Writing short emails
Intermediate level
Description
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide product writing practice of a short emails in the context of in response to emails
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide proper punctuation and grammar for emails
Procedure (44-55 minutes)
I will begin asking Ss who all uses emails and how regularly they use emails. I will tell the students that emails are just like any other form of communication so the formality does not always have to be included.
I will have Ss put 4 emails in order that they were written in and then have the Ss tell me what each one included, greeting, body and closing. I will have them point out the greeting, body and closing of one example.
I will give the rules that a quick response email should follow and then have the Ss take a quiz about the rules
To have the Ss write a quick response email that follows the guidelines I have shown them
I will read the emails they have written and correct any mistakes