Situational Writing

Dear all,

I would just like to start off with welcoming you back to week 2. This week, we will be having our Sincerity and Charity Drives to donate to the poor and needy. Remember it is not about how much you give but what comes from your heart. With our first rule #1 We are a family, I urge all of you (100%) to take effort and the time to donate when the teachers come around. :)

Today's lesson introduced you to Situational Writing. I went through the important skills and structure of Situational Writing. Four important points to take note of are:

1. ROLE - Who you are writing as? The name you are given is important especially when you sign off.
2. AUDIENCE - Who you are writing to? If you are writing to someone important and of a high status/position/authority, you need to very formal in your tone and language. Ask politely and write formally. 
3. FORMAT - This is crucial. The format given to you (e-mail, letter, note, report writing, letter of complaint/compliment) will determine the structure of your answer. Each different format has different structures. This I will teach you in time to come. 
4. PURPOSE - What is the main aim of the writing? What are you writing for? This must be introduced in the first lines of the answers. 

Today, we talked about emails as the first format. Here is the structure of emails.

Dear ___________,

How are you? (You only use this when you are writing informally.) State the purpose in the next line. (E.g I am writing this e-mail to inform you about my plans for the school holidays.) Answer Points 1 - 3.

In the next paragraph, answer points 4 - 6.

Yours sincerely,

Your name 

Content - 6 marks 

Language - 9 marks

There will be six points / content points. 

For language, we are looking out for grammar errors (tenses, singularity/plural forms, sentence structures) and vocabulary (spelling). Also, your punctuation has to be correct. All these will affect your marks. Most importantly, are you writing in the right tone? Is it formal when it has to be? When you are addressing someone important or about an important matter, are you aware that you have to be serious and polite? 

We will go through in greater details tomorrow so please bring your situational writing. 

Dear Parents,

We have completed the first spelling test. Just to update all of you that I have set the passing marks higher because I want to motivate and push the students to do better and not just to rest on the passing mark. As such, the passing mark for spelling and dictation will be pushed higher to 6/10. Also, I am giving extra words for spelling that the students have learnt in the lesson during the week to help them remember and apply. Retest will be given to those who did not meet the passing mark. Do guide your children and help them :) 

If you do not do well for your tests, please do not give up and work harder. Help one another. The group points are incentives for all of you to motivate yourself. One for all and all for one. :) So unity is strength. 

Sincerely,

Mr Nelson Ong