Lesson Plan Replying to an e-mail

ESOL/EFL Level: elementary/Low pre-intermediate

Learning Outcomes:
fully reply to an email using appropriate language, paragraphing and
punctuation in accordance with the email genre
Discuss content to be including in each paragraph.
Begin with hangman on WB First Impressions elicit through a team game and
check understanding.
re first impressions always correct! "ey #ocabulary $ stereotype,
e%pectation.
sk $ did your first impressions of &ngland meet your e%pectations!
'tudents discuss their impressions of the (".
Feedback plenary.
Read email $ students make notes and circle new #ocab.
)each $ sights* sight+seeing ,e%plain compound words- show, and inside knowledge.
.ut /uestions on 01. ask how can your friend afford to come to 2ondon!
'tep 3. 'tudents read email.
'tep 4. nswers to /uestions ,oral response-
'tep 5. 6i#e list of information needed to reply to email $ go o#er email sentence by
sentence, elicit what they need to say in their reply.
Reply ! points:
3. say how I am
4. can we meet
5. dates 0"
7. lunch or show
8. sight seeing
9. inside knowledge $ tell me about 2ondon
:. what is the weather like!
;. changes ,new buildings etc., prices-
<. what are the people like!
3=. essential information $ money to bring, warm clothes, umbrella.
33. meeting time
34. gifts $ what do I want my friend to bring me!

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Lesson Plan Replying to an e-mail
ESOL/EFL Level: elementary/Low pre-intermediate
E"tension activity:
1and out cut up titles $ students work in pairs to put these into order of use.
6o o#er common salutations in &nglish.
>emind students of 34 points and discuss how they could be grouped together.
4,5,7,8 ? 33 together
9,:,;,< ?3= together
'tudents work in pairs to plan reply using sentences and paragraphs
#rite reply $or %omework&
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Lesson Plan Replying to an e-mail
ESOL/EFL Level: elementary/Low pre-intermediate
Resources
Email $rom a $riend
'end
)o@ studentA
'ubBect@ Coming to 2ondon
1i there,
I know you ha#enDt heard from me for ages. 1ow are you!
6uess what! t the end of last year I entered a competition in my local newspaper
and I won two tickets to come to 2ondon, stay in a hotel and see the sights. I canDt
wait. I know that you li#e in 2ondon now and I wondered if we could meet up while
IDm there. IDll be in 2ondon from 33th February for one week. Eaybe we could ha#e
lunch or see a show. 0r you could show me the sights and the best places to shop. I
need some inside knowledge about the place. Is it like I imagine + all fog and rain all
the time! What is the weather like! 1a#e things changed since you arri#ed in
&ngland! Is e#eryone polite! re there any funny things that the &nglish do! Is there
anything that I should know before I come!
.lease write soon and let me know when we can meet. Is there anything from here
that you would like me to bring you! ItDll be so nice to see you again.
Bye for now,
2o#e......................% % %
'end sa#e now discard
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Lesson Plan Replying to an e-mail
ESOL/EFL Level: elementary/Low pre-intermediate
01)
2ondon!
When is your friend coming to 2ondon!
Can you meet!
When can you meet!
What sights can you show your friend!
What is the weather like!
What things ha#e changed since you arri#ed in
&ngland!
What are the people like!
re there any funny things that the &nglish do!
What do you want to tell your friend before he or
she comes to 2ondon!
What do you want your friend to bring you!
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Lesson Plan Replying to an e-mail
ESOL/EFL Level: elementary/Low pre-intermediate
2ist the information that you need to gi#e to reply to
your friends e+mail.
3.
4.
5.
7.
8.
9.
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;.
<.
3=.
33.
34.
Check your answers with your partners.
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Lesson Plan Replying to an e-mail
ESOL/EFL Level: elementary/Low pre-intermediate
Put these statements in the right order: (May be used as
jigsaw activity)
Closing comments
Comment on a friends luck
Ending salutation
Greeting Salutation
Acknowledgement of time out of contact
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