Activities in this teaching pack include a shared reading text to identify when to use formal and informal writing in a text to match the intended audience and a worksheet and set of cards to record and match examples of formal and informal writing that can be used in a text for the intended audience.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to record some of the special formal and informal vocabulary that might be used when inviting different groups of people to a Bonfire Night party.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to select and use formal and informal language to compose invitations, letters and speeches for a family and town party on Bonfire Night. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.