The topic explained
Period 6 / Writing skills; Period 7 / Writing
Period 6 / Writing skills
- the meaning and history of money
- reading news headlines and stories
- verb to noun changes
- similes
- reading poetry
- formal and informal style
- writing formal letters
- writing proposal forms
Formal and informal style: a friend and an official
- I look forward to receiving your reply
- Dear Sir / Madam or Dear Mr / Mrs X
- I would be grateful if you could
- Yours faithfully or Yours sincerely
- considering the possibility of
- provide this information
- Thank you very much
- I have been told
- financial support
- However,
- arranged
- donate
- fund
- organising
- type of event
- would like
- technical words and phrases ___
- contractions (e.g. I’ve) ___
- short sentences joined with and, but, etc. ___
- active form of verbs ___
- full verb forms (e.g. We are) ___
- personal greetings, etc. IF
- general, everyday words and phrases ___
- longer sentences with relative clauses ___
- passive form of verbs ___
- impersonal forms of address F
Read the personal email telling a friend about an idea for a cultural weekend. Then match the formal words and phrases below with informal words and phrases in the email.
Arrange the language descriptions into pairs: formal (F) and informal (IF) as in the example.
Write a formal letter.
Your friend has given you the name of the local government official you need to contact. Write a letter to this person, making a general enquiry about the possibility of funding. Use the information and structure from the email in Activity 1, but in a more formal style.
Period 7 / Writing
Writing a proposal form and a letter to local companies
Read part of Mrs Kelani’s reply to your letter. Then discuss the questions below in pairs or small groups.
What will you call your event?
When will it be?
What is the idea behind the event and what are the aims?
What kind of activities do you hope to include? (e.g. local musicians, poetry, performances, food, local crafts)
How will your event benefit the people of the town socially and/or financially? (e.g. attracting visitors who might spend money)
Copy and complete the proposal form with the details you discussed.
Your application for funding has been successful. The local government has promised a certain amount of money, but you think it may not be enough. Someone has suggested writing to local companies to see if they will donate some money in exchange for free advertising in the programme.
Write a short, general letter to send to a number of different companies.
Next, the short letter to local companies: complete the frame.
