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Unit 8
Writing An informal email

1 Read the Writing File. 3 Read the email again. Are the sentences true
(T) or false (F)?
Writing File Informal emails 1 Jamie is camping alone. F
2 This week he had kayaking lessons.
When you write an email to a friend 3 Jamie forgot his compass.
or someone in your family, use these 4 He has put his sun cream and sun hat in his tent.
informal beginnings and endings.

4 Read the advertisement. Imagine you are
H Beginnings at Beach Camp . Answer the questions.
Dear … Make notes.
Hello …
Hi …
H Endings Beach camp!
Bye for now.
Lots of love.
See you soon. Activities on offer are: day trip to Rock Island,
sailing in Yellow Sands Bay, volleyball or
football on Yellow Sands beach.

2 Read the email. Answer the questions. ! Remember your suncream and sun hat!
1 Who is Jamie writing to?
2 How does he begin his email?
3 How does he end his email? 1 Where are you?
2 Which activities have you done this week?
New Message 3 What did you do yesterday?
4 What are you doing today?
Mum
To:
5 Write an email to a friend. Use ‘My email’ and
Jamie
From:
your notes from Exercise 4.
Subject: Asturias! Send
My email
Dear Mum
I’m having a great time in Asturias with my friends. Dear / Hello / Hi
The school campsite is near a lake in the mountains 1 Name of camp and activities
and there are lots of sports to do here. This week I’ve Beach Camp is great! This year the camp is
had kayaking lessons and I’ve climbed Picu Urriello. ( where? ). There are lots of ( what? ).
Yesterday we went for a long walk. We took a map This week I ( things you have done ).
and a compass and we walked through a valley. It 2 What you did yesterday
was a hot day, but I forgot to take my sun hat. When I Yesterday we ( activity ). It was ( fun /
got back to my tent, I had a very red face! interesting / boring ). When I got back to the
Today I’m going swimming. Don’t worry, I’ve put my camp, ( what happened? )
sun cream and my sun hat in my rucksack already! 3 What you are doing today

Lots of love Today I (activity) .
Add Attachments

Jamie Bye for now / Lots of love / See you soon
Remember!
Use informal email beginnings and endings.
Use the vocabulary in this unit.
Check your grammar, spelling and
punctuation.
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