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Formal Letter Writing Skills Review - Prepare for Exam Success!

Join Ruey-Ying and Andras for a comprehensive review session focusing on formal letter writing skills. Engage in warm-up activities, review stations, Jeopardy game, and revisit the structure and tone of formal letters. Enhance your knowledge with practical examples and common expressions used in formal correspondence. Get ready for the upcoming test by creating and discussing test questions. Let's excel together!

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Formal Letter Writing Skills Review - Prepare for Exam Success!

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  1. 6.24 Final week Ruey-Ying and Andras

  2. Today’s Lesson: Review, review! • Warm-up: Boggle Revenge • HW Check • Review Stations • Jeopardy • Formal Letters Revisited • HW

  3. Boggle • Let’s go!

  4. HW Check p 96, 4 • come in • paint • Redecorated • installed • built • put in • shop • get

  5. HW Check p 96, 5 • Greg stayed up all night in order to study for the English test. Or: Greg stayed up all night so that he could study for the English test. • I walked to work today in order to get some fresh air. Or: I walked to work today so that I could get some fresh air. My car is at home. • Cathy called me last night in order to (so that she could) invite me to her party on Friday. • My brother borrowed my tools in order to (so that he could) build a bookcase.

  6. HW Check Unit 10-12, p 127 1. • Might have been/could have been • Might have knocked over/could have knocked over • Shouldn’t have told • Couldn’t have made

  7. HW Check Unit 10-12, p 127 2. • The teacher might have been sick. • There may have been a robbery. Or: My neighbor might have gone crazy. • It could have been a flying saucer. • The letter might have been from her boyfriend. • The person might have had the wrong fax number.

  8. HW Check Unit 10-12, p 127 3. • should have dressed • should have arrived • should have remembered • should have allowed • should have described • shouldn’t have done

  9. HW Check Unit 10-12, p 128 4. • would turn off • had • could sing • could buy • had studied/could have studied • could have attended • had gone/could have gone • had paid • would try out

  10. HW Check Unit 10-12, p 128 5. • budget • deal with • sophisticated • wreck • extinct • benefit • stick to • conclusive • funds • mandatory

  11. Review Stations

  12. Group 1: Unit 9 • Group 2: Unit 10 • Group 3: Unit 11 • Group 4: Unit 12 • After 10 minutes, rotate!

  13. Jeopardy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBaBZJlClvc Rules • Group 1 will start, then after they answer a question, group 2 will answer, and so on • The team answering will have 1 minute to discuss, and make a guess (you don’t have to use the full minute) • If they are wrong, another group can steal. First group with a raised hand gets the chance. • You won’t lost points for a wrong answer, except during Final Jeopardy. • Final Jeopardy: Make a Bet + Answer

  14. Revisit formal letters • The structure and the tone will vary depending on the purpose of the letter. • e.g. when you recruit volunteers, normally you don’t really take an action. • When you write a letter to request something, what kinds of response would you expect? • Acceptance • Rejection • Are they different?

  15. Let’s take a look at two authentic letters! • Read the acceptance letter. • Where can you find information about the result? • What’s the main idea of each paragraph? • Underline common expressions in formal letters. You might want to use them in the exam tomorrow!

  16. Read the rejection letter. • With your partner, discuss the following questions: • Where can you find information about the result? • What’s the main idea of each paragraph? How is it different from the acceptance letter? • Underline common expressions in formal letters. You might want to use them in the exam tomorrow!

  17. HW: • Review for the test: • Create 3 questions that you have, and bring them tomorrow. • Groups will try to answer them tomorrow

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