Clearing the air: a tactful email to family about caring for Mom
Sophie emails her brother and sister to apologize after a row and plan their mother's care; students study tact and write a repair email.
C2Adults50 minEmail
About this lesson
A C2 writing lesson (email). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- C2
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Students
- Adults
- Time
- About 50 minutes
- Topic
- Family & friends
- Activities
- Speaking / writing task, Key words, Reading text, Matching, Gap-fill
- Key words
- forgive me if…, I know how that landed, work all the same, to take it out on someone, to face something squarely, to patch something up, I'm not after…, to raise something gently
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Analyze how an informal email apologizes, acknowledges others and raises a difficult issue
- Use idiomatic informal language to soften, apologize and suggest
- Write a 250–300 word email that repairs a relationship and moves a practical issue forward