Week 7 · Unit 3 Artificial Intelligence (B): a story chapter (reference only), initiative / donations / quit / climate / disappointed, a conversation about AI with open questions, role-play with future forms, an email about the future use of AI, Assessment Corner, Self-Reflection · 3 lessons
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A message about AI: writing an email and a check-up
English Preparatory 3 Term 1, Unit 3: pp. 48–54
GoalWrite an email of 60 to 80 words with a greeting, a reason for writing, three or four details and a closing, then check what you can do.
New words
greeting · the first words of an email, such as Hi or Dearclosing · the last words of an email, such as Write back soon!detail · one piece of informationversion · a form of something that is different from earlier formscontrol · to decide how something works or is usedsign off · to finish an email with your name
Explanation
An email to a friend or cousin has four parts. 1. A greeting: Hi Lotfy, or Dear Lotfy,. 2. The reason for writing: I am writing to tell you about … 3. Three or four details in short sentences, with time words such as next month and every Wednesday. 4. A closing line and your name: Write back soon! Talk to you later! Best wishes, Adel. Use the future simple (will) for plans and the future passive when the doer is not important (A prize will be given to the best design). An informal email may use contractions (I’ll, we’ll), but keep the sentences clear. Write 60 to 80 words; if you can, write up to 110. Your book has a model email on page 52; yours must be about a different topic. At the end, use the check-up list to see what you can do after Unit 3.
Part
Example
Greeting
Hi Lotfy,
Reason for writing
I am writing to tell you about our school robotics club.
Details
We meet every Wednesday. A prize will be given to the best design.
Closing
Write back soon! Adel
Worked examples
Hi Lotfy, I am writing to tell you about our school robotics club. We meet every Wednesday, and a small robot has already been built by the team. Next month it will be tested at a school fair, and a prize will be given to the best design. Our teacher says that AI will be added to the next version, but people will still control it. I will send you photos soon. Write back soon! Adel
Read the model email. A grown-up can read it aloud first.
Find the parts. Greeting: Hi Lotfy. Reason: I am writing to tell you about our school robotics club. Details: the meeting day, the test, the prize, AI in the next version. Closing: Write back soon!
Find the passive sentences: a small robot has already been built (present perfect passive), it will be tested, a prize will be given, AI will be added (future passive).
Check-up in your own words: I can read a text about robots and AI and find its main idea. I can use the future passive. I can ask open questions. I can use words such as initiative, determination and disappointed. I can write an email with four parts.
Class activity
Write your email to a cousin or a friend about a smart helper (a library machine, a homework planner or a school club). Use all four parts, at least two future passive sentences and the closing Write back soon! Count your words (60 to 80) and ask a grown-up to check that every detail is clear.
Practice
1
Choose the best closing for an email to a cousin. (a) Write back soon! (b) Dear Adel, (c) I am writing about the club.
(a). Write back soon! finishes the email; Dear is a greeting and I am writing is the reason for writing.
2
Choose the best opening line (reason for writing). (a) I am writing to share some news about our class trip. (b) Goodbye for now! (c) Best wishes, Adel
(a).
3
Complete with a future passive: Next week a new robot ___ (show) at the school fair.
will be shown.
4
Which sentence is passive? (a) A prize will be given to the winner. (b) The team will win a prize. (c) We will give a prize.
(a). The prize receives the action.
5
Write two sentences for an email to a friend: one with will and one with will be + participle.
For example: I will send you some photos. The photos will be taken by my brother.
