Assignment 5: Language

Give advice to a new teacher in your school

Some schools use a buddy system when a new teacher arrives. The new teachers buddy is usually
another teacher who has worked at the school for a long time and knows all the rules and procedures. The
buddys responsibility is to help the new teacher quickly settle into the school by giving advice.
Imagine a new teacher has arrived in your school and you are going to be their buddy. You are going to write
him/her an informal email giving advice.
You should include:
1. How you felt when you were a new teacher at your school (see module 2 past tenses)
2. A range of modal verbs (should (nt), must(nt), (dont) have to (see module 3 making
suggestions)
3. Some information things you wish you had known when you started working at the school (see
module 9 wish/ if only)
4. A suitable style for an informal email to a colleague (see B2 Self-study part A Festivals)
5. A suitable layout for an email
6. Reasons for each piece of advice
Write 150-200 words. Add your text to the box below:

Now, check that you have included points 1-6 above, then submit your assignment.

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