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Unit 1
Writing Workshop
A Personal Email
新 课 导 入
Have you ever written a personal email?
Do you know what elements it contains?
Let’s talk
课 堂 学 习
You are going to write an email to a junior secondary school classmate about your new school. Discuss your ideas with a partner.
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?
Get ready for writing
Pair work
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Read for writing
Read the email. Answer the questions.
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1. Who is Fang Lan? Why is Wang Ying writing to her?
An old friend in junior secondary school.
To share her new senior secondary school life with Fang Lan.
To ask about Fang Lan’s new school life.
2. Is the email formal or informal? Why is it written this way?
The email is informal. It is written this way because they are friends.
3. Find and circle examples of
Contractions Dashes(-) and exclamation points(!) Informal words and phrases
Examples from the sample
How’s... I’m...
She’s... I’ve...
It’s... Don’t...
What’s...
guess what-; gym!
school! classroom!
Hi, Guess what,
Right?
You know,
Well,
All the best!
Focus on structure and language
Label the elements(a-g) of the email above.
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a. ending and wishes
b. greeting
c. subject line
d. reasons to finish writing
e. questions about the other person
f. information about one’s own life
g. signature
C. Subject line
Subject: Hello from an old friend
Hi, Fang Lan,
How’s 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. It’s much bigger than my junior secondary school and there’s a huge gym! Do you remember Xie Zijun? Guess what –We’re in the same school! It’s always good to have a friend, right? Life in senior secondary school is very different from junior secondary school! You know, we don’t have a fixed classroo