Text Types and Purposes · JHS1 English Language

Lesson notes

Learning Objectives

Indicator: B7.4.2.2.2 - Compose formal writing (application, invitation, email, media texts) on given topics using appropriate format

By the end of the lesson, learners can:

Identify and label the standard features of a formal letter (writer’s address, recipient address, date, heading, salutation, body, subscription, signature, and name).
Compose a formal letter of application to an office (such as the Headmaster, Director of Education, or Assembly Member) on a given topic using the correct format.
Distinguish between formal and informal writing styles by comparing tone, vocabulary, and structure.
Correct common errors found in sample formal letters (format, punctuation, tone, and spelling).
Reflect on the strengths and areas for improvement in their own formal writing and that of their peers.

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Curriculum details

Strand: Writing (Strand 4)
Sub-strand: Text Types and Purposes (4.2)
Content standard: B7.4.2.2 - Apply writing skills to specific life situations
Indicator: B7.4.2.2.2 - Compose formal writing (application, invitation, email, media texts) on given topics using appropriate format
Suggested placement: Term 3, Week 6 (Week 30 of the year)
Our suggestion, laid out in curriculum order across three terms of twelve weeks. NaCCA does not fix the week, so follow your school's scheme of learning.
Curriculum reference: English Language, Common Core Programme (JHS1-JHS3), 2023, p. 30
Transcribed from the official NaCCA publication. Check this page against the source.

Exemplars (from the NaCCA curriculum)

- Identify features of formal letters (writer's address, recipient address, date, heading, salutation, body, subscription, signature, name, etc.).
- Write formal letters to offices. (E.g. to the Headmaster/mistress, the Director of Education, the Assembly Man/woman, the SMC chairman/ chairperson, the PTA Chairman etc.).
- Correct errors of formal letters written by others.
- write notices to class or club members to provide updates on rules, schedules or programmes.
- Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.
- Reflect on and identify strengths, areas for improvement, and the strategies found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
- Edit/Proofread the writing for sense or meaning, and effect (emotional reaction).
- Publish writing using different media including ICT.