Letter 1: Introduction

 

General  In this letter you are going to introduce yourself to your partner. Use the given sentences to write your letter. Content These are some of the things you will have to write about in this first letter: name, age, sex, family, background, character, interests, appearance, likes, dislikes. Sentences Here are some sentences you can use. Fill in your personal details. Of course, you can put in much more information.

 

Dear partner/..............., In this letter I will introduce myself to you. I am     .........thirteen years old.             .........a boy/girl.             ........ a fourteen-year-old girl. My surname is .......... and my first name is ...... People call me ............. I have  ........two brothers.              ....... three sisters. I don't have any brothers and sisters, I am an only child. I live     .......with my father/stepfather.              ....... with my mother/stepmother.              ....... with my parents.              ....... with ..........              ....... in a home (a place where you live when you cannot live with your parents). My parents are divorced. I like     .......football /…...surfing the Net…/ chatting with friends / ... I don't like ... video games / .... / .... / I love    .......music. I am fond of singing /………/……… I am in the....first form of .......(name of the school).                       second                       third                       seventh group                       eighth group I think I am easy-going / moody / nice / terrible / difficult / boring / spontaneous / calm / intelligent / quiet. I like people who ........... I don't like people who .....   I was born in     .......Holland.                           .......Denmark.                           .......Surinam.                           .......Turkey.                           .......Morocco.                           .......Netherlands Antilles.                           ........................ My eyes are brown / blue / green / grey. My hair is blond / black / grey / brown / red. It is long / short / straight / curly. I am short / tall / medium-size. I am looking forward to hearing from you. Bye for now.

Other ideas

Now that you have finished your letter you can send your partner a photo of yourself or you can draw your self-portrait and send it along with your letter, as an attachment. You can use either a scanner (to scan your photo or your drawing), a video camera or a digital camera, depending on the equipment available in your school.

Using a video camera, a digital video camera you can produce a  video of your class where you and your friends will shortly introduce yourselves just by saying your names, ages and a word that describes your personalities. (My name is... .I am .... years old. I think I am ....). This video can be sent by your teacher with the letters or published in the school website, or sent via snail mail.

You can also organise videoconference to introduce yourselves directly in real time if  the involved schools have this possibility.

Hint 1

When you have finished writing your letter, put it away for a while and read it later as if it was addressed to you. Does it still make sense?