Formal and Informal Language Sorter
This worksheet asks students to sort language; deciding whether it is written in a formal or informal style. This worksheet could be used as an explicit teaching activity, independent activity, during literacy rotations or a guided language group. This resource is part of the Formal and Informal Language Unit Plan.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to understand that the levels of formality increase with greater social distance.
Curriculum alignment
EN3-1A
old
Communicates effectively for a variety of audiences and purposes using increasingly challenging topics, ideas, issues and language forms and features
EN3-OLC-01
new
Communicates to wide audiences with social and cultural awareness, by interacting and presenting, and by analysing and evaluating for understanding
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Extensions
Students can add their own sentences to each style of writing, identify the style of writing according to features included