EL - FORMAT FOR FOR SITUATIONAL WRITING
1.
FORMAL LETTER / PROPOSAL Report
Blk 1 Serang Avenue 1 Singapore 12345 24 MAY 2014 The Principal 11 Serangoon View Singapore 534237
2.
your address The date The position and full address of the person you are writing to
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Salutation is a must
Subject of letter
Include a heading that summarises the purpose of your letter
INFORMAL LETTER
Blk 1 Serang Avenue 1 Singapore 12345
your address
24 May 2014
The date
Dear Shirley
Anna Lee
To: The Principal Serangoon Secondary School From: Anna Lee
Salutation is a must
Thank you for the information on … -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
No heading
Who is writing
You have asked me to explain ……..
Cheers! Anna Lee
Do not use a signingoff phrase. phrase. Just your signature
signature only signature only - no full name needed because you’re friends
Anna Lee
5 May 2014
Signatures followed by your name because signatures are rarely legible NOTE:
NOTE: When do you write an informal letter? Use it when writing to someone who is your friend. If you met this person, you would normally say, ‘Hello, Anna’.
Polite and formal tone
…I regret that I cannot identify the intruder.
I’m signing off now as I’ve lots of work to do.
You must use this with Dear Sir/ Madam
Who the report is for; organisation
Heading
Use contractions and informal words for an informal tone.
(Ms Anna Lee)
All parts of a formal letter are essential and unchanging. For instance, you must not use Yours sincerely or Yours for a letter that begins with Dear Sir.
INCIDENT REPORT
Incident on school grounds on 30 April 2014
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yours faithfully,
3.
You must date the report
EL - FORMAT FOR FOR SITUATIONAL WRITING
4.
SPEECH
5.
E-MAIL
6.
ARTICLE
TITLE OF SPEECH
Greet your audience Good afternoon Principal, teachers and friends. I am Anna Lee from class 4Noble4 and I’m grateful for this opportunity to share my suggestions on our school’s Community Improvement Project.
Use contractions and a conversational tone in speech
To: jasmine_tan @ ib.com
Subject: Incident on school grounds on 30 April 2014
From:
[email protected]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thank you!
Thank your audience at the end of the speech
e-mail of recipient State subject of e-mail
your email address
Dear Sir/Madam: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Please contact me at 91234567 if you have any questions. I look forward to hearing from you.
Politely address someone you have not met
Yours faithfully, Anna Lee
NOTE: If you have met someone, you write Dear Mr Chia It is rude to write Dear Sir if if you already know the person.
--------------
No signature for email
Climate Change (Title of article) by Anna Lee Two million years ago, the Earth’s atmosphere …
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
