Unit 4. Volunteer work and literacy programs

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To our class, 11C1

Jumbled Sentences

Thank

you

very much

for I’m

I’m

obliged

very much

your help your help

to you

for

to you really grateful

me out

for helping

Jumbled Sentences

1 Thank you very much for your

help

2 I’m very much obliged to you for

your help

3 I’m really grateful to you for

helping me out

When do you use these expressions?

To express gratitude/ thanks to someone

How can you express gratitude if the person

is far away?

By making a phone call or writing a

letter

In our daily life, we sometimes receive help and support from other people It’s advisable to write a letter to express our thanks to those who helped us

How to write a letter thanking someone is the

focus of our lesson today

Unit 4: Volunteer Work

and Literacy Program

and Literacy Program

Writing a Thank-You Letter

November,4th, 2008

Dear Mrs An,

I’m writing to thank you for your special care and help to us during our stay in your house We really appreciate your great concern

We’re back to school to get prepared for the new school year’s study program Thanks to your care and help we now become more mature, confident, and social when communicating with people

Once again we’re extremely thankful for what you have done to us

We wish you good health and great success and look forward to

seeing you again next year

Sincerely yours,

Susan Brown

Format of a thank-you letter

Format Language tips a) Date

b) Closing

c) Signature

d) Writing a social note

e) Stating the usefulness of the

service/ gifts, and things

f) Expressing gratitude and

appreciation

g) Salutation

h) Expressing gratitude/ thanks

again

1 Month, day, year

2 Dear Sir/ Madame/ Mr

/Mrs …/ Ms …

3 We appreciate you precious

help

4 We find the gift/ service/

things given to us very useful

5 Thanks again for your

concern and help

6 Best wishes to you and your

family

7 Truly yours

8 Sender’s signature

Match parts of the letter with language tips

Letter Rearrangement

Rearrange the following sentences to make a complete letter.

1 April 15, 2008

2 Thank you again for your assistance

3 We appreciate your precious help

4 Your guide has contributed greatly to

the success of my essay I got 9.5 mark for it.

5 Truly yours,

6 Dear Professor Tuan,

7 Hung

8 We wish you all the best and luck

Things that do not belong

There are some sentences that do not belong

to the letter Read and find out which

sentences do not belong.

Laura,

Thanks a million for lending me your gorgeous leather jacket Just what I needed for the party I’ve worn it a lot

of times already You saved my life! Anyway here it is, safely returned I hope you won’t mind I’m giving it to your mom as probably I won’t see you till Monday It is wonderful today Have a great weekend, and hope I can

do the same for you some time!

Love and kisses,

Thanks a million for lending me your gorgeous leather jacket Just what I needed for the party I’ve worn it a lot

of times already You saved my life! Anyway here it is, safely returned I hope you won’t mind I’m giving it to your mom as probably I won’t see you till Monday It is wonderful today Have a great weekend, and hope I can

do the same for you some time!

Love and kisses,

Anna

Read the situation (situation b on page 52)

Imagine you are an American student volunteer, who stayed in Mrs Nam’s house during your

one-month volunteer campaign a remote village

Now, you have just returned to Ho Chi Minh

City.

Write a letter to thank her for her special help

and care to you and your friends during the time you stayed there.

Answer the following questions:

1 Who are you in the situation?

2 Who are you writing to?

3 What are you written for?

 An American student volunteer

 To thank her for her special help and care to me and my friends during the

time we stayed there

Dear Hue,

I’m writing to thank you for your help our children learn English We high appreciate you care for the development of our tourism potential The children can now speak English more better They can even talk to foreign visitors quite confident And they usually mention your name when ask who taught them speak English And they all hope that you will come back here next summer

Thank you again for what you have done with us

We wish you all the best and look forward to see you next summer

Best wishes,

Tung

Finding the mistakes in the following letter

and correct them

help

more

high

confident

ask

with

see

help helping more much

confident confidently ask asked

high  highly

Home work

2 Write the adjective forms of these words:

study, thank, help, environment, comfort You can refer to the dictionary if necessary.