Integrated English Writing

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Find the 10 writing errors with your partner To: From: Subject: Hotel Reservation Dear Hilton hotel I read about your hotel on Internet. You seem to offer the kind of facilities I’m looking for. My friends and I are planning to visit to paris for vacation. Do you have two rooms available for five nights on July? We plan to stay from July 7 to July 12, We need the following : ● Rooms: two double rooms with two single beds ● We require half board Does your hotel offer airport shuttle service? If so, can you please pick us up at the airport at 3:30 P.M. on July 7? Also, one of my friends is blind. Does your hotel have an elevator with braille elevator buttons? I have two more questions: ● How far is it by foot to the nearest shopping mall? ● Can you send me more informations about the city bus tour in Paris? Sincerely Hyo-ri Lee

Here are the 10 writing errors! To: From: Subject: Hotel Reservation Dear Hilton Hotel,  (add a comma) I read about your hotel on the Internet. You seem to offer the kind of facilities I am looking for. My friends and I are planning to visit (delete “to”) Paris for vacation. Do you have two rooms available for five nights in July? We plan to stay from July 7 to July 12, We need the following:  (no extra space before the colon) ● Rooms: two double rooms with two single beds ● We require half board Does your hotel offer airport shuttle service? If so, can you please pick us up at the airport at 3:30 P.M. on July 7? Also, one of my friends is blind. Does your hotel have an elevator with braille elevator buttons? I have two more questions: ● How far is it on foot to the nearest shopping mall? ● Can you send me more information (delete “s”) about the city bus tour in Paris? Sincerely,  (add a comma) Hyo-ri Lee

Peer Editing Read your partner’s hotel reservation and make corrections with a pencil! Did your partner …  write a salutation (e.g. Dear Sir or Madam,)?  write four paragraphs?  use contractions (e.g. we’re  we are)?  use informal English (e.g. gonna  going to)?  write a closing (e.g. Sincerely,)?  make any writing errors (grammar, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation)?

Now, please turn in your homework assignments!

Unit 2: Let’s keep in touch Task: Write an informal to a friend Pages: 14-17

Three Examples Two s and one letter pages 14-15

Answer these questions with your partner: 1.Which example is the most informal? 2.Which example is the most formal? 3.Underline examples of informal language in s #1 and #3? Look for two examples of: ▶ contractions (e.g. I’ve been trying to…) ▶ abbreviations (e.g. Only real prob was…) ▶ ellipsis (e.g. (I) Had a great time in Turkey.) ▶ colloquial expressions (e.g. hang out with his mates) ▶ acronyms (e.g. BTW)

Focus on … the language of informal s Page 16

▶ Salutation Hi, * REMEMBER to write a comma after the salutation! Hi (name), Hey (name), ▶ Starting an informal (It’s) Great to hear from you! Thanks for your ! Congratulations!

▶ Ending an informal See you soon! Look forward to seeing you! Hope to see you soon! Let’s stay in touch! ▶ Closing Your friend, * REMEMBER to write a comma after the closing! Cheers, Take care, Best wishes, Love,

Let’s Practice! In your notebook, rewrite the two short s on page 16 using informal language.

Write an reply to an old friend page 16 (parts 3 and 4)  Paragraph 1: respond to your friend’s exciting news!  Paragraph 2: changes in your life (e.g. new boyfriend/girlfriend, summer vacation, etc.)  Paragraph 3: news about family and friends (e.g. went clubbing in Hongdae, brother is in the army, etc.)  Paragraph 4: university life (e.g. joined a new club, got straight A’s last semester, went on an MT, etc.)  Paragraph 5: suggest the two of you keep in touch more regularly

Homework Finish writing your . Then, type your , print it, and bring it to class in two weeks. Have an AWESOME holiday weekend! See you on Monday, October 10!