Formats for Situational Writing

1 Name:___________________________( ) Class:4N____Date:________ SITUATIONALWRITING[30MARKS] TaskFulfilment–10marks–allrequiredpointsmustbeaddressedandfullyamplified Language–20marks–mustbeappropriatetothegenre. Youmusttakenoteofthefollowing: Yourrole: Purpose Audience Context Formatofeachgenremustbeaccurate Tone 2

1.FORMALLETTER Blk123SerangAvenue1#09-99Singapore770123 24May2016 TheManagerSingtelPteLtd10PonggolViewSingapore555666 DearSir ProposalforVIAprogramme Asurveywasconductedrecently …---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yoursfaithfully AnnahLeeAnNah(Miss) NOTE:Allpartsofaformalletterareessentialandunchanging.Forinstance,youmustnotuseYourssincerelyorYoursforaletterthatbeginswithDearSir. youraddress date Thedesignationandfulladdressofthepersonyouarewritingto Salutationisamust Heading/Subjectmatterthatsummarisesthepurposeof yourletter YoumustusethiswithDearSir/Madam Signaturesfollowedbyyourfullnamebecausesignaturesarerarelylegible 2.INFORMALLETTER Blk123SerangAvenue1#09-99Singapore770123 24May2016 DearShirley How are you?I’mgladto learnthat …-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I’msigningoffnowasI’velotsofworktodo. Cheers/Regards Annah NOTE:Whendoyouwriteaninformalletter?Useitwhenwritingtosomeonewhoisyourfriend.If youraddress date Salutationisamust Noheading Usecontractionsandinformalwordsforaninformaltone. signature only.Must be legible -no full nameneeded becauseyou’refriends 3.THEPROPOSALREPORT–Proposal–usuallytoahigherauthoritywithintheinternalorganisation To:MrJaswantSinghPrincipalSerangoonSecondarySchool From:LeeAnNahHeadPrefect4Noble9 5May2016 Choiceofholidayprogramme Thankyoufortheopportunity… ..---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ihopeyouwouldconsidermyrecommendation. Reportedby Annah Whothereportisfor;designation,organisation-school Personwhowritesthereport Youmustdatethereport Heading/Subjectmatter Politeandformaltone-ifyouareaskedbythePrincipaltowritethereport Do notusea signingoff phrase.Just yoursignature,writtenlegibly

youmetthisperson,youwouldnormallysay,‘Hello,AnNah’. 34.SPEECH TutorAChild GoodafternoonPrincipal,teachersandfriends.IamLeeAnNahfromclass4Noble9andI’mgratefulforthisopportunitytosharemysuggestionsonourschool’s Values-In-ActionProject. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thankyou! Title–summariseyourspeech Greetyouraudience Usecontractions[I’m]andaconversationaltoneinspeech Thankyouraudienceattheendofthespeech 5.E-MAIL To:jasmine_tan@ib.com From:LeeAnNah@gmail.com Date:4May2016 Subject:Incidentonschoolgroundson30April2016 DearSir/Madam -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pleasecontactmeat91234567ifyouhaveanyquestions.I lookforwardtohearingfromyou. Yoursfaithfully LeeAnNah NOTE:Ifyouhavemetsomeone/knowtheaddressee,youwriteDearMrChiaandclosewith‘Yourssincerely’ItisrudetowriteDearSirifyoualreadyknowtheperson. e-mailofrecipient youremailaddress Statesubjectofe-mail Politelyaddresssomeoneyouhavenotmet Nosignaturefore-mail 6.ARTICLE ClimateChange(Titleofarticle) byLeeAnNah Twomillionyearsago,theEarth’satmosphere… --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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7.LETTERofProposal–usuallytoanexternalorganisation(akaFormalLetter) Blk123SerangAvenue1#09-99Singapore770123 24May2016 MrsNurhudaSamadEventsManagerRenciWelfareCentre22AngSiangRoadSingapore319022 DearMrsSamad Fundraisingfortheunderprivileged Withreferencetotheposterforfundraisingfortheunderprivileged,I wouldliketoapplyforacartinthecarnivalheldatMarinaBarrageonSaturday,16June2016.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yourssincerely AnnahLeeAnNah4Noble9 NOTE: youraddress date Thedesignationandfulladdressofthepersonyouarewritingto Salutationisamust Includeaheadingthatsummarisesthepurposeof yourletter Youmustusethiscomplimentaryclosewhennameofaddresseeisknown Signaturefollowedbyyournamebecausesignaturesarerarelylegible 8.THEREPORT–(Incident) To:MrJaswantSinghPrincipalSerangoonSecondarySchool From:LeeAnNahHeadPrefect4Noble9 5May2016 Incidentonschoolgroundson30April 2016 Youhaveaskedmetoexplain…… .. … IregretthatIamunabletoidentifytheintruder. Reportedby Annah Whothereportisfor;designation,organisation Personwhowritesthereport Youmust datethereport Heading/Subjectmatterthatsummarisestheincident Politeandformaltone Donotuseasigning-offphrase. Justyoursignature,writtenlegibly

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essentialandunchanging.Forinstance,ifyouknowtheaddressee:DearMrChia>Yourssincerely Ifquestionstates:Beginyourletter with‘DearSir’, followtheinstruction.