1 Read the rubric, underline the key words/phrases
and answer the questions.
Your class is organising a surprise 40th birthday
party for your English teacher, Mr Smith. As class
prefect, you have been asked to invite his wife to
the party and to ask her for her advice on what to
buy Mr Smith as a gift. Read your notes and use the
information to write a letter to Mrs Smith.

Notes
• invite Mrs Smith on behalf of Year 10
& explain that party is surprise
• give details - 10th May, 5pm, school
gym, buffet
• guests - class, hend. English Dept.
staff
• ask about gift - book? watch?Jumper?
other?
1 Who is the target reader?
2 What style of writing would be most appropriate?
3 What is your reason for writing?
4 What information should you include in the
introduction?
5 How many main body paragraphs will you write?
6How can you rephrase the information?
7How could you end the letter?

As a thank you for everything you've done for us and everything you'veteached us me and my classmates have done domething special in the name of year 10. The surprise will be on the 10th of May at 5 PM in the school Gym. The surprise may also include a buffet. There will be our class(class _____), the hend,the English Dept and the staff. While me and my classmates will get ready to show you the surprise is it something you would like us to buy for you? Like a book,a jumper, a watch or anything else.

The target reader is the English teacher,Miss Smith.

The most appropriate style would be formal,but friendly and polite.

The reason I wrote the letter is because I wanted to inform the teacher about a surprise.

In the introduction I shouldinclude who is it that wrote the letter.

5)

6)

Scuze,nu am stiut aici..

7)I could end the letter by telling our teacher tgat we appreciate what she has done for us.