TP7-Writing-Jesus Amador
Pre-intermediate B1 level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide process writing practice of a professional email (45-75 words) in the context of business
Subsidiary Aims
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To increase students’ lexical range in the context of writing professional emails.
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To give students an opportunity to practice speaking fluency in the context of giving peers feedback on their email writing.
Procedure (34-45 minutes)
T greets Ss and welcomes them to class kindly. T shows an image of a sample email on Jamboard T asks, can you guess from this image what we’ll be learning today? Has anyone written emails in English? T elicits answers from Ss. Discuss with a partner in the breakout Rooms. What kinds of emails have you written? What was the purpose? Examples: → personal: Asking friends out, planning a party, talking to relatives, sending an invitation ETC. → professional - scheduling a meeting, sending a link/document to your boss, sending a report, ETC. → Studies: requesting an application form, scheduling a meeting with a professor, asking for clarification of an assignment, ETC. T conducts OCFB with the whole class.
T shows a few words on the jamboard and clarifies meaning, form, and pronunciation with students. T provides two options and asks students to select the option that best matches each word's definition. 1. Apologize Meaning: to express regret/repentance for something said or done. 2. Unfortunately Meaning: unlucky, in an unfortunate manner. 3. wishes Meaning: To have a desire for something. Something you would like to have. 4. Wonder Meaning: to feel curiosity or doubt. Form: 1. apologize: VERB 2. Unfortunately: adverb 3. Wishes: Noun 4. Wonder: Noun/verb Pronunciation 1. apologize: /əˈpɒləʤaɪz/ 2. Unfortunately: /ʌnˈfɔːʧnɪtli/ 3. Wishes: /ˈwɪʃɪz/ 4. Wonder: /ˈwʌndə/
T provides students with a model of a professional email and another that is not professional. SS are asked to discuss which of the two is a professional email and which one is not? Why? T asks students to fill in the blanks of the mails with the words from the box. T asks a volunteer to read the mail, and a second volunteer to try to complete the first gap. The sample mail will be provided through a Jamboard presentation. Ss work individually on the task for 2 minutes and then do peer checking of the answers. T Provides Feedback on the task by presenting the answers.
Look at the example fully completed. Now let’s take 8 minutes to write your own individual emails. Remember, you’re writing a professional email. Please, follow the structure shown in the example. After 8 minutes we’ll come back together and then I’ll send you to breakout rooms to Check out your email with a partner. ICQ: Are we writing formal emails to schedule a meeting? (no, we’re writing a professional email) ICQ: Are we working individually or in pairs? [individually] ICQ: How many minutes do we have? [8 minutes]
T gives students the opportunity to share some mistakes they made while writing their professional email, and if they didn't make any. Then share why was easy or difficult to write the email. T Praises students for good language use and corrects necessary mistakes students made in their writings. Congratulate their participation in the class and say goodbye.