Unit 6 - Writing

18 Hung Vuong Street, Lang Son City 4 th November, 2009 Dear Hoa, I’m glad to hear that you are going to have your first picnic with your classmates.. Certainly, I will help you to p

Welcome to our school

Teacher: Nguyen Gia Giang

18 Hung Vuong Street,

Lang Son City

4 th November, 2009

Dear Hoa,

I’m glad to hear that you are going to have your first picnic with your classmates.

Certainly, I will help you to prepare everything you need for the trip.

Fortunately, I have a day off tomorrow So, I’ m free

in the afternoon.

I’ll be waiting for you at 2:30 p.m

tomorrow.

Love,

Ha

18 Hung Vuong Street,

Da Nang City 12th November, 2013

Dear Hoa,

I’m glad to hear that you are going to have your first picnic with your classmates.

Certainly, I will help you to prepare everything you need for the trip.

Fortunately, I have a day off tomorrow So, I’ m free in the afternoon.

I’ll be waiting for you at 2:30 p.m tomorrow.

Love, Ha

D The Heading

C The Greeting

E The Body

B The Closing

A The Signature

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Match each part of the following letter with its name

How many parts does a personal letter have? What are they?

A personal letter has 5 parts:

• The Heading ( address, date)

• The Greeting ( Dear ,… )

• The Body

• The Closing ( Love, Yours, Cheers )

• The Signature ( Ha, Lan, Nga…)

Unit 6: An Excursion

Period 36 - Writing

Writing a confirmation letter

A confirmation

letter

Thư xác nhận: là loại thư cá nhân dùng để xác định lại lời đề nghị hay yêu cầu Trong thư người ta thường nêu lại nội dung chi tiết đã được đề nghị hay yêu cầu.

1 New words

 Request (v, n) /ri'kwest/ Yêu cầu, thỉnh cầu

 Confirmation (n) /,k nfə'mei n/ ɔ ʃ Sự xác nhận

 Express (v) /iks'pres/ Bày tỏ

 Convenient (adj) /kən'vi:njənt/ Tiện lợi

2 Task 1: Work in pairs.

Read the two letters in your book and find the requests in Nga’s letter and the confirmation

in Hoa’s

Dear Hoa,

My class is going to have a picnic at Ao Vua this weekend This is the first time I go for a picnic

Can you go shopping with me to buy the things weneed for the trip?

I will pick you up at 2.30 p.m tomorrow Is the time convenient for you? Please let me know as soon as possible.

Yours,

Nga

Dear Nga,

I’m glad to hear that you are going to have your first picnic with your classmates.

Certainly, I will help you to prepare everything you need for the trip Fortunately, I have a day off tomorrow So, I’ m free in the afternoon I’ll be waiting for you at 2:30 p.m tomorrow.

Love,

Hoa

Nga’s requests: Can you go shopping with me

to buy the things we need for the trip?

Hoa’s confirmation: Certainly, I will help you

to prepare everything you need for the trip.

Read Hoa’s letter again and find out the

following points:

1 Greeting: Dear Nga,

2 Expressing interest:

I’m glad to hear that you are going to have your first picnic with your classmates.

3 Confirming the request:

Certainly, I will help you to prepare everything you need for the trip.

4 Confirming the time:

I’ll be waiting for you at 2:30 p.m tomorrow

5 Closing: Love,

6 Signature: Hoa

A confirmation letter

 Greeting: Dear ,

 Expressing interest: I’m glad / happy to …

 Confirming the request: Certainly / Of course / Sure I’ll…/…

 Confirming the time & place: I’ ll be waiting for you at…./ I’ll see you…/…

 Closing: Love, /Cheers, / Yours, …

 Signature: Name

Useful language

Lan is going to have a birthday party at 8:00 p.m on

bananas, three kilos of oranges, ten mangoes, and

bring them to her house an hour before the party You agree to help her.

3 Task 2

Read the situation in the your book and write

a confirmation letter responding to it by filling

information in the blanks

e:

Dear Lan,

your birthday party on

Saturday

Certainly, I will help you

to buy bananas, oranges and mangoes

Surely, I will bring them to your house

at 7:00 p.m on Saturday.

Love,

Hoa

4 Consolidaytion: Rearrange the following sentences

to make a completed letter:

B I’ll be waiting for you at 11:00 a.m at my office, so

please don’t be late.

C Dear Mary,

D Susan

E I’m glad to hear that you will be here on Thursday.

F Sure, I’ll go out and have lunch with you at the

Italian restaurant.

A Love,

Rearrange the following sentences to make a

completed letter:

Susan

you at the Italian restaurant.

Love,

Home work:

 Read the situation and write a confirmation letter responding to it:

He is coming for the book at 9:00 a.m this Saturday You accept his request but

suggest a later time.

 Prepare next lesson