ESL Resource Kit (pdf. 2MB) - Ku-ring-gai Council

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TEACHERS’ NOTES Activity 11: Writing a thank you letter Purpose • Show appreciation to the staff and organisation which led the excursion • Give feedback on aspects of the excursion • Build skills required for writing letters • Allow teachers to evaluate what and how much the students learnt on the excursion 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Involve the whole class in the process. If you have a model letter, hand it out (or you can use the example here). Read through it and check comprehension. Analyse it with the students, ie: • identify the parts of the letter • identify the purpose and content of each paragraph • point out key language features and provide activities to practise them (clozes, jumbled paragraphs, etc) Ask students what they would like to include in their letter. Ask for a volunteer to list ideas on the whiteboard. Content should probably include: • thanking the organisation and/or the person who took them on the walks • mentioning some of the things they saw or did • saying what they liked most • mentioning some of the things they learnt • concluding with an appreciative statement Discuss the number of paragraphs and content of each paragraph. Discuss the audience and how formal/informal the language will be. Then: 10. Prompt the students as they jointly construct the letter. 11. Act as scribe and write the letter up on the whiteboard 12. Model the techniques drafting, editing and proof-reading. 62 Discovering
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