english 11 unit 4 writing

Writing Imagine that you have just received a donation of one million dong from one of the local organizations to build your school library Use the suggestions in Task 1 to write a lette[r]

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS

Giving Vietnamese

Tom

letter of invitaton

(thư mời)

love letter

(thư tình)

letter of congratulation

(thư chúc mừng)

letter of complaint

(thư phàn nàn, than phiền )

letter of refusal

(thư từ chối)

thank – you letter

(thư cảm ơn )

Thursday, 14 th October, 2010.

Lead- in: Look at two pictures and find one common word that

the person in these pictures will say

In this period, we will study and practise writing a formal thank-you letter

Picture 1 Thank you Picture 2 Thank you

Unit 4: Volunteer work

Writing

In this period, we will study and

practice writing a formal thank-you letter

UNIT 4: VOLUNTEER WORK

Useful language

- donate /dou'neit/ (sth) to (sth/ sb):

- gratitude /'grætitju:d / (n):

- issue /'isju:/ (v):

- receipt / ri'si:t / (n):

- assistance /ə'sistəns/(n):

làm từ thiện (cái gì) cho (/ tổ chức/ cá nhân)

Ex: I donated 1.000.000 VND to the orphanage

in Hue.

sự biết ơn phát hành, lưu hành giấy biên nhận, biên lai

sự giúp đỡ

Task 1: Read the letter and underline

the sentences that express the

following points:

1 the opening of the letter

2 the donated amount

3 the way(s) the money is used

4 the way the receipt is issued

5 the gratitude to the donor

6 the closing of the letter

1 the opening of the letter

2 the donated amount

3 the way(s) the money is used

4 the way the receipt is issued

5 the gratitude to the donor

6 the closing of the letter

Task 2: Read the letter again and give the comment

on the language of this letter

AnswerIt is the language of a formal letter: + Formal greeting: Dear Sir/Madam

+ Complete sentences, full forms: I am very happy

to …/I think that …/We will …

+ Formal expression: I would like to express …

+Formal closing: Your faithfully / Your sincerely.

Some useful expressions:

- I am most grateful to you for …

- I would like to take this opportunity to thanks for…

- On behalf of …I would like to express our thanks for…

- Eg: On behalf of HiepHoa high school No I I would like to

express our thanks for your generous donation of $ 2.000.000 Your contribution makes it possible for us to build a new school library

Imagine that you have just received a

donation of one million dong from one of the local organizations to build your school library

Use the suggestions in Task 1 to write a letter to

acknowledge the receipt of the donation and express

your gratitude

Writing

197 Hill Road, Los Angeles

20 th December, 2005

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am very happy to have received a donation of $ 500

from your company some days ago The money will help us

to repair the old school building and build a new block of flats for the handicapped students We will certainly issue a receipt as soon as possible.

I would like to express our thanks for the donation from

your company and hope to get more assistance and cooperation from your company in the future.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

David James

Secretary of School Building Fund

197 Hill Road, Los Angeles

20th December, 2005

Dear Sir/Madam,

new block of flats for the handicapped students We will certainly issue a receipt as soon as possible.

I would like to express our thanks for the donation from

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours faithfully,

David James

Secretary of School Building Fund

LeThanh Mung High School, Tra On, Vinh Long

October 2014

1,000,000

to build the school library

organization

organization

organization

Nguyen Van A

Main parts

of a letter

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1 Address & date

2 Greeting

3 Body

4 Closing

5 Signature

1 Write a letter of thank for

a birthday present.

2 Prepare for the next lesson UNIT 5: Language focus

GOOD BYE!