To understand how to write a formal email

Learning Objective:

To understand how to write a formal e-mail

Exercise book Piece of paper

Pencil

Brain

Warm up

read

thoroughly

teacher

school uniform

considered

intelligent

carefully

Warm up

school uniform

intelligent

teacher

read

carefully

considered

thoroughly

Can you tell me the features of a formal letter?

A formal letter is a letter we send to people we don't know or we are not very familiar with.

Your address

The date

The recipient's address

Greeting

Main body

Closing farewell

Let's look at a formal letter:

Your address

The date

The recipient's address

Greeting

Main body

Closing farewell

We are learning to write a formal e-mail

Can you tell me the similarities and the differences with a formal letter?

Formal, or informal? Formal = serious E.g. a school or a job interview, wearing a suit Informal = relaxed Texting a friend or family member, going to the cinema

Hi there, ...

Hi everyone

Dear (name)

Hi (name)

Greetings

Dear Sir or Madam

Hello, or Hello (name)

informal

formal

List the features of a formal e-mail

The English department would like to invite Michael Morpugo to the school for World Book Day. Can you write an e-mail to invite him?