3P1L4 writing a letter future creative writing

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

English writing

Lesson 4

18 September

1944

Liberation comes to the people of Eindhoven

Today's programme

• Attendance
• Warm-up
• Goals
• Recap greeting/closing
• Future simple
• Going to
• Opdracht 2 + 3

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Greeting formal letter/email

Don't know the name?  -->  Dear Sir/Madam,

                                                         Dear Madam,

                                                         Dear Sir,

Know the name?             -->  title (Mr, Mrs, Miss or Ms, Dr, etc.) and                                                           the family name

Mrs=married / Miss=unmarried / Ms=unknown married or not

Closing formal letter/email

Know the name?              -->  Yours sincerely, 

Don't know the name?  -->  Yours faithfully,

Know the person?           -->  Kind regards,

You don't know if the lady you're writing to is married or not. How do write her title?

1. Miss
2. Mrs
3. Ms

You don't know if the person you're writing to is a man or woman.
How do you start your letter?

1. Dear Sirs,
2. Dears Mr/Mrs,
3. Dear person,
4. Dear Sir/Madam,

Your letter/email to a woman you don't know starts with: Dear Mrs Parker,
How does it end?

1. Yours faithfully,
2. Yours sincerely,
3. Kind regards,
4. See you later,

Talking about the future

What are your plans
for the future?

The future

Express a sudden decision: will

I will have the homemade chickensoup.

Express a desire or agreement to do something

It will not happen again.

I think I will go to Mexico next summer.

The future

Express plan for the future: to be going to

I am going to graduate this summer.

She is going to visit her cousin this fall.

The future

Both will and going to can be used to make future predictions

She will be a great doctor.

She is going to be a great doctor.

They ... move house mext month.

1. will
2. are going to

Joan thinks the conservatives ... win the elections.

1. will
2. are going to

There is someone at the door. I ... get it.

1. will
2. am going to

Joey ... visit us in Switzerland in January.

1. will
2. is going to

Creative writing

Dat kan een review zijn, een blog, een mail aan je vrienden over je nieuwe huis, etc.

Persoonlijk

Informeel

Maar:  geen straattaal (gonna, wanna)

Creative writing

Je schrijft je tante Betty in de Verenigde Staten van America een mail om over je leven te vertellen. Beschrijf je nieuwe huis, een vriendin van je en een cadeau dat je onlangs hebt gekregen.

80-120 wrd

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Opdracht 2 + 3 van het oefenexamen

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