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Welcome to our school: an email of advice to a new student

Clara emails advice to an exchange student who is joining her class; students study how to give friendly advice and organise an informal email by topic, then write their own welcome email.

B1Teens45 minEmail

About this lesson

A B1 writing lesson (email). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.

Level
B1
Skill
Writing
Type
Email
Students
Teens
Time
About 45 minutes
Topic
Education & studying
Activities
Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Matching, Gap-fill
Key words
exchange student, timetable, canteen, uniform, strict, club, If I were you, I'd ..., Don't worry about ..., First of all, ..., As for ...,, Another thing: ..., Oh, and ...
Access
Premium

By the end, students can

  • Give advice and recommendations (You should ..., Make sure you ..., If I were you, I'd ...)
  • Organise an informal email into paragraphs by topic
  • Use informal linking and friendly openings and endings