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English Language for Interacting With Others

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Description

This worksheet presents students with a scenario where they must write two emails demonstrating their understanding of the difference between formal and informal use of language. This worksheet could be used as an explicit teaching activity, independent activity, during literacy rotations or a guided language group. This resource is part of the Degrees of Language Formality Unit Plan.

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Lesson Structure

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Rotations / Group Work
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Curriculum Codes

AC9E5LA01 9

Understand that language is selected for social contexts and that it helps to signal social roles and relationships

ACELA1501 8.4

Understand that patterns of language interaction vary across social contexts and types of texts and that they help to signal social roles and relationships

Communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features

EN3-OLC-01 new

Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding

Understand that patterns of language interaction vary across social contexts and types of texts and that they help to signal social roles and relationships

Differentiation

Modifications

Students who find this challenging can complete one of the emails.

EXTENSIONS

Students can annotate their writing to demonstrate evidence of formal and informal language.

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