Writing: An email to your friend

An email to your friend!

What is the best way to stay in touch with friends you do not see often?

Today, you received the following email from your friend Sara. Oops, she thought your name was Marco again!

Read the email

Think: How are you going to reply to this email?

Complete the following scrambled sentences activity to help you plan your email reply with some useful ideas. Do you remember all the different parts of the email? Let's play!

It's your turn!

Write an informal email responding to your friend Sara. Remember, your email should have around 100 words and should include the following parts: 

✅ Greeting

✅ Opening

✅ Main Paragraphs

✅ Closing

✅ Goodbye

✅ Signature

💡Tips:

        1. You may start an informal email with Hi ... 

        2. Make sure you answer any questions that were asked. 

        3. Use informal vocabulary (e.g. to get together, to catch up) for a friendly tone.

        4. Before your signature, finish the email with a phrase, Looking forward to seeing you!

        5. End with Love, (for close friends and family) or Take care, before signing your name.

Use the following live template to write your email and send it to your teacher. Happy writing!

                                                                    👉Writing an email👈

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What is the purpose of this activity? 

The aim of this activity is to promote real world writings in the language classroom setting. Resources such as Educaplay and LiveWorksheet are very convenient for students to identify parts of the sentence structure and to practice writing sample emails. 

In this activity, students will reply to an informal email using different language expressions for each section of the email.

Materials needed:

Computer/laptop with keyboard

Time required: 

45 minutes

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References:

An email to a new friend. (n.d.-b). LearnEnglish Teens. https://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/b1-writing/email-new-friend

Unscramble Words Game: Parts of an email (second language - 6o primaria). (s. f.). https://www.educaplay.com/learning-resources/14902344-parts_of_an_email.html

Vectors P. (2016). Escribir a mano en la computadora portátil. iStock.  https://www.istockphoto.com/es/vector/escribir-a-mano-en-la-computadora-portátil-red-social-ilustración-de-dibujos-gm618981514-107869909