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Formal Informal Letters

This lesson plan aims to teach 1st year students the difference between formal and informal letters. It includes 3 tasks: [1] Classifying letter examples as formal, informal or email; [2] Comparing the similarities and differences in register between a formal and informal letter; [3] Writing an informal birthday invitation letter. The lesson will take 1 hour and target the competencies of interacting, interpreting and producing through classifying, comparing/contrasting and writing exercises.

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Formal Informal Letters

This lesson plan aims to teach 1st year students the difference between formal and informal letters. It includes 3 tasks: [1] Classifying letter examples as formal, informal or email; [2] Comparing the similarities and differences in register between a formal and informal letter; [3] Writing an informal birthday invitation letter. The lesson will take 1 hour and target the competencies of interacting, interpreting and producing through classifying, comparing/contrasting and writing exercises.

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Lesson Plan

Level: 1st Year Teacher’s name:


Unit1: Getting Through Theme: Intercultural Exchange
Sequence3: Developing Skills School:
Rubric: Write it Right
Targeted Competencies: Interact – interpret – produce

Learning Objectives: by the end of this sequence, learners will be able


to: 1. Differentiate between formal and informal letters.
2. Write formal and informal letters.
Learning Objectives: by the end of this session, learners will be able to:

1.Differentiate between formal and informal letters.


2.Write formal and informal letters.

Language forms:

Material: White board, pictures Time: 1 Hour

Competen
Rubric Procedures Objectives Timing
cies
Write Interpret -T greets his Ls.
it To activate Ls 5mns
Right - T interacts with his Ls to elicit information related to the previous prior knowledge.
session.

Warm up: -T engages in a discussion with Ls by asking:


 What is the difference between a letter you write to your
teacher and a letter you write to your friends?
 How can you know whether it is formal or not? To introduce and
 To whom do we write a formal letter? what about an informal relate the topic to 10mns
letter? Ls daily life.
Ls possible answer: - A letter to a teacher is more formal,
respectful and direct to the point.
- A letter to a friend can be informal in word choice and
style.
- We write a formal letter to a business or an
administration, and we write an informal letter to family
or friends.

Task 1: Classify the following expressions in their right To differentiate


column: between the use of
Interact a formal and an 10mns
To be in contact with your key-pal – write to a company - to
invite your friend to your birthday party –to apply for job – informal letter.
write to a friend or a relative – use e-communication address.
E-mail Formal Letter Informal Letter
Key:
E-mail Formal Letter Informal Letter
-To be in contact -To write to a -To invite your
with your key-pal company friend to your
-To use e- -To apply for a job birthday party.
communication -To write to a
address friend or a relative

To differentiate 10mns
Task 2: Compare and contrast between the two letters between the
register used in a
formal and an
informal letter.

Similarities:
- Both letters have a date.
- Both letters have an appropriate greeting.
- -Both letters have an introduction, a body and a closing.
Differences:
Formal Informal
-Dear Ms. Jodie -Dear Maya
-I would like to take this -Thank you very much for
opportunity to thank you… ….
-It is our honor to ….. -I really loved ………
-I hope this business -There is not much To produce a 20mns
relationship will extend …. happening here ……… birthday letter
-Yours sincerely -By the way, are you coming using the
…? knowledge that
-Hope to see you soon has been learned
Task 3: Your birthday party is near, write an invitation letter to your
Produce
friend to ask him. Make sure to use the right form and the right
register.

Class Assessment: Correctness of the tasks, the right use of the register.

Content to be dealt with at home: Write a birthday invitation letter to a friend.

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