Writing a Formal Letter

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• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Writing - Formal Letter

Plan for Lesson 1:

• Quiz- what you already know
  
• How to write a formal letter
• Useful phrases

Let's see what you know...

What styles of letters do you know?

Formal letter:

When writing to someone you don't know personally ... 

For example:

• Letter of complaint
• Application Letter
• Proposal

What benefits result from following a specified style when writing a
letter?

What can you complain about in a letter?

TASK 1

Use your Chromebooks to inquire about the layout of a letter of complaint.

                         A formal letter format:

1. Your address (sender’s address)
2. Date
3. Address where the letter is going (inside address)
4. Salutation (Dear Mr. Johnson)
5. Body of letter
6. Closing
7. Signature

You write a letter to Lucy Smith. How do you address her?

1. Dear Mrs Smith,
2. Dear Miss Smith,
3. Dear Lucy,
4. Dear Mrs. Smith,

Can you use contractions ( You're, she's) in a formal letter?

1. Yes
2. No

Do you need to use space between each paragraph?

1. Yes
2. No

When do we use "yours faithfully"?

Plan for Lesson 2:

• Useful phrases
• Diverting an informal letter into the formal one in pairs
• Tips and extra illustration
• Writing time! - put everything you've learned to practice

Task 2

Use resources online to find applicable phrases ( sentences) in the opening paragraph for a letter of complaint.

Please write them down.

Most of them are standard and useful to memorise.

Task 3

Now do the same to find applicable phrases 

( sentences) in the closing paragraph for a letter of complaint.

Please write them down.

Most of them are standard and useful to memorise.

You write ->.... in pairs

• short informal letter to your friend, complain that he/she doesn't contact you and plays your favourite game without you.
• pass your letter to the students behind you
• convert the one you get into a formal letter

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Tip #1

Lees de opdracht zorgvuldig door voordat je begint. 

Tip #2

Check of er een leestekst bij de opdracht zit. Zo ja? Lees deze eerst door. 

Tip #3

Plan je alinea indeling voordat je begint met schrijven. 

Tip #4

Houd je tijd in de gaten.

Practice time:

1. brainstorming:  3 situations you can complain about
   
2. choose 1
3. on paper write a formal letter of complaint about it ( using ALL the info you've received)
4. hand in your work