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Week 6
Monday
FEATURES OF A LETTER(INFORMAL AND FORMAL)
What is an informal letter?
• An informal letter is written in a friendly manner to someone you know
What is a formal letter?
• An informal letter is written in a professional manner to someone official or professional (e.g. Prime Minister)
Features of an informal letter
• Sender’s address
• The date
• Appropriate greeting
• Introduction
• Present tense
• Informal style (chatty, friendly…)
• Finish with a signature
Features of a formal letter
• Sender’s address in the top right corner
• Recipient’s address on the left hand side.
• Date
• Formal greeting (Sir/Madam if you don’t know the person you are writing to. Dear Mr/Mrs (Surname) if you do)
• An introduction
• Formal signature (Yours sincerely if you know them/Yours faithfully if you don’t)
Create a poster for the features of an informal and formal letter
Main Activity
Week 6
Tuesday
INFORMAL LETTER TO YOUR TEACHER
What is an informal letter?
• An informal letter is written in a friendly manner to someone you know
You are going to write a letter to your teacher today!
•Let us know what you have been doing at home
•Write atleast 2 paragraphs
Week 6
Wednesday
FORMAL LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER
What is a formal letter?
•An informal letter is written in a professional manner to someone official or professional (e.g. Prime Minister)
You are going to write a letter to the Prime Minister today!
How can he make our country a better place fro you and other children?
Think about some ideas
Do you want better things for schools?What about for your homes?
New buildings?
Remember you are writing a formal letter to the Prime Minister
Write atleast 3 paragraphs- introduction
- 2 ideas
Week 6
Thursday
INFORMAL LETTER TO FRIEND
What is an informal letter?
• An informal letter is written in a friendly manner to someone you know
Since our story 'Arthur and the Golden Rope' was based in an Icelandic town, we
thought it would be great to write to a friend living in Iceland!
What do you want to tell your friend!
Do you have interesting to ask them?
What do you want to tell them about living in London?
Write an informal letter to your friend in Iceland!
Write atleast 2 paragraphs
Week 6
Friday
PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES
All words are known as root words.If you add a prefix or a suffix to the root word , it changes the meaning.
For example:Understood – Misunderstood
Education - Educational
PREFIX- Goes at the beginning of a word.
• Impatient • Insane • Informal• Immature• Impossible • Invisible • Unhappy • Undress
SUFFIX- Goes at the end of a word.
• Musical • Adventurous • Comfortable • Fashionable• Poisonous • Dangerous• Dressed • Happily
Now try these prefix and suffix games
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