1P2L6 Writing Recap

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

English Writing

Lesson 6

9 January 2025

Best wishes for a healthy, happy and succesful 2025!

1493

Christopher Columbus was sailing 

near what is now the Dominican 

Republic and recorded in his ship's 

journal that, on the previous day, 

he saw three “mermaids”and describes them as “not half as beautiful as they are painted.”

Mermaids were in fact manatees

Dry January

Offering an opportunity for the body, mind and wallet to get a little bit of a reset. 

Dry January started in the UK in 2013, founded by Alcohol Change UK.

Today's lesson 

Attendance

Today's goals

Warm-up / writing exercise

Recap writing

Writing exercise

Today's goals

After this lesson you will know how to use all previous subjects to write a letter or an email.

Warm-up

• Write down a short story about what you did this Christmas break (ca. 80 words). 
• Let your neighbour check your writing. Are there any obvious mistakes?
• You all will read your text out loud.

Hoe schrijf je 14 november 2023 in het Engels?

Time and dates

Brits Engels: 14 November, 2023 (14-11-2023)

Am. Engels: November 14, 2023 (11-14-2023)

Brits Engels: 24 uurs klok

Am. Engels: AM 0.00u -12.00u (midnight-noon)

PM 12.00 - 0.00u (noon-midnight)

... movie

... house

... orange

... unit

... office

... hour

... hospital

... university

... award

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Articles (lidwoorden)

a car / house / unit => als het volgende woord begint met een                                                     medeklinker klank

an apple / an hour => als het volgende woord begint met een                                                      klinker klank

When do we use capital letters?

Capital letters in English

• Start of a sentence
• Days, months and public holidays (Christmas, Easter)
• Names of people, places, countries, companies, etc.
• I

Pronouns 

(voornaamwoorden)

Pronouns

Subject pronoun:

I 

You 

He 

She 

It

We

They 

Object pronoun:

Me 

You 

Him

Her

It

Us

Them

Example

He reads the book.

The book was read by him.

The car we drive is old.

The old car is driven by us.

Possessive pronouns

Possessive (bezittelijk)

Bezit aanduiden: 's achter een woord (enkelv.): My sister's bag.

Woord mv eindigt op -s: alleen een apostrof toe: My parents' car.

De 'bezitter' is geen persoon: gebruik geen ' of 's

The colour of the car is blue, niet the car's colour...

Write your name at the top of the page, niet the page's top

 

Plural (meervoud):
teen

1. teen
2. teens
3. teenes
4. teen's

Plural:
hero

1. hero
2. heros
3. hero's
4. heroes

Plural:
bus

1. buss
2. bus's
3. buses
4. busses

Plural:
lady

1. ladies
2. ladys
3. lady's
4. ladyes

Plurals:
jockey

1. jockey's
2. jockeys
3. jockies
4. jockie's

Plurals (meervoudsvormen)

Standaard                            +s             cars / tables

eindigt op sis-klank        +es           churches / dishes

eindigt op -o                      +es           tomatoes / heroes

eindigt op medekl + -y   +ies          babies / parties

Let op: eindigt op klinker + -y +s monkeys /donkeys

Present simple

• facts, habits, timeschedules
• SHIT-rule she/he/it verb + (e)s
• question: do/does + verb

A whale swims in the ocean

She usually crosses the road with her mother

Do you see that bird?

Past simple

• when something was in the past and is finished
  
• regular verbs: verb + -ed
• question: did + verb

I walked to school yesterday

Did you buy that book?

Writing an email

• Zowel persoonlijk als zakelijk (formal and informal)
• Een boodschap zo duidelijk mogelijk over krijgen.
• Kort en bondig.
• Opbouw is belangrijk

Aanhef,

Inleiding, reden van je e-mail.

Kern, uitleg van wat je wilt overbrengen.

Afsluitende zin, conclusie of verzoek.

Afsluiting,

Naam

Dear Mr Jones,

As discussed in our phonecall ...

Thank you for your email. I have a few questions .....

Broader explanation of your questions or information you want to give.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Yours sincerely,

Yours faithfully,

Kind regards,

Kern (formele) brief/e-mail

KISS - keep it short and simple

Schrijf in alinea's 

1. Waarom schrijf je? Wat is het onderwerp?
   
2. Wat wil je dat de lezer weet, wat wil je vertellen?
3. Afsluitende alinea = conclusie/samenvatting/voorstel
4. Afsluitende zin, bv I hope to hear from you soon.

Probeer je zinnen leesbaar te houden, max 2 aan elkaar.

Samenvatting homophones

Good luck next week!

See you next week!!!

December 18

1865

US adopts 13th amendment:

abolishment of slavery.

• equal citizenship rights
• equal protection of the law
• the right to vote to all Americans irrespective of their "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."

Instaptoets/0-meting

• Ga naar FIX-engels.nl
• In de bovenbalk staat onder de tab Toetsen de instaptoetsklaar
• Wanneer je >80% behaalt op A1 niveau, ga je de 0-meting op A2 niveau maken.

1907

Maria Montessori opens the first Montessori school, based on the principle of children's natural interests and activities not formal teaching methods. 

She came to Holland in 1936 and died in Noordwijk in 1952.

6 January