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2.6 An email about your family

MODULE A

An email about your family
When we write an informal email about our From: Peter
family, we use informal language. To: Jason
Subject: My family!
• We always start our email with an informal
greeting + our e-friend’s first name (Hi, Kelly!). Hi, Jason!
• We greet our friend (opening remarks) and 1) …? Thanks for your email. My family is great.
give the reason for writing, then we present My dad’s Colin and 2) … . He is patient. My mum’s
our family (family members, their age, character, Maggie and she’s thirty-nine years old. She’s very kind.
etc). We finish writing with some closing My sister Sharon’s sixteen, and a student. She’s smart.
remarks (What’s your family like?). What about your family?
• We sign off our email with Yours,/Love, etc + 3) …,
our first name.
Peter

Rubric analysis 3 a) Look at the pictures. Which adjectives best

1 Read the task. Use the underlined key describe your parents? brothers and/or sisters?
words to answer the questions. Write in your
notebook.

This is part of an email from your English-speaking
e-friend.
patient helpful generous
Write and tell me about your family. What are
they like? Have you got any brothers or sisters?
Jason

Write your email (50 words).
friendly
hard-working kind
1 Who are you going to write to?
2 What are you going to write about? My mum is hard-working.
3 What kind of text are you going to write?
4 How many words are you going to write?
5 What style of language are you going to use? b) Go through the email again and find
the adjectives that describe character.

Model analysis 4 Rewrite the sentences in your notebook

2 Read and complete the model. Write in as in the example.
your notebook.
1 I’ve got a brother. He’s very smart.
A How’s everything I’ve got a very smart brother.
B Bye 2 Tina has got a mother. She’s famous.
C he’s forty years old 3 Nick’s got a brother. He’s younger.
4 Dina’s got a sister. She’s pretty.
5 My father’s got short hair. It’s curly.
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