An Invite
Upper Intermediate level
Materials
Main Aims
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To provide product writing practice in the context of inviting someone from another country for a visit.
Subsidiary Aims
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To provide practice in useful expressions in persuading someone to come for a visit.
Procedure (34-45 minutes)
Share the first slide. Have the student/students discuss the questions for 1 to 2 minutes.
Gist stage -https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1tzxCuAoU_iBSfkrAvKbWI_0Q2PmdZVfnkInn1uNTmRE/edit?usp=sharing Show the second slide. Have the students read the email. Exposure Stage Show the third slide. Have the students label the parts of the email for greeting, update, topic, supporting, and conclusion sentences. Also, discuss target audience and writing style. Answers A. 3 B. 1 C. 5 D. 4 E. 2 1. Micha 2. informal
Show slide four. Have the student/students identify which parts of the email contain persuasive language. Answers 1 no 2 no 3 to visit me in NC 4 from go through to gold 5 plan your visit Show slide 5. Have the student/students come up with different ways of writing the highlighted phrases. Answers 1. How have you been? How've you been? How are you? Doing good? How are things going? 2. a holiday, a vacation, some time
Preparation Stage Set the stage by having the students think about when friends or family visited them from out of town. Have them write an email inviting someone from a different country visit them on slide 6.
Peer feedback and correction. Have students complete the grid on slide 7 to show whether or not they have met the criteria required and discuss it.