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Formal and Informal Language Sort

Formal and Informal Language Sort
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Description

This worksheet asks students to sort language; deciding whether the statements have been written in a formal or informal style. 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. 
 

Suitable for
  • Fast Finishers
  • Relief Teachers
  • Parents
Lesson Structure
  • Individual Activity
  • Rotations / Group Work
  • Class Activity
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

EN3-1A old

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

VCELA334

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

EXTENSIONS

Students can add their own sentences to each style of writing, identify and style of writing according to features included 
 

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