English 3c 28-11

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 3

Lesson planning

• Feedback Personal letter
• Opinion essay

Feedback personal letter

• Look at the format
• Content, language and organization
• Determine how well it is written with the format
• Determine the points and point out what needs to be improved
• 10 minutes!

1. Content:

• Questions about how the person has been
  
• a recent past experience + feelings about it
  
• a recent event + consequences
  
• ask for information

2. Language:

• Grammar: past simple, present perfect (have worked), present perfect continuous (has been working)
• Vocab: formal/informal, spelling

3. Organisation:

• Paragraphs, cohesive devices (and, but, first, etc.)

Opinion essay

• SB: p. 50 + 51
• Read strategy

Organise your text

1. Introduction: 

• Introduce the topic and give your opinion
• Get reader's attention

Organise your text

2. Body paragraphs:

• 3 reasons for opinion, separate paragraphs (3 body paragraphs)
• add support and specific examples
• Introduce arguments: First of all, ... / The main argument for is...
• Give opinions: My point of view is that... / To my mind, ...

Body paragraphs example

Organise your text

3. Conclusion

• Repeat your opinion
• Summarize your ideas

Start writing

Keep in mind:

• What is your opinion?
• What are the reasons?
• What grammar do you use?
• What vocab do you use?
• Formal or informal?
• READ WRITING GUIDE CAREFULLY!!!
• You do it in pairs.

test-english.com

Next week

HAND IN YOUR OPINION ESSAY ON 5 DECEMBER IN CLASS!!!!