A Personal Email,Period 1,UNIT 1 WRITING WORKSHOP,A Personal EmailPeriod 1UNIT,Warming Up,You are going to write an email to one of your junior secondary school classmates about your new school life.,Ask and answer the following questions with your partner(,Ex.I,):,1),Who,are you going to write to?,2),What,do you,want to tell,him/her?,3),What,do you,want to know,from him/her?,Warming UpYou are going to wri,Warming Up,Report to the class about your partners answers:,1),Who,is he/she going to write to?,2),What,does he/she,want to tell,him/her?,3),What,does he/she,want to know,from him/her?,Warming UpReport to the class,Reading for contents,Read the email on your handout to answer the following questions(,Ex.II,):,1),Who,is Fang Lan?,Why,is Wang Ying,writing,to her?,2),How,does Wang Ying,feel,about her new school?,3),How,is her life in senior secondary school,different,from junior secondary school?,4),Why,does Wang Ying have to,finish,the email?,Reading for contentsRead the e,Reading for contents,Read the email to answer:,1),Who,is Fang Lan?,Why,is Wang Ying,writing,to her?,An old friend in junior secondary school.,To say Hello.,To share her new senior secondary school life with Fang Lan.,To ask about Fang Lans new school life.,Reading for contentsRead the e,Reading for contents,Read the email to answer:,2),How,does Wang Ying,feel,about her new school?,She loves her new senior secondary school.,“I like the new me”.,Reading for contentsRead the e,Reading for contents,Read the email to answer:,3),How,is her life in senior secondary school,different,from junior secondary school?,They dont have a fixed classroom.,They have many different clubs after class.,Reading for contentsRead the e,Reading for contents,Read the email to answer:,4),Why,does Wang Ying have to,finish,the email?,Shes got a presentation tomorrow and she needs to finish her slides.,Reading for contentsRead the e,Reading for structure,Label the elements on the left of the email.(,Ex.3,),a.ending and wishes,b.greeting,c.subject line,d.reason to finish writing,e.questions about the other person,f.information about ones own life,g.signature,Reading for structureLabel the,Reading for structure,C.Subject line,Subject:Hello from an old friend,Hi,Fang Lan,Hows your life in Canada?I hope you have adapted well to the new situation and are enjoying your new school.,I love my new senior secondary school.Its much bigger than my junior secondary school and theres a huge gym!Do you remember Xie Zijun?Guess what Were in the same school!Its always good to have a friend,right?Life in senior secondary school is very different from junior secondary school!You know,we dont have a fixed classroom!We go to different classes for different subjects and also for different levels.Im in the same class with Zijun for English and physics but in different classes for Chinese and maths.We also have many different clubs after class.You know,I like dancing so Im in the Dancing Club.At the moment,we meet twice a week and were preparing to attend a competition.I think my new school gives me a chance to become a different person and I like the“new me”.,Well,I must go now.Ive got a presentation tomorrow and I need to finish my slides.I look forward to hearing all about whats happening with you soon.,All the best!,Wang Ying,B.Greeting,E.Questions about the other person,F.Information about ones own life,D.Reason to finish writing,A.Ending and wishes,G.Signature,Reading for structureC.Subjec,Reading for Style,Read the email again to figure out:,Is the email formal or informal?,Why is it written this way?,We write informal or personal emails to someone we know very well(friends,family members,etc.),Reading for StyleRead the emai,Reading for Style,Contractions,Punctuations,Informal words/phrases,Examples,from the sample,Find examples of informal expressions from the email and put them in the following table(,Ex III,).,Hows.Im.,Shes.Ive.,Its.Dont.,Whats.,Dashes(-),Exclamation points(!),Hi,Guess what,Right?You know,Well,All the best!,Thats.,Theres.,Id.,Lets.,Hello,isnt it?,Sorry!Great!,Come on,Dont you.,Suspension points(.),Colon(:),Semicolon(;),Other examples,Reading for StyleContractionsP,Analyse the sentence structures of the given sentences.,1)We dont have a fixed classroom!,2)We are in the same class.,Focus on Language,who,do,what,Subject,Verb,Object,who,Subject,be,Verb,what,Predicative,Analyse the sentence structure,Focus on Language,Analyse the sentence structures of the given sentences.,3)There is a huge gym.,4)My school gave me a chance.,be,what,There,Be,Real Subject,who,Subject,do,Verb,who,what,Indirect Object,Direct Object,Focus on LanguageAnalyse the s,Focus on Language,Find more example sentences using the following sentence structures in the email.,Subject,+,Verb,+,Object,Subject,+,Verb,+,Predicative,There,+,Be,+,Real Subject,Subject,+,Verb,+,Indirect Object,+,Direct Object,Focus on LanguageFind more exa,Focus on Language,Find more example sentences using the following sentence