Check out this awesome tool to create both formal and informal letters. After repeating so many times the parts a letter should have, here's the solution!. This web site offers you the perfect tool to help you out with you letter writing so you don't forget any of the parts on it. Just print the final product!
Tips on language.
B.E-MAILS
Check the basic parts of an e-mail here. You will find here some advice on how to write an e-mail.
Check the Dos and Don'ts of e-mail writing.
C. ESSAYS
No matter what tipe of essay you're writing, the first thing you need to have is a clearly defined basic structure. To give you a hand use the essay map which enables you to set up your ideas to develop later on.
1. ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAYS
1.1 COMPARISON AND CONTRAST
Click here to learn what's a comparison & contrast essay. Following you'll find another interesting tool to help you out structuring and writing your comparison and contrast essays.
1.2. FOR AND AGAISNT
In this essay you discuss the for and/or agaisnt arguments on a certain matter. At the end you must state your opinion. As usual they must have the three parts: Introduction, the body, and the conclusion.
Activity 1: Opinion Essay Analysis
Activity 1: Opinion Essay Analysis
1.3. CAUSE-EFFECT
A cause-and-effect essay explores the causes and effects of an event or situation. In the following link you'll find an useful structure map for a cause-effect essay as well as an example of this type of essay.
2.1 FACTS:
2.1.1. Newspapers: Newspapers report on news stories from around the world every day. They are written in the past tense because they are reporting on things that have already happened. Take a look at the link to learn more about newspaper articles. Then, you can play this interactive game on newspapers as well as take the quiz to check how much you've learnt.
2.1.2. Reports: A report is a formal text that gives you information about a subject that you are interested in and would like to know more about. It is different from a recount or an explanation text because it isn’t written in the order that things happen. Read more about reports, play the interactive game and take the quiz.
2.1.3. Recounts: Recounts are a way of retelling an important event or describing an experience that you have had to others, such as a school trip or a funny story.Learn more on recounts, play the interactive game and take the quiz.
2.1.4. Explanations: An explanation text gives you information about a subject that you are interested in and would like to know more about. Learn more on explanations, play the interactive game and take the quiz.
2.2. FICTION:
2.2.1. Stories: A well planned story has a plot that develops from setting the scene at the beginning, through the action in the middle, and to the end where you tell your reader what happens to the characters, clear up any mysteries and tie up any loose ends.
2.2.1. Novels
3. SUMMARIES
Writing a summary might seem quite an easy task but it is not. Reducing the amount of info on a certain topic giving only the outstanding details can be a difficult thing to do speacially when you have a great amount of information.
Find here a tip on how to write a summary.
D. INSTRUCTIONS
E. LEAFLETS
