E-mail Writing

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k
• Leerjaar 1

Learning goals

- You know how to start an email

- You know how to write an email

- You know what to write in your email

- You know what to write in the subject

- You know how to end the email

Write down what you know about writing
a formal email

Parts of an e-mail

- Subject: onderwerp, waar mail je over?

- Greeting: begroet degene die je een mail stuurt

- Reason: wie ben jij en de reden dat je mailt

- Main text: werk de opdracht uit (Second of all, ... Finally, ...)

- Closing: slotzin + slotgroet: "Yours faithfully," , "Yours sincerely,"

Je wil een mailtje sturen naar je neef, in welke volgorde zet je de onderdelen?

Subject: My school

Dear Steven,

Thank you for your e-mail, it was nice to hear from you.

I go to school in Amersfoort now, I really like it there. Where do you go to school?

I would love to hear from you soon.

Kind regards,

Rens

How would you greet someone? Drag the greetings to the right spot.

- Someone you know well, a friend or family member

- Someone you do ntoknow well, a teacher or your boss

- Someone you do not know the name of

Dear Daniel,

Dear Mr Johnson,

Dear Sir/Madam,

Reason for writing

- You are reacting to an e-mail you got from someone:

"I am replying to the ..." / "I am writing in response to..."

- You want to know about something:

"I am writing to ask about..." / "I was wondering ..."

- You want information on something:

"I am writing to ask for more information about ..."

Main text

- Write down what you want to say, make a new paragraph with each thing you talk about (opsommingswoorden). 

- Always skip a line between paragraphs to make it nicer to read!

Wat wil je vertellen? 

!!!Zorg dat alle punten van de opdracht benoemt worden!!!

Wat was ook alweer de laatste zin van jouw e-mail?

Schrijf op: Welke slotgroet gebruik jij en wat komt eronder?

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