3HV Formal Letter Writing wtb

Formal Letter Writing
Year 3, lesson 1
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Formal Letter Writing
Year 3, lesson 1

Slide 1 - Tekstslide

goal
At the end of this lesson you have collected some standard ( stone) sentences to use in writing

At the end of this lesson you know the format of a formal letter

at the end of the lesson you know the dos and donts in formal writing.

Slide 2 - Tekstslide

Test Letters
  • Applying for a job/position
  • Filing a complaint 
  • Asking for information 
  • Sharing your opinion 
  • A combination 

Slide 3 - Tekstslide

Slide 4 - Tekstslide

Lay out                                     
Everything starts on the left-hand side! Leave 1 line open after each bit

1
adres afzender:
Straat + huisnr. (niet je naam)
Postcode + plaats
Land






1
Aart van der Leeuwkade 14
2272 KX Voorburg 
The Netherlands

Slide 5 - Tekstslide

Write down your own address as if you're starting a formal letter.

Slide 6 - Open vraag

2
Name (organisation and/or person) 
Number + street 
Town + post code 
Country 

When you write to an organisation company, you write the name of the organisation first and then give the name of the contact person at that organisation.
2
John Bugs
4327 Hazel Road
London W11 4UT
Great Britain

The Rabbit Charity
John Bugs
4327 Hazel Road
London W11 4UT
Great Britain



Slide 7 - Tekstslide

3

The date (BrE)

The date (AmE)
3

12 March, 2021 ( BrE)

March 12, 2021 ( AmE)

Slide 8 - Tekstslide

Write down today's date in the right way

Slide 9 - Open vraag

4 Salutation / Greeting
When you don't know name or gender: Dear Sir/Madam,
When you only know it's a man: Dear Sir,
When you only know it's a woman: Dear Madam,
When you know the name: 
Dear Ms Foster, (woman, relationship status unknown)
Dear Mrs Watson, (married woman)
Dear Mr Adams,

Slide 10 - Tekstslide

What is the correct opening greeting if you DO NOT know who will read your letter?

Slide 11 - Open vraag

What is the correct opening greeting if you write to our principal?

Slide 12 - Open vraag

5 Content
  1. Paragraph 1 is the introduction (you explain who you are and why you are writing).
  2. The center part can be multiple paragraphs  (in this you ask for information/ explain in more detail the goal of your letter). Use a paragraph for every different idea/subject.
  3. Conclusion: summarize and conclude with what you want to achieve. (What do you want the reader to do?)

Slide 13 - Tekstslide

Let's play a quiz to see what you think works best.

Slide 14 - Tekstslide

How do we start paragraph 1?
A
Hello!
B
I'm ...
C
My name is ...

Slide 15 - Quizvraag

How do you say 'ik zit op UbboEmmius'
A
I sit on UbboEmmius
B
I am on UbboEmmius
C
I am at UbboEmmius
D
I go to UbboEmmius

Slide 16 - Quizvraag

Which one is most suitable?
A
I am a fourteen-year-old boy/girl
B
I am a boy/girl and I am fourteen
C
I am a fourteen years old boy/girl
D
I am 14 and a boy/girl

Slide 17 - Quizvraag

Which one is correct
A
The reason I write you is...
B
The reason I am writing you is...
C
The reason i am writing you is
D
The reason i write you is...

Slide 18 - Quizvraag

Paragraph 1 - let's recap
Paragraph 1:
My name is …. , I am a fifteen-year-old boy/girl and I live in … in The Netherlands. I go to UbboEmmius and I am in the third year. The reason I am writing you is….

Slide 19 - Tekstslide

Paragraphs
Every paragraph should be at least 3 lines long (when written by hand) and are divided by 1 open line

Slide 20 - Tekstslide

5.1 Closing statement
You ALWAYS use this phrase and it stands on its own.  You leave 1 line open above and below

I hope to hear from you soon.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Slide 21 - Tekstslide

6 Closing
Yours faithfully, / Yours sincerely,
(signature)
first and last name 


Slide 22 - Tekstslide

Mind the following
In a formal letter all words MUST be written in full
So do not use:  isn’t, it’s of won’t, but:
is not, it is en will not. Gonna and wanna  are a definite NO GO!


For names of magazines or newspapers, use quotation marks. The ‘Telegraaf’.

Slide 23 - Tekstslide

Salutations & Closings: Option A
Condition: No specific name is known

Salutation: Dear Sir/Madam,

Closing: Yours faithfully,
Signature
First & Last Name

Slide 24 - Tekstslide

Salutations & Closings: Option B
Condition: Name recipient is known

Salutation: Dear Mr Brown, / Dear Ms Brown, / Dear Mrs Brown,

Closing: Yours sincerely,
Signature
First and last name

Slide 25 - Tekstslide

Dear Sir/Madam,
Your address
recipient's address

The date
Introduce yourself + reason of writing
Explanation of the situation
Conclusion
Closing sentence
Your name
signature
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Slide 26 - Sleepvraag

DOs
  1. Make it neat.
  2. Use linking words and the appropriate tenses, wherever necessary
  3. Use paragraphs ( and use blank lines to clearly separate them)
  4. Use a difficult grammar item every now and then (passive, relative clauses)
  5. At the end, check your work!

Slide 27 - Tekstslide

Don'ts
  1.  DON'T forget about the lay-out
  2.  DON'T use abbreviations / contractions (like I'll, didn't)
  3.  DON'T use the first translation you find in a dictionary without checking. 
  4. DON'T forget content elements 
  5. DON'T use swear words or street language 
  6. DON'T use dumb language (gonna, kinda, u, ur, w8, like ... you know, etc.) 

Slide 28 - Tekstslide

Frequent mistakes
Capital Letters:

When you talk about "ik", "i" is wrong, it is always “I” 

Days of the week, months : Monday, Tuesday, August, October

Slide 29 - Tekstslide

Frequent mistakes
Word Order

Wrong:  
In my opinion is it great to live in New York.

Right: 
In my opinion it is great to live in New York

Slide 30 - Tekstslide

closure
Write down the most important things you learned today.
Ask Clarification if you need to.

Start a collections of useful sentences. ( use the LessonUp and the cheatsheet on TEAMS a)

Slide 31 - Tekstslide

Homework
study the format for a formal letter
read the standard sentences and add the ones you like to your collection
Learn your sentences 

Slide 32 - Tekstslide