1. W RITTEN E XPRESSION M ETHODOLOGY OR HOW NOT TO BE SCARED BY YOUR BAC Chapter 1 - The different types of written tasks - Writing a letter AAAAAAhhhh!

2. Read these 4 instructions: a. Imagine the letter Elizabeth writes to her relatives to tell them about what happened and what she is going to do. b. Continue the story starting with: « the following day, we all got up early… » c. Does TV bring people together or does it drive them apart ? For which one do you have to : -Use Formal English, write an introduction & a conclusion, build up a plan with different parts and use link words -Use polite phrases -Use tags, shortened forms (‘re / ‘s /’d etc…), short answers, and speech verbs -Mainly use past tense d. A teenager tries to convince his/her mother to buy him/her an Ipad but she is not enthusiastic about it. Imagine the conversation. a. b. d. c. Determine their type Letter Dialogue Essay / argumentat° Narrative

3. Before starting writing you should: 1) Read carefully the instructions and determine what you are asked to do DescribeTell a storyImagineExplainJustifyCompare Give our opinionArgue a point of view 2) Find the key words, they will help you with your plan and prevent you from being off the point 3) Find the adequate vocabulary, phrases & syntax

4. Chapter 1.2 writing a letter 4 Privat Drive Little Whinging March 15th, 2010 Dear Desmond, Thank you for your letter, it was good to hear from you. I know it’s been a long time since I wrote to you. I am writing to you today because I have great news ! Angelina and Brad are getting married ! Can you believe it ? After everything that happened you must be very surprised. But I guess people change and we’ll see how it goes. (…) Spring is coming, so it would be great to meet you again and have a walk in the hills, that’s remind us of the good old days ! I’m looking forward to reading you Yours, Naomi Put the different steps of writing a letter in the correct order: SalutationReason of the letter IntroductionPolite Ending AddressDate SignatureGreeting 12 3 4 I am writing to you today because I have great news ! Angelina and Brad are getting married ! Can you believe it ? After everything that happened you must be very surprised. But I guess people change and we’ll see how it goes. (…) 56 7 8