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19 Lesson topic: Informal letters Lesson type: writing Language skills: Spea ing ! produ"ti#e s ill $eading ! re"epti#e s ill %riting ! produ"ti#e s ill Aims: ! to introdu"e the topi" of the lesson ! to present students the main features of a formal and informal letter ! to familiari&e students with the stru"ture of an informal letter ! to de#elop the students' writing s ills Objectives ! S%(A) identif* the differen"e +etween an informal and a formal letter ! S%(A) anal*se a sample of informal letter as regards la*out ! S%(A) "reate an informal letter Teaching techni!ues: e,planation- .uestions and answers- "on#ersation "nteraction: indi#idual wor - group wor - pair / wor #aterials: wor sheets- +la" +oard Anticipated problems Students ma* feel inhi+ited to spea freel* +e"ause the* are afraid of ma ing
grammar mista es0 )ea"her must en"ourage them and "orre"t onl* the important mista es students ma e0
$ibliography: 1armer- Jerem*, The Practice of English Language Teaching, 2ongman- 2000 3i&ental- Adriana : Metodica predarii limbii engleze Strategies of Teaching and Testing English as a Foreign Language / 4olirom- Iasi- 2005
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Students' a"ti#it* a6)ea"her greets Students the students- as s greet the them how the* are- tea"her0 and if there are an* students missing7 )ea"her tells Students students that the* listen to will learn to write the an informal letter tea"her0 and the* will also +e a+le to re"ognise spe"ifi" items related to formal:informal letter0 )ea"her gi#es Students students the first answer to %or sheet the ;%or sheet 1.uestions E,er"ise A6 with orall* and .uestions related write on to letters and as s their them to thin for note+oo s0 se#eral minutes and then to gi#e the answers orall*0 )he tea"her writes on the +la" +oard
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some ideas0 )he tea"her "on"ludes that letter writing is not as "ommon with the new te"hnolog* of email and "ell phones0 20 )ea"her gi#es students phrases and the* ha#e to de"ide whi"h one is informal and whi"h one formal0 ;%or sheet 1E,er"ise (6
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)ea"her gi#es students the wor sheet with a 9um+led letter and in pairs- students ha#e to put it in the "orre"t order0 ;Worksheet !6 )ea"her as s students to loo at the letter from wor sheet 3 and to tr* to anal*se it together from the
Students read the letter and put it the logi"al order0 Students anal*se the letter with their tea"her and write
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point of #iew of a la*out0 )ea"her e,plains what an informal letter is made up of and writes the main ideas on the +la" +oard0 )ea"her gi#es Students a wor sheet with an informal letter ; Worksheet #6 7 the senten"es are 9um+led 7 )ea"her e,plains students to arrange them "orre"tl*; in the logi"al order6
on their note+oo s0
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)ea"her di#ides the "lass into < groups and gi#es them < situations in whi"h the* ha#e to write an informal letter0 )ea"her offers
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feed+a" telling the students how well the* performed0 )o loo on the internet in order to find funn* informal letters and to sele"t the +est one0
! to let students now how well the* performed ! to pro#ide further pra"ti"e