This English teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise composing and publishing some example invitations and toasts using formal language to present at a school banquet with a range of special guests.

The class can identify some of the special vocabulary words and sentence structures that can be used when using formal writing for a specific purpose or scenario.

Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise composing and publishing some example invitations and toasts using formal language to present at a school banquet with a range of special guests

Activities in this teaching pack include shared reading texts to explain how and when to use formal and informal language for specific purposes, a worksheet to identify and record how to rewrite informal banquet toasts using more formal language and a set of cards to select and write examples of formal and informal toasts that could be presented for different purposes.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to write invitations and toasts using formal language to present at a school banquet.

This lesson is part of an English scheme of work to get the children to investigate how to compose and present invitations, speeches and toasts to manage and organise a special party or celebration using examples of formal language. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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