Write an email - 3º y 4º ESO

3º y 4º ESO - Write an email:

- Write this essay. The deadline is next Monday, January 20 (4ESO) and 23 (3ESO).  

- You can use different tenses such as present simple, past and future, but use the present perfect (I have visited, they have studied...). Remember that when you use the present perfect you're making a connection between something in the past and something in the present

- Fill in the three required fields of the email: From, To, Subject.

- Give some advice and recommendations: 

   You should take a map with you...

   If I were you, I would call them up before going there.

   Make sure you you have everything you will need while you are travelling and at your destination

   Make sure you don't leave your tickets and credit card at home.You'll need to bring your passport as well.

Click here to learn more about how to give some ADVICE.

- And finally, meet the deadline so as to get a good mark (out of 10, instead of the out-of-6 if you miss the deadline).

composition: give advice

Composition - (redacción para el miércoles).
Como quedamos en clase, os dejo aquí la propuesta de redacción, así NO teníais que copiar en clase todo.
Ten en cuenta que debes dar consejo a Nick. Te dejo a continuación unas pistas con las estructuras más usuales para dar consejos (en inglés, ADVICE, some advice, a piece of advice... , siempre en singular).

- How to give advice in English:

- I should ...
- If I were you, I would ...
- I'd better ...
- Why don't you ...

-- Some examples:

- You should go abroad to improve your English.

(deberías ir al extranjero para mejorar el inglés)

a- I feel tired
b- You should go to bed.

 - If I were you, I would go abroad to improve my English

(Yo que tú iría al extranjero...)

- You'd better go abroad to improve your English.

(Sería mejor que fueras al extranjero ...)

- Why don't you go abroad so that you can improve your English.

(¿Por qué no vas al extranjero para ...?)

Giving advice

*Remember that GIVING ADVICE is to help a friend with a problem*

Here you are some useful phrases for the language function of GIVING ADVICE and recommendations
to other people:

 You should…
 I think you should…
I think you need to ...
 Why don’t you…
 How about…
 I suggest….. .
How about ...?

My suggestion / advice is (to) ...
Why don't you ...?
You could (try) ...
You probably/definitely/really should ...
Have you tried ...?
I (would) (strongly) suggest/advise that ...
If I was/were you, I'd ...
In my experience, ... works really well.
It's generally best/a good idea to...
One idea is to ...
One thing you could/should/have to do is ...
The best/most important thing (to do) is to ...
If I were in your shoes, I'd ...
If that happened to me/In that case/If I had that problem, I'd ...
My (main/personal) recommendation is/would be ...
You'd better ...
Make sure you (don't) ...
Whatever you do, ...
... is worth a try.
A wise man once said ...
As the proverb says, ...

Giving Advice using should, would...

Speaking activity

-- SPEAKING ACTIVITY:

1- Read the the letter.
2- In pairs ( 10 minutes ), students prepare dialogues, they must include the following expressions.
3- Acting out the dialogues to the class ( 20 minutes ).

--- Making suggestions and giving advice:

- Advice: You should ...        //        If I were you, I would ...

- Suggestions: Why don't you go ... ?

                        What about - ing ? How about - ing ?

                        Let's ...

                        Shall we go... ?

                        Are you doing anything on ... ?

- Responding to suggestions:

   - I'd love to   //    That sounds great    //    Sorry I can't



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