Lesson 1 period 7

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Welcome

grammar coordinating conjunctions

From 08:30-10:30 we speak English, also to each other.

General school rules

• Be on time at the start of the lesson, bring your laptop, books, clothing and materials with you.

• Show respect for your fellow students, the staff of the school, the building and environment. 

•  Mobile phones are not visible and are on silent mode during lessons.

•  Together we make sure that our school is safe and clean.

• We only eat and drink in the designated areas in school. In class you can drink water. Students take responsibility themselves for their laptops.

• In school/class our faces are recognizable so this means no wearing of caps, hats and helmets in the school.

• Only with permission of the person(s) involved we take pictures or film each other.

Today's programme

- Discussing last period's test
- Looking forward to the upcoming period
- Increase your happiness
- Finnish video exercise
- Working online  
- Speaking exercises

Last period's test and planning

Week 1 2-6 February	introduction, last period's test, listening exercise and Finnish video exercise
Week 2 9-13 February	presentations, expanding our vocabulary and speaking exercise
Week 3 16-20 February	presentations, adverbs and adjectives
Week 4	HOLIDAYS
Week 5 2-6 March	presentations, conjunctions and Claridges hotel exercise
Week 6 9-13 March	Review writing and reading
Week 7 16-20 March	Conjunctions and demonstrative pronouns
Week 8 23-27 March	Electives
Week 9 30-03 April	Listening exercises
Week 10 6-10 April	test period 7 during class
Week 11 13-17 APRIL	BUFFERWEEK no exams

Year 1 (period 1, 2, 3 & 4)	Year 2 (period 5, 6, 7 & 8)	Year 3 (period 9 & 10)
1 study point per period	1 studypoint per period Cambridge course for those of you who are interested and motivated February CE reading/listening B1 June/July writing A2 reading/listening B1 (hospitality orientated)	1 studypoint per period October/November speaking B1 and presenting B1

Course overview regular programme

Course overview fast-track

Congratulations! 

Video exercise

You are going to make a video (  in pairs) for Finnish students! Make groups and I will call you to watch a video to which you are going to reply.

Tell them:
- your names and ages
- something about your school and education
- give them a tour of the school
- tell something about a traditional Dutch dish, use pictures or examples

Listening exercise

Increase your happiness

Exercise

I will now hand out some example letters and tips.

Write down; is the letter formal or informal? Write down three examples per letter why it's formal or informal.

writing examples
formal email examples and tips

How can you start an informal letter?

How can you start a formal letter?

You are writing a letter to Mevrouw Smith (not married).
How do you start?

1. Dear Mrs Smith,
2. Dear Miss Smith,
3. Dear Ms Smith,
4. Dear Mr Smith,

You are writing a letter to Mevrouw Smith (you don't know if she's married).
How do you start?

1. Dear Ms Smith,
2. Dear Miss Smith,
3. Dear Mr Smith,
4. Dear Mrs Smith

You are writing a letter to Mevrouw Smith (married).
How do you start?

1. Dear Mrs Smith,
2. Dear Miss Smith,
3. Dear Mr Smith,
4. Dear Ms Smith,

Which letter starts with
'Dear John, '

1. Formal letter
2. Informal letter

You know the name of the person of which you have been writing to (formal). How do you end?

1. Yours faithfully,
2. Yours sincerely,
3. Greetingz!

You don't know the name of the person of which you have been writing to (formal). How do you end?

1. Yours faithfully,
2. Yours sincerely,
3. Bye bye!

- formal letter start: Dear Sir/Madam, Dear Mrs Smith, Dear Miss Smith, etc.
  formal letter end: Yours faithfully, OR Yours sincerely,

- informal letter start: Dear Peter, Hello Samira, etc.
  informal letter end: Kind regards,  All the best, Love, Bye, etc. 

- Check your capital letters ( I at the start, middle, end --> always!)

- Make sure you use your tenses consequently

- Make use of paragraphs (at least three)

- Differentiate in your use of words.

- Make use of signal words (If, in short, also, furthermore, firstly etc.)

Writing exercise

You are now going to write an email yourself. I will send you the exercise in our Teams chat.

Reply to the email but.....try to write with humor. So try to overreact with politeness or make it way too informal. Ask funny questions etc.

I will share the funniest letters next week.

a more formal email writing practice

Working online

You can now work online on your planning