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Who has a secret talent for rugby? Who will the coach select for the team? Watch the video to find out!

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What are the correct conventions to use to write a letter to the Queen?

To write a formal letter to the Queen, the convention is to open with 'Madam' and close the letter with 'I have the honour to be, Madam, Your Majesty's humble and obedient servant'.

Key learning points

What formal and informal writing means.

When each form is appropriate.

The impacts of formal and informal writing on readers and listeners.

The of standard English.

Formal writing can be identified by its serious, unemotional and impersonal tone.

Formal writing often avoids using 'I or 'you'. For example, 'The answers are believed to be correct' is more formal than writing 'I believe the answers are correct'. It creates more distance between the reader and writer which makes it seem more factual.

The spelling, punctuation and grammar follows standard rules or conventions.

Examples of formal writing include:

Informal writing is different to formal writing as it is more reflective of a person's speaking voice and personality.

Informal language is more casual and spontaneous than formal writing. It can also show the relationship between the writer and reader. For example, a writer is likely to write informally to close friends and family or when their audience is their own peer group.

Informal writing can use sentences, paragraphs, vocabulary, and punctuation much more freely for dramatic effect or simply to sound relaxed, chatty and friendly.

There is no expectation to be balanced or objective.

Contractions (can't, isn't), (FYI, LOL), slang (kids, cuppa) as well as incomplete sentences (Hey! Alright?) are commonly used.

Examples of informal writing include:

Comic books

Social media posts

Personal blogs

Postcards

Text messages

Anecdotal articles

The decision whether to use formal or informal writing often depends on the context or situation that you are in.

There are levels of formality and informality:

You would need to be extremely formal with the King, addressing him as 'Your Majesty' if you met him, whereas, if you were writing a letter to apply for a job you would still be formal but not to the same level.

You might write informally to your Gran but much more informally to your best mate.

If it was a serious or sad situation you may also choose to be more formal. For example, you might write to express your condolences rather than send a hug by text to the family of someone who has passed away.

A formal letter or email would have a standard greeting 'Dear Ms. White' and sign-off 'Yours sincerely, Nathan Reilly' whereas an informal letter or email might use a first name 'Dear Gemma' and end 'Love Nate'.

It's helpful to know when and how to switch between the different levels of formality in writing. Some of it is about knowing rules and conventions so that you don't offend your reader or make it easy for them to ignore or underestimate you. However, you are likely to always be more informal with people you know well, like friends and family, or those you are in a similar age group with.

Which tone is the most appropriate for a presentation at a school assembly about the benefits of eating fruit?
A. Evidence shows that there are important health benefits to eating five portions of fruit and vegetables each day. What does this mean for our school dinners? What can we do here and now to help to improve our diets?

B. Apparently it's super important to nosh on at least five portions of fruit and veg each day, so that we can be fit. That means you and me, fam, need to get real, real quick.

C. There is significant evidence that eating 80g of five different types of fruit and vegetables can reduce the risks of many health problems. This has ramifications for all of us. It would be reprehensible, immoral and counter-productive for us to ignore this clearly well documented research and we should heed the advice to support our scholastic community.

Answer:
Option A is the most appropriate. It is formal but engages its audience with straightforward language. Option B switches too dramatically to informality which might provoke laughter rather than listening. Option C uses very complex formal vocabulary which makes it hard to follow.

Formal and informal language serve different purposes. It's important to know when formal or informal writing is expected as it helps a writer to connect with the reader or listener.

Your best friend would be surprised to receive a text saying: 'Good morning, Madam'. Equally, the head teacher would probably not appreciate being greeted with 'Yo, Big G!'

It can be helpful to think about your intended audience. The topic could be exactly the same but the way you communicate might be different.
Some questions to consider:

Are you writing to someone you know well or someone you have never met? If you know them well, you can probably be more relaxed and less formal.

Is the person you are writing to older or younger than you? If they are much younger than you, using complicated, formal language is not going to help them to understand you.

Are you writing to someone important who needs to take you seriously? If you want to be taken seriously, emojis, jokes, slang and lots of exclamation marks will not reassure the reader that you are mature, intelligent and someone to be listened to. They might even think you are being rude.

Here is an example of an invitation to a party. Rank these invitations from most formal as 1 and least formal at 3.

1. Hey Lukas. Do you wanna come to a party at mine this weekend? Let me know asap, Cody.

2. To Georgia Moore. You are invited to Cody's birthday party at 7 pm on Saturday at 1 Wood Drive. RSVP to Seema (Cody's mum) on 123 1234.

3. Miss Knott, Your presence is requested in honour of Cody's 13th birthday at 1 Wood Drive on Saturday 20th June at seven o'clock in the evening. Carriages at midnight. Dress to impress. RSVP to Mr. and Mrs. Brown 123 1234.

Answer:You should have ranked 3, 2, 1.
3 uses the most formal language with more information and no shortened words or phrases. 1 uses the least formal language and is very casual using 'do you wanna' instead of 'do you want to'.

It is used every day to be polite when dealing with people we do not have a personal relationship with such as the public, teachers, nurses, doctors, police officers, shop workers and everyone that is not a friend or family member.

Find out more about slang here.

Unlike formal writing, Standard English can use contractions, abbreviations, simple language and short sentences - it just has to be grammatically correct.

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Formal v informal writing guide for KS3 English students - BBC Bitesize

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Learn about the differences between formal and informal writing, and the conventions of Standard English with this guide for KS3 English students aged 11-14 from BBC Bitesize.

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Wordwall - Create better lessons quicker

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Informal vs Formal Language Classification

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Group sort - Drag and drop each item into its correct group.

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Group sort - Drag and drop each item into its correct group.

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How to write an Informal email to a friend

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How to write an Informal email to a friend

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‘Indirect Questions’ Quiz - Exercise & Worksheet - UsingEnglish.com

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Test yourself with our free English language exercise about ‘Indirect Questions’. This is a free intermediate English grammar quiz and esl worksheet. No sign-up required.

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Look at the exam question and answer and do the exercises to improve your writing skills.

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Every teenager NEEDS to hear this! (2023)

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so this is the school's bathroom. I cleaned up the mess created by someone else. I expected that I would help the cleaners by doing their job for them. although I was late to class I felt good and proud that I cleaned up the bathrooms. I learned that some people don't care about the cleaners.

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Coca

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 (jason) Picking up trash/rubbish around my neighbourhood

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 (jason) Picking up trash/rubbish around my neighbourhood

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I chose to teach others things that I'm good at and know very well. I expect my action to have a beneficial impact to other, helping other learn something that they may not know yet. I feel incredibly proud and good since I was able to help someone in doing something that they may never have the chance to do. I learn that if you know something, spreading the knowledge around to other people that doesn't even know what it is can create many other good opportunities for them and which can help the community around you to develop their knowledge.

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I chose donation. I expected a good outcome from this action. With my help, this person can now walk. I felt proud of myself because I was able to help someone when they needed it. I learned the importance of helping each other. (you can’t see me doing this action because this person lives in another city. I used my dad’s bank account to help deliver money to this person.)

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I chose to plant trees. I expected a good outcome from my actions. I felt really tired after planting the tree all by myself and I also felt grateful because I got oxygen to breathe. I learned that plants are needed for people to breathe.

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Finish the worksheet in class - printed hard copies are on the teacher's desk.

Flipgrid: Record your speech on flipgrid https://flip.com/98f2f47d

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I chose Donation. I expected a good outcome from my action.It went smoothly.I felt thankful because I got a better family then others.I did learn something that many others in the world stills needed help.

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- over the weekend or from today until next week, Monday,

1) Do one of the actions you wrote today to make your community a happy and safe place.
2) Take a picture or a video of you doing the action.
3) Reflection: answer these questions.
- What action did you choose? What outcome did you expect from your action?
- How did it go?
- How did you feel after that? Did you learn something?

Please upload the evidence (a picture or a video) and the reflection here.

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The Volunteer Center & The Board

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British Council - LearnEnglish Kids poems 

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Big Yellow Taxi Online Gap Fill Activity

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Big Yellow Taxi Online Gap Fill Activity

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Answer the questions in your notebook or Digital notebook:

1. What is the song Big Yellow Taxi about? Write the main ideas of this song

2. What concerns do you think the artist has?

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Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi ft. Vanessa Carlton (Official Video)A

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Answer the questions in your notebook or Digital notebook:

What did you hear? Write down new vocabulary

How does the song make you feel? Write down your feelings when you listen to this song

What does the song make you wonder? Write down your thoughts or opinions when you listen to this song

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Counting Crows - Big Yellow Taxi ft. Vanessa Carlton (Official Video)

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I want to make my community better by removing all the bad people like drugs addict and criminal-Tri

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I can develop my community into a perfect place by expressing our feeling with each other, talking about daily activities, and sort out problem in our life. It can make peaceful and enjoyable community for everyone.

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You can make your community better by support each others.

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Making a community better can causes a lot of time and hard work, But making a community better can be supportive to each other and friendly, Increasing the amount of people that are in the community can also help a lot. jason

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Making a community better can causes a lot of time and hard work, But making a community better can be supportive to each other and friendly, Increasing the amount of people that are in the community can also help a lot. jason

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what kind of community do you want  to live in

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what kind of community do you want  to live in

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I want to live in a kind community where no one gets discriminated by other, everyone is kind, and everyone is perfect (if can)

g r I n d m y b l o x f r u I t d a v I d

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I could start acting like a role models for other people to influenced who will improved my community.

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What kind of community do you want to live in?

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What kind of community do you want to live in?

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I want to live in a community that has peace, no wars or anything. Where everyone is supporting each other, following their own path.

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What kind of community do you want to live in?

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What kind of community do you want to live in?

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I want to live in a friendly and peaceful community.

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The community that I live in right now is full of sound from transportation and buildings. But on the other hand, it doesn't contain the sound of neighbor having conversation or the sound of people talking. Actually, if I have a choice, I would rather live in a place where neighbor can be a comfort person for me. Where every one support and help one another.

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If I could make my community better I would give compliments about their pets or compliments about them. I would always be open to people to make my community bertter.

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If I could make my community better I would give compliments about their pets or compliments about them. I would always be open to people to make my community bertter.

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Coca

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You can make a community better by cleaning it keeps it safe, and support each others.

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I want to live in a calm, peaceful community. Who will work together and support each other.

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I want to live in a community which are friendly and sport activities. such as supporting each other one and another and is enjoyable and fun. Jasson

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I want to live in a community which are friendly and sport activities. such as supporting each other one and another and is enjoyable and fun. Jasson

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I want to live in a lively and wonderful community, while also having things in common with other people.

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I want to live in a lively and wonderful community, while also having things in common with other people.

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Coca

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in my opinion, a community is a group of people who get together and work and support each other.

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I want to live in a community where everyone has a pet dog or cat, and they would walk their pet every day because I love animals, especially cats and dogs-Tri

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I would like to live in a support, sportsmanship,and help. We always show kindness with each other and support each other.

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you can make your community better by adding more people to your community and be open-minded to others and always support other at any cost. - Ari

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you can make your community better by adding more people to your community and be open-minded to others and always support other at any cost. - Ari

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In my opinion, A community is a group of people who worships a religion or is learning about a topic or supporting. jason

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In my opinion, A community is a group of people who worships a religion or is learning about a topic or supporting. jason

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What  does community mean to you? (Khoi)

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What  does community mean to you? (Khoi)

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In my opinion, community is a general world, it means a group of people anywhere, and different age but they have similarity and common things. Community is when people support each other. Community is where you have access and relax yourself with other.

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I would want to live in a supportive, chatty, and sport active community. we always show each other what we did and always try to support each other any any time and anywhere. - Ari

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I would want to live in a supportive, chatty, and sport active community. we always show each other what we did and always try to support each other any any time and anywhere. - Ari

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For me, a Community is a group of people who get together for what they have in common. People will work together and help each other. A community could be your house, country, or religion, to mention a few.

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Community means a group of people that help, support, communicate.

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In my opinion, Community means a group of people who work and support each other-Tri

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As I say community means a big and small organization having things in common.

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As I say community means a big and small organization having things in common.

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Coca

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For me, a community is a group of people that support, help , work together in many things

David

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In my opinion, a community is a group of people who are brought together by something that they have in common.

thuyen

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for me, a community is a group of people that support, help ,and communicate with each other and that you can trust anyone in your community. -Ari

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for me, a community is a group of people that support, help ,and communicate with each other and that you can trust anyone in your community. -Ari

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it means, people,share,communicate.

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William Kamkwamba: 'How I Harnessed the Wind' (TED Talks, 2009)

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3rd March _ G6 Proficient Unit 3  - What's in your neighbourhood_ (1)

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What kind of community do you want to live in?

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What kind of community do you want to live in?