In Situational Writing you may be asked to

In Situational Writing, you may be asked to write… • • a note an email a formal letter a personal letter • • a postcard a report a notice a poster

Formal Informal Purpose Audience Context

Formal • Principal • Teacher • Manager Informal • Classmate • • Friend Pen-pal Cousin Sibling

Formal • Letter of - appeal - complaint - compliment - request • Report • Notice Informal • Note • • Email Invites Postcard Diary

To do well in Situational Writing, the following must be evident in your text. P - Purpose A - Audience C - Context

for (1) Purpose … … You must know: - why you are writing and what you are writing.

Are you writing to … … … ? - advise appeal apologise complain compliment instruct - inform invite persuade publicise request thank

How do you know the purpose for your writing? Look under Your Task

PSLE 2010 Question Your task Imagine you are Ben. Write an email to Roy to tell him of the choice of the gift.

for (2) Audience … … You must know: - who you are writing to. - how you are related to the recipient.

for (3) Context … … You must know: - what to write about in the text. - the text form to be used.

Structure of a • Letter • Email • Postcard

Structure of a Letter Date Salutation Purpose Details Polite ending Sign off 27 September 2012 (if date is not given )

Formal register, we begin with: Salutation Dear Sir, / Dear Madam, Informal register, we begin with: Hi Roy, / Dear Roy,

Opening Lines Informal Formal I am writing to - inform - ask - request - complain - thank - invite How are you? - I am so excited! - I am enjoying myself so much! - I hope you are free next Sunday. -

Date Salutation Purpose How are you? Let me tell you what we have decided to buy for Sally

You must include the following information: (Provide the details as you would when you answer Comprehension questions ) • What you and your friends decide to buy for Sally We decided to buy … … … for Sally. • Why Sally would find the gift useful as … … … • Who disagreed to buying a watch and why … … … disagreed to buying a watch as … … … • Why Devi thought a purse was not a good idea as … … … • How you and your friends would make the gift special We would make the gift special by … … …

Details Polite Ending I hope you like what we buy for Sally. Sign off Prepared by Mrs Phebe Ashok Kumar

- I hope this report would be useful to you. Polite Ending - I hope you would look into the matter as soon as you can. - I hope you would help me look for my rabbit. - Please convey my thanks to Miss Lee.

Polite Ending - I hope you can make it. I would love to see you there. - For more details, please call me at 9778282.

Details Polite Ending Sign off Regards, Ben

Formal register: Yours sincerely, Yours truly, Sign off Informal register: Love, Jiahui Take care, John

Points to note 1. State purpose. 2. Indent as you would in Continuous Writing. Write in short paragraphs. 3. Be crisp in the delivery of the content.