(
课件网) Unit 1 RELATIONSHIPS WRITING WORKSHOP & VIEWING WORKSHOP WRITING WORKSHOP AN INVITATION LETTER 1 Pair Work lmagine you are going to organise an English Drama Competition in your school or an English Poem Recitation 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 GET READY FOR WRITING READ FOR WRITING 2 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 2 What has been said specifically in each aspect l. Explanation of requirements/responsibility, purpose of writing, current requests/expectation, ending the email, background information of the event. 2. Explanation of requirements/responsibility: to listen to all the speeches and judge on their pronunciation, clarity and fluency, and come to a decision about who comes first, second and third. Purpose of writing: to judge the final competition. Current requests/expectation: 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 competition. Dear Mr Jenson, l am writing on behalf of the school’s Student Union. As you may know, we are running a school-wide public speaking competition, and the final will take place at the lecture hall on 10 May (9 am-12 pm). I am writing to ask whether you would be willing to help us judge the final competition. Since March, we have already had two rounds of the competition with more than 100 students. Now we have 12 students left for the final. The topic of the final speech is “Education for Innovation”. Students have to give a five-minute speech on the topic in English. During the final round, as a judge, you would be responsible for listening to all the speeches, noting down any positive or negative aspects for each petitors should be judged on their pronunciation. clarity and fluency, and also progression of ideas and audience engagement. Then you will discuss your notes with three other judges, and come to a decision about who comes first, second and third. Would you have time to attend a short meeting at the Student Union Room at 4 pm on 8 May so that we can introduce you to the other judges and discuss the details We would not take up too much of your time. I sincerely hope you can come. If you have any questions, please do let me know. Yours sincerely, Zhao Zheng President, Student Union FOCUS ON STRUCTURE AND LANGUAGE 3 Read the email again. Choose and complete the information for each paragraph. Pick out some useful expressions for each aspect. Para.1_____ Para.2_____ Para.3_____ Para.4_____ Para.5_____ Purpose of writing Background information of the event Explanation of requireme ... ...
