1、 To read and talk about writing an invitation letter To read for writing To summarise information To write an invitation email1. What is an invitation? An invitation should give clear details about the name, place and time of the event, and details about how to reply.2. How to write an invitation le
2、tter? A formal invitation letter may use either the third person or first person “we” with the place and date spelt out (if necessary). The wording and tone should be formal rather conversational.Imagine you are going to organise an English Drama Competition in your school or an English Poem Recitat
3、ion in your class. You need to write an email to invite your foreign teacher to be a judge. Discuss with your partner.1.What type of information will you include in your invitation email?2.What language style will you use in your email, formal or informal?You may also discuss the following questions
4、: What is the school event/activity? What are you going to do in the activity? Who are you going to invite?Read the email to Mr Jenson from Zhao Zheng, President of the Student Union.1. What types of information have been included in the email?Explanation of requirement/responsibility, purpose for w
5、riting, current request/expectation, ending the email, background information of the event.2. What has been said specifically in each aspect?Explanation of requirement: to listen to all the speeches and judge on their pronunciation, clarity and fluency, and come to a decision who comes first, second
6、 and third.Purpose for writing: to judge the final competition.Current request: to attend a short meeting and discuss the details with other judges.Ending the email: to hope he can come.Background information of the event: to run a school-wide public speaking competitionRead the email again. Choose
7、and complete the information for each paragraph. Pick out some useful expressions for each aspect.Explanation of requirements / responsibilityPurpose of writingCurrent requests / expectationEnding the emailBackground information of the eventPara. 1 _Para. 2 _Purpose of writingI am writing on behalf
8、ofI am writing to ask whetherBackground information of the eventSince weve already had Now we have The topic of the final speech isStudents have to Para. 3 _Para. 4 _ Para. 5 _Explanation of requirements/responsibilityYou would be responsible forYou will discuss and come to a decisionCurrent request
9、s / expectationWould you have time to Ending the emailI sincerely hope you can come.If you have any questions, please do let me know.Write 2-3 sentences for your invitation email. Use the Sentence Builder to help you.Sentence BuilderFormal ExpressionsI am writing on behalf of the schools Student Uni
10、on.You would be responsible for listening to all the speeches.Would you have time to attend a short meeting?I sincerely hope you can come.If you have any questions, please do let me know. I am writing on behalf of the students in my class/school. I am writing to you in the hope that We should be gra
11、teful if you could We should be very pleased to welcome you here and to invite you to You would be responsible for judging the school event. If you have any questions, please do let me know. I look forward to your early reply. I look forward to hearing from you and I do hope Outlining Complete the o
12、utline of your invitation based on Activity 3. Explanation of requirements / responsibilityPurpose of writingCurrent requests / expectationBackground information of the eventEnding the emailWriting an Invitation LetterIts important to: use formal language in your invitation letter; clearly state why
13、 you want to invite the person and what you want him / her to do; write in the first person; end your invitation politely.Writing HelpDrafting Use your outline and the Writing Help to write your first draft. Editing Edit your email in pairs. Then share what you have written in class.Does the writer
14、clearly state the reason why he / she is writing the invitation letter?Does the writer clearly explain what he / she wants the person to do?Does the writer use formal language?Is the invitation letter written in the first person?1. I am writing on behalf of the schools Student Union. on behalf of sb
15、 = on sbs behalf 1) as a representative 代表代表 eg John accepted the championship award on behalf of the team 约翰代表球队领取冠军奖。约翰代表球队领取冠军奖。 2) for the good of 为了为了 的利益的利益 eg He did many valuable services on behalf of justice and freedom 他为正义和自由做了许多有意义的事情。他为正义和自由做了许多有意义的事情。2. Competitors should be judged on
16、their pronunciation, clarity and fluency, and also progression of ideas and audience engagement. competitor: someone who takes part in a competition 选手，选手，参赛者参赛者同根词同根词compete vi. 竞争竞争 (compete with / against)competition n. 竞争，竞赛竞争，竞赛competitive adj. 竞争的竞争的【语境应用语境应用】 用用compete的适当形式填空。的适当形式填空。1. The y
17、oung man has often _ against famous players, but so far he has always been beaten.2. They find themselves in _ with people much more experienced than they are.3. Over 200 _ entered the race.4. Its getting very _ in the car peted competitioncompetitorscompetitive clarity n. quality of being expressed
18、 clearly(名词名词) 清楚清楚，清晰清晰eg He had only visited the village once, but remembered it with surprising clarity. 他只到过这个村子一次，对它的记忆却清晰得让人吃惊。他只到过这个村子一次，对它的记忆却清晰得让人吃惊。clarify v. to make something clearer or easier to understand (动词动词)澄清，讲清楚，阐明澄清，讲清楚，阐明eg The report aims to clarify how these conclusions were
19、reached. 那份报告旨在阐明这些结论是如何得出的。那份报告旨在阐明这些结论是如何得出的。progression n. a gradual process of change or development 变变化，发展化，发展progress v. 变化，发展变化，发展progress n. U 进步进步 make great/good progress in 在在取得取得(很大很大)进步进步-sion (-ion, -tion等等) : suffix in noun. (构成名词的后缀构成名词的后缀)，表示，表示“状态状态/行为行为”eg decide v. decision confe
20、ss v. confession compete v. competitionengagement n. an official arrangement to do something 参参与，约定与，约定engage v. 参加，参与参加，参与 (engage in) -ment (suffix) ：the action or result of sth. 的行为或结果的行为或结果；一般放在动词后，；一般放在动词后，构成名词构成名词。例如：。例如： develop v. development excite v. excitement govern v. government judge v
21、. judgement / judgment3. We would not take up too much of your time.根据句意，归纳根据句意，归纳take up的意思。的意思。1) We tried to find a table for seven, but they were all taken up.2) After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane took up her job as a doctor in the countryside.3) To keep healthy, Professor
22、Johnson took up cycling as a regular form of exercise after he retired.占据，占用（时间或空间）占据，占用（时间或空间）开始从事开始从事发展某种爱好；从事某项活动发展某种爱好；从事某项活动4. Please do let me know. 在肯定句的谓语动词之前，可用助动词在肯定句的谓语动词之前，可用助动词do来强调，被强调来强调，被强调的动词使用原形，的动词使用原形，do有人称和时态的变化。有人称和时态的变化。 I did do my homework last night.【语境应用语境应用】完成句子。完成句子。 他昨晚的确目击了一场交通事故。他昨晚的确目击了一场交通事故。 He _ _ a traffic accident yesterday evening. did witnessFinish your invitation email. If you have finished it, do read it a second time and see if there is any improvement about it.
