Page 10. Writing Page 10 A. 1. Work in pairs. Compare the emails from Mr. Maynard and Melanie on pages 2 and 3. Make notes in the chart below. 2. Use.

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Writing Page 10

A. 1. Work in pairs. Compare the emails from Mr. Maynard and Melanie on pages 2 and 3. Make notes in the chart below.

2 .Use your notes to report in class. Discuss diff erences and similarities.

3 .Why do you think there are differences?

EmailPage 2Page 3

From

To

Greeting

Opening lines

Topic/informationcontent

Closing lines

Signed

Purpose of email

Jonathan Maynard,Import Manager

Melanie

Mr. Silva Olivia

Dear Mr. Silva Hi Olivia,

I want to apologize for not answering your email sooner.

How’s work, and how’s Paris?

new suppliers/ newbusiness

pending visit/ stay with friend/ weather in Paris

Best regards.I’m really looking forward to seeing you again.

J. Maynard Melanie

To reply to a businessproposition

To inform and ask forinformation

•Where did Adel spend the summer?

•What time of year is it?

•How does Adel feel about starting school again?

•Why is he excited about the weekend?

Adel spent the summer in the USA.

It’s early Summer.

He doesn’t feel very happy because he has to get up early,spend the whole day at school and do homework.

He is excited about the weekend because his father haspromised to let him drive the jeep in the desert

PS stands for: postscript. Postscript is writing added after the main letter.

This email is similar to the email on page 3, from Melanie to Olivia

2 .What does P.S. stand for? Why do we use it?

3 .Which email in your book is this email similar to? How do you know?

Email: Back to School Page 11

1 .You want to write an email to a friend.

2 .Decide who you are going to write to and what you are going to write about.

3 .Complete the chart with your notes. Then use your notes to write the email.

EmailMy notes

My greetings:

My opening words:

My reasons forwriting this email:

My closing words:

Attacheddocuments:

For Example, Hi, Hey, Hello, Dear.......…

For Example, I would like to write to you…

For Example, I want to tell you..…

For Example, Cheers, best wishes, regards..

For Example, Photo, video, music.…

Writing Corner Page 11

Writing Corner

When you write an email to a friend: •Greet and sign your letter in an informal manner, e.g.

Hi/Hello/Dear + first name and Best/Bestwishes/See you soon/Take care + your first name

•Write as if you were speaking to him/her, i.e. use contracted forms, emoticons, or abbreviations When you write to a business/professional contact:

•Address and sign the letter more formally, e.g. Dear Sir/Madam/Dear Mr./Mrs. + last name and Kind regards/Best regards/Sincerely

•Do not use contracted or abbreviated forms

Write your own Email to a friend . Use the words in the chart .

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Khalid Saeed Al shahraniالشهراني سعيد خالد

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