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Showing posts with label Penfriend Project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Penfriend Project. Show all posts

Friday, June 10, 2011

Penfriend Project

We are at the end of the school year and we are at the end of our Penfriend Project too.
 The students from 2nd and 3rd year started writing letters at the beginning of the school year and went on writing a letter every month and a half.



They wrote letters and I corrected them, then they copied what they wrote on writing papers, I collected all the letters and sent them to our penfriends of IES Vega del Guadalete in La Barca de la Florida, Spain.


In this poster we put pictures and descriptions of what we did at school about the project to let the parents see and enjoy it too.


The main aims of the project were:
- to create contacts with European students
- to improve the use of English as a Foreign Language
- to create real chances to use English
- to write letters (using pens and paper!) to discover the pleasure of talking about oneself, of knowing other people, of receiving letters.

Some weeks ago Simina, a 3rd year student, made a very nice video on the project, thank you Simina!




We could do this project thanks to the cooperation and hard work of the students and the teachers, me and my Spanish colleague Rocio.

So let's say a big 


everyone 
for this extraordinary experience!

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Writing a letter

Here you have some tips to write a letter, and as 3rd year students are having the exams please read them carefully and remember them!




When you write a letter you have to think to all these info:

Your address
Date

Dear (name of the person you are writing to)

Opening greetings

Text of the letter

Closing greetings
EXAMPLE

25, London Street
R2H5 London
United Kingdom

24th May 2011

Dear Mark,

opening greetings
How are you? / Is everything ok?
I'm fine / I'm ok. I hope you are fine too.

beginning the text of the letter
I was very happy to receive your last letter / You can't imagine how glad I was when I received your letter. / It was a great surprise to receive your letter.

text of the letter
I'm writing to you because I want to tell you about ….......…...... etc. etc.

closing the letter
That's it for now / I think I should stop at this point / I'd like to keep on writing but I have to leave you now because I …....
I hope to have your news soon

closing greetings
Write to me soon / Let's keep in touch
Best wishes / Love
xxx (it stays for kisses)