Writing a formal letter to apply for a job.

Today you are going to write a formal letter to apply for a job.

Here you have the jobs you can apply for:

Actor/Singer wanted for "Music Is My Language"

We are casting for a VIDEO CONTEST.

Shoot: 2 days shooting in London end of February (DATES TBC)

Fee: £250.00 total

Story line : A young musician meets the girl of his dreams on a London bus.

This is a story about finding love through the passion of music.

Really powerfull video for a contest, very excited to be casting this!

We are looking for Actor/singer preferable at least to a basic level. Black Male, aged 23 to 28 from London, United Kingdom

This is a character who looks confident, but in reality hehides behind his music.He makes music, already making waves in the Urban scene; everyone who knows him knows he´s very close to huge success. He´s just waiting for the right inspiration to hit. He´s a great looking guy, too, not that he realises it. His only way to communicate is with music.

Actor/singer preferable at least to a basic level. Black Male, aged 23 to 28 from London, United Kingdom

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Your compositions will be corrected over ten. These are the criteria followed in the correction:

1. Writing plan (5 points): 

• Write both addresses correctly. 
• Include the date. 
• Use the correct opening and closing greetings. 
• Organize your letter into three paragraphs: 
• you reason for writing and where you saw the job advert. 
• your reasons for applying; why you are a good candidate for the job. 
• Mention your CV; thanks and closing greetings. 
• Use, at least, two personal qualities related to the job you are applying for. 

2. Your letter should be clear and to the point. The employer's first impression of you is formed through this document. Check to make sure that the letter is formal and does not contain any slang or informal language. (1 point)


3. Double check that the spelling and grammar are correct. (3 points)

• Use paragraphs and punctuation. 
• Check that tou have used gerunds and infinites correctly. 
• Word order for subject + verb + object 
• Uses of tenses. 

4. You can type or hand-write your letter. However, typing is preferable because it is considered to be more formal and it's easier to read, making it more likely that your letter will get read. Today you're going to hand-writing your letter so pay attention to presentation (margins and clear handwriting). (1 point)

Cheer up! You'll get the job.

A language learning experience

Today you are going to write about your English learning experience, after reading a model and practising time expressions with different tenses.

You must follow the instructions in page 38.

Your compositions will be corrected over ten. These are the criteria followed in the correction:

• Writing plan (instructions on exercise 2 page 38): 3 points.
• Word order for subject + verb + object: 1 point.
• Use of the present perfect with for and since: 1 point.
• Use and form of past perfect and past simple with 'before': 1 point.
• Irregular past forms and past participles:  1 point.
• Uses and forms of other tenses:  1 point.
• Extra-grammar and content: 1 point.
• Presentation and creativity: 1 point.

Good effort!

Book review exam

After practicing a book review at home and revising how you could have improved them, today you're going to check you can write a book review without any help. This is your task:

Write a book review. Organise your ideas in three paragraphs:

Paragraph 1: what was the last book you read, title, author, reasons for reading it.

Paragraph 2: what is it about?

Paragraph 3: Did you enjoy it? Why (not)? Would you recommend it?

Book review

Today I'm going to give you back your book reviews. I've corrected over ten. These are the criteria followed in the correction:

• Writing plan (exercise 1 page 26): 2 points.
• Writing plan (instructions on exercise 3 page 26): 3 points.
• Word order for subject + verb + object: 1 point.
• Word order for adjectives and adverbs: 1 point.
• Past tense verbs: 1 point.
• Extra-grammar and content: 1 point.
• Presentation and creativity: 1 point.

Good effort!

Advertising campaigns

Watch and enjoy these advertising videos and write your opinion (model on page 14).

Urban Tribes Computer Presentation.

Urban Tribes

Today we’re going to prepare computer presentations on urban tribes. In this pair activity you will have to find out information about them and create a powerpoint presentation or alike.

Deadline: Friday, October 17.

Follow these steps:

1. Research on books or internet before starting to create your presentation.

2. Organise the information.

3. Now you can start your PowerPoint Presentation or alike. If it’s the first time you do one, watch online tutorials. Here you have some examples:

How to create a PowerPoint Microsoft Presentation

4. Order of your slides (Don’t forget to save your work every so often):

First slide:

• Write the name of your urban tribe.
• Add an image.

Second slide:

• Describe its clothes and physical appearance (Use the present simple tense)

Third slide:

• Describe what they do and its lifestyle. (Use relative sentences).

Fourth slide:

• Include optional information (e.g. famous people…). Free your creativity to add whatever you think it can be interesting for us.

Fifth slide:

• Sign your work.

6. Now you have your presentation ready, save it to a memory stick and give it to your teacher. (Deadline: Friday, October 17)

7. All the pairs will show their work  to the rest of the classroom on Monday, October 20.

Don’t forget to prepare your oral presentation.

8. The whole class will choose the best work and it will be uploaded to our blog.

Enjoy your work!

Fashion Victims?

Monday 22, 2014

Choose one of the pictures and write a comment or reaction to it (about 30 words), e.g. ‘I think the girl in picture A...’.

This online dictionary can be very helpful:

wordreference