Informal Email Part 1 3e

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• Leerjaar 3

Writing - Informal 

Writing email Email

Informal (personal) writing 

What is an informal letter/email?

• Written letter/email to:
• known people; family, friends, acquaintances, colleagues, etc.

Informal vs. Formal

Type	Informal letters and emails	Formal letters and emails
Writing to	- Friends - Family members	- People we don't know - Bosses or managers

How do you start an informal email?

1. Goodmorning-afternoon-evening
2. Dear + name
3. Hi, hello
4. No name

Writing a formal email could be to a/my

1. cousin
2. company
3. grandparents
4. teacher

The correct way to start a formal email?

1. YOOOOO!!!
2. Hey dude!
3. Dear ........
4. What's up???

Structure

Aanhef/beginning	Hi or Hello / Dear [name],
Beantwoord vragen	Bijv: I am good/bad/okay. How are you?
Vertel meer over het onderwerp/ Reasons for writing	Bijv: Something bad happened! I have broken my leg and cannot walk. It doesn't hurt as much as before. They put a cast on my leg, so I cannot move a lot. etc....
Afsluiting/ verwachtingen/ Closing Name	I hope to hear from you soon. etc. All the best, [name]

Writing an email

You write an informal email or a letter to friends, family members or people you know.
An email has 5 main parts:

1. header
2. salutation
3. body 
4. closing sentence
5. name

Personal email.

How would you improve this?

Look at example 1 and 2. What makes email 1 a great email?Underline the

differences and write down 9 success criteria

Peer feedback - Exchange your email with your neighbor. How many points does your classmate score? Why?

Aantal punten
1p	Salutation, closing sentence + proper ending	juiste aanhef en juiste afsluiting
2p	Grammar	correcte zinnen (woordvolgorde), tijden, lidwoorden etc.
1p	Punctuation (interpunctie) Does each sentence start with a capital?	interpunctie Does each sentence start with a capital?
2p	Task - Have you covered all topics you want to write about? ( Inhoud elementen)	Heb je alles genoemd wat in de opdracht staat?
1p	Spelling	Correcte spelling van woorden.
1p	Total amount of words
1p	Use of language formal/informal
1p	Paragraphs

Exercise 3

p.10

Done?

Ex. 2 p.11

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