1、Tianchang Senior High Middle School Zhang Lu1Tianchang Senior High Middle School Zhang Lu2How to keep in touch with your old close friends?Talking by telephone Sending e-mails Communicating by text messages or wechats Writing letters3Tess4 Unit1 Lifestyles Communication Workshop Writing:A Personal L
2、etter5GOAL At the end of this lesson,you will be able to write a personal letter.6Arrange the letter in order.Task one7 Dear Fang Lan,This is Wang Ying.Remember me?We were friends in primary school.We havent seen each other for about 10 yearsright?Anyway,how are you?I got your address from Chen Xiao
3、hong.What are you doing now?Are you working?I remember you always wanted to be a police officer!At the moment Im studying medicine at a university.Do you remember Xie Jun?Hes on the same course as me!I think Ive changed a lot over the years.Guess what-I dont like pop music any more-I prefer classica
4、l music now.Well,I must finish here because Ive got an exam tomorrow.Write back soon and tell me all your news.All the best Wang Ying 8Conclude the main idea of each paragraph of the sample passage.Task two9Dear Fang Lan This is Wang Ying.Remember me?We were friends in primary school,Greetingcomma T
5、his is Wang Ying.What are you doing now Are you workingIntroduction:Say who you are and how you know the person you are writing to?Questions:Ask the other person questions about his/her lifeAt the moment Im studying medicine at a universityI dont like pop music any moreI prefer classical music now.I
6、IIWell,I must finish here because Ive got an exam tomorrow.InformationGive information about our own life and how you have changed because All the best Wang YingSign offReason to finishGive a reason(or excuse)to stop writing10 Dear Fang Lan,This is Wang Ying.Remember me?We were friends in primary sc
7、hool.We havent seen each other for about 10 yearsright?Anyway,how are you?I got your address from Chen Xiaohong.What are you doing now?Are you working?I remember you always wanted to be a police officer!At the moment Im studying medicine at a university.Do you remember Xie Jun?Hes on the same course
8、 as me!I think Ive changed a lot over the years.Guess what-I dont like pop music any more-I prefer classical music now.Well,I must finish here because Ive got an exam tomorrow.Write back soon and tell me all your news.All the best Wang Ying 1124th October12GreetingIntroductionQuestionsSign offReason
9、 to finishInformation24th October24th October1314 24th October Dear Fang Lan,This is Wang Ying.Remember me?We were friends in primary school.We havent seen each other for about 10 yearsright?Anyway,how are you?I got your address from Chen Xiaohong.What are you doing now?Are you working?I remember yo
10、u always wanted to be a police officer!At the moment Im studying medicine at a university.Do you remember Xie Jun?Hes on the same course as me!I think Ive changed a lot over the years.Guess what-I dont like pop music any more-I prefer classical music now.Well,I must finish here because Ive got an ex
11、am tomorrow.Write back soon and tell me all your news.All the best Wang Ying 15 24th October Dear Fang Lan,This is Wang Ying.Remember me?We were friends in primary school.We havent seen each other for about 10 yearsright?Anyway,how are you?I got your address from Chen Xiaohong.What are you doing now
12、?Are you working?I remember you always wanted to be a police officer!At the moment Im studying medicine at a university.Do you remember Xie Jun?Hes on the same course as me!I think Ive changed a lot over the years.Guess what-I dont like pop music any more-I prefer classical music now.Well,I must fin
13、ish here because Ive got an exam tomorrow.Write back soon and tell me all your news.All the best Wang Ying 16 Formal OR Informal?17 24th October Dear Fang Lan,This is Wang Ying.Remember me?We were friends in primary school.We havent seen each other for about 10 yearsright?Anyway,how are you?I got yo
14、ur address from Chen Xiaohong.What are you doing now?Are you working?I remember you always wanted to be a police officer!At the moment Im studying medicine at a university.Do you remember Xie Jun?Hes on the same course as me!I think Ive changed a lot over the years.Guess what-I dont like pop music a
15、ny moreI prefer classical music now.Well,I must finish here because Ive got an exam tomorrow.Write back soon and tell me all your news.All the best Wang Ying Remember me?right?Anyway,Well,Guess what18Remember me?right?Anyway,Well,Guess what19How to write a personal letter?Layout Useful expressions I
16、nformal words2021Questions Your evaluation 评价人评价人Does the letter have clear ideas?Yes So-so NoDoes the letter have good layout?Yes NoHow is the language?Excellent Good AcceptableHow is the handwriting?Excellent Good AcceptableUnderline any words,expressions or phrases you like.Evaluation(评价)2223Ques
17、tions Your evaluation 评价人评价人Does the letter have clear ideas?Yes So-so NoDoes the letter have good layout?Yes NoHow is the language?Excellent Good AcceptableHow is the handwriting?Excellent Good AcceptableUnderline any words,expressions or phrases you like.Evaluation(评价)24 Envelope 25 Envelop Example Zhanglu No 1 Senior High Middle School Tianchang,Anhui 239300(Peoples Republic of China)Tess Department of English The University of Michigan Ann Arbor,Michigan 48109 U.S.A.)26HomeworkPlease write a letter to one of your friends and send it to him or her.2728