you feeling today ?

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 Our goals

I know how to write an informal letter

Homework check

Answer the questions

Have you ever written a letter to a friend or family member?

Have you ever seen your parents writing a letter?

TAKE NOTES!!!

Structure of an Informal Letter

1. Greeting

2. Opening sentence

3. Main body (2–3 short paragraphs)

4. Ending sentence

5. Closing

6. Your name

Example

Hi Anna,

Thanks for your letter! It was great to hear from you.

I’m doing well. School is okay, and I really enjoy my English lessons. At the weekend, I went to the park with my friends. We had a picnic and played football.

How are you? What did you do last weekend? 

Write back soon!

Take care,

Mariia

Greeting

Hi / Hello [name]

Dear [name] (always safe)

Opening sentence

How are you?

I hope you're doing well.

Thanks for your letter.

It was great to hear from you.

I’m writing to tell you about...

Ending sentence

I am looking forward to hearing from you!

I cannot wait to see you soon!

Hope to see you soon!

Give my regards to ...

Say hello to ...

Closing:

Best wishes,

Kind regards,

Lots of love,

Love, 

We use capital letters:

1. At the beginning of a sentence

My name is Anna.

I live in Amsterdam.

We use capital letters:

2. For names of people

Pierre, Anna, Mr Johnson

We use capital letters:

3. For names of countries, cities, nationalities and languages

I’m from France.

I speak English and Dutch.

Paris, London, Ukraine

We use capital letters:

4. For the pronoun “I”

I am a student.

My friend and I like football.

We use capital letters:

5. For days of the week and months

Monday, Friday, July, December

We use capital letters:

6. For school subjects (sometimes capitalized, especially if it’s a language)

I like Maths and English.

We use capital letters:

7. For holidays and special days

Christmas, Halloween, Valentine’s Day

We use capital letters:

8. For titles of books, movies, songs (capitalise important words)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

 

Writing Task (20 mins)

Write a short letter (6–8 sentences) to a new pen pal. 

Tell them:

Your name and age

Where you live

What you like doing

Ask 1–2 questions

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Do you know how to use

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