1. English I Week August 31, 2015 2 nd semester Lecture 27

2. Aims: to develop reading and writing skills to distinguish a formal from an informal email / letter to develop competence to write emails / letters

3. Cinderella’s story CRIADO (SERVANT): The prince says (that) I have to find the owner of this shoe. A girl lost it at the ball last night. When he finds her, the prince will marry her. The lucky girl will be a princess. Will you try it on, ladies? 1ª MEIA – IRMÃ (HALF SISTER): It must be mine! Give it to me! Look! It’s exactly my size!

4. Cinderella’s story (continues) 2ª MEIA – IRMÃ: You must be mad! It can’t be your shoe. Your feet are enormous, and this shoe is small and delicate, just like my feet. To be honest, young man, I think it might be my shoe. I’m sure I lost it at the ball. CRIADO: Ladies, ladies. Please! This shoe can’t be yours. Your feet are too big. Is there another girl in this house, or shall I go and ask your neighbours?

5. Cinderella’s story (continues) 1ª MEIA – IRMÃ: Well, there’s only Cinderella..... CRIADO: Cinderella? Where is she? 1ª MEIA – IRMÃ: Oh, I don’t know. She might be in the kitchen. 2ª MEIA – IRMÃ: She could be in the garden. CRIADO: Call her immediately. She might be the right girl that the prince is looking for. She might be the new princess!

6. Cinderella’s story (continues) AS MEIAS IRMÃS: Oh, no! She can’t be the princess! There must be some terrible mistake!

7. Answer the questions based on the text What does the text talk about? What the servant is looking for? Where did Cinderella lose the shoe? How many half sisters does Cinderella have? In your own imagination, describe Cinderella’s sisters, physically.

8. Paulo is at work. He receives an email from Zumba. Paulo I’ve found the information you wanted and I’ve posted it to you. I’ve also organized a meeting for you, me and Cardoso on the 12 th to discuss this matter a bit more. I’ve booked a room at the conference centre for the meeting and I’ve arranged a parking space for you. I’ve also agreed with the centre that we can have a lunch there. Zumba

9. Questions for discussion (a) Is this a formal or an informal email? Why? (b) What is the purpose of this email? (c)Is there a way we can rewrite this text, formally? How?

10. Homework You’re working as a HR Assistant of a small company. You need to inform two candidates for job application that they’ve to come for an interview on the 12 th of September. In your email you should include the place where the interview will take place as well as the time.

11. Announcements Term Test 2, next week, Monday, 5. Study lectures 14 to 27 Bring your own hard copy dictionary. Students will not be allowed to borrow dictionaries from fellow classmates during the test.