Writing a personal letter åk 7

Students will write a personal letter.

Working plan 

You will be writing a personal letter to introduce yourself to us. Some points which would be appropriate to include about yourself (which is one of the things they want to know about) are: 1) background (where you were born and where you have lived), 2) Family (including pets and extended family), 3) Hobbies/interests/free time/favorite things, 4) Travels (past and future), 5) School background and plans for the future

Don't forget to include a greeting (Dear Pen-pal, ) and a closing (Sincerely, (your name)).

Läroplanskopplingar

Syfte

• förstå och tolka innehållet i talad engelska och i olika slags texter,
• formulera sig och kommunicera i tal och skrift,
• använda språkliga strategier för att förstå och göra sig förstådda,
• anpassa språket efter olika syften, mottagare och sammanhang, och
• reflektera över livsvillkor, samhällsfrågor och kulturella företeelser i olika sammanhang och delar av världen där engelska används.

Centralt innehåll

• Aktuella och för eleverna välbekanta ämnesområden.
• Åsikter, erfarenheter, känslor och framtidsplaner.
• Levnadsvillkor, traditioner, sociala relationer och kulturella företeelser i olika sammanhang och områden där engelska används.
• Olika sätt att söka, välja och värdera texter och talat språk på engelska från Internet och andra medier.
• Hur texter och talat språk kan varieras för olika syften och sammanhang.
• Muntliga och skriftliga berättelser, beskrivningar och instruktioner.
• Språkliga strategier för att förstå och göra sig förstådd när språket inte räcker till, till exempel omformuleringar, frågor och förklaringar.
• Språkliga strategier för att bidra till och aktivt medverka i samtal genom att ta initiativ till interaktion, ge bekräftelse, ställa följdfrågor, ta initiativ till nya frågeställningar och ämnesområden samt för att avsluta samtalet.
• Språkliga företeelser för att förtydliga, variera och berika kommunikationen som uttal, intonation och fasta språkliga uttryck, grammatiska strukturer och satsbyggnad.

Uppgifter

Exemple

A letter to future me

You will write a letter to yourself in the future. Below you will find ideas to write about.

Write as much as you can! Use English all the time!

1. Start by putting the name of your city and today ́s date at the top.
2. Begin your letter with one of the examples:
3. • DearX
   • Hello• Hi
4. In the first paragraph you should write about yourself. Things to write about:
   
• tell us your name
• tell us about your age or birthdate
• tell us what you like to do, why you like that and how that interest
  started. You can write about your interests like sports, books, and
  movies and what you do in your free time.
• tell us if you have any fears. Describe how that feels and what you
  do to stop it.
5. In the second paragraph you should write about people in your life. Persons to write about:
   
• your family (siblings; sisters/brothers, parents)
• your friends
  You should tell us about their names, their age and what they look like. Tell us what I special about them.
6. In the third paragraph you should write about the world around you. Things to write about:
   
• where you live and what it looks like
• your neighborhood
• your country
  If you want to you could compare this to another country.
7. Finish your letter with either one of the examples:
   
• Thanks,
• Best wishes,
• Take care,
• Later,
• Eternally yours,
• All my love,
• See ya,
• Hugs and kisses,
8. WhVocabulary

If you want to you can write the word in your own language in the last column!

English

Swedish

future

framtid

at the top

i toppen

paragraph

stycke

around

runt omkring

age

ålder

interests

intressen

movies

filmer

free time

fritid

siblings

syskon

parents

föräldrar

neighborhood

grannskap

country

land

take care

ta hand om dig

to improve

förbättra

include

innehåller

done

färdig

changes

förändringar

greeting

hälsningsfras

letter closing

avslutningsfras

An example of a letter

Hi,

Enköping, 12th January, 2016

My name is Annika and I am 39 years old. I live in Enköping. I live with my partner and our four children. The oldest one is 11 years old, the girl in the family is 9 nine years old and the twin boys are 4 years old.

I love all my kids because of their personalities. My oldest is very calm and helpful. He likes sports and ICT like me. My daughter is a very happy person with a temperament at times. She likes to dance and sing. The twins like to play with each other quite a lot. The oldest one of them is very sensitive and likes to play with his teddy bears. He can be very melodramatic if he loses them. The youngest of the twins is our sunshine. He is very clever and likes maths and soccer. No one is like the other.

I teach children at an elementary school, S:t Iliansskolan, in Enköping. I teach Swedish and English. The age of my pupils are 14-16 years. I am a very interested in ICT to help my pupils to develop their language skills. In my spare time I like to read. I read quite a lot. I also like to be creative and do arts and crafts with my children.

I am a very down to earth person and I have no fears. Of course I can be afraid of losing my children, but when that happens I try to think realistic about it and to focus on things that make me happy.

Enköping is a very nice city, close to our capitol Stockholm. I live in a brick house. Enköping has a lot of parks that you can visit if you like flowers. We live close to Mälaren, so if you prefer a dip in the blue or go ice skating, that is an alternative to the parks.

Best wishes, Annika