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Letter of Invitation

The document outlines a classroom activity where students determine whether to write formal or informal letters based on given scenarios. It explains the purpose and structure of invitation letters, highlighting their use for various events and the necessary information they should contain. Students are also tasked with writing a letter inviting their school’s guidance counselor to a club meeting.

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Letter of Invitation

The document outlines a classroom activity where students determine whether to write formal or informal letters based on given scenarios. It explains the purpose and structure of invitation letters, highlighting their use for various events and the necessary information they should contain. Students are also tasked with writing a letter inviting their school’s guidance counselor to a club meeting.

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Engage: Teacher will present the following scenario to the class to which they will state if a

formal or informal letter should be written.

a. The Principal is being invited to speak at your form time meeting about school rules.

b. Your mother, a lawyer, being invited to speak at your club meeting one Friday.

c. Your friend inviting your mother to his/her birthday party.

d. Grace Jackson is being invited to a dinner in honour of her achievements at, and for her
contributions to, the school.

Explore: Based on their responses students will be asked the following:

1) What is a letter of invitation

2) How does a formal letter of invitation differ from an informal letter of invitation?

Explain: Students will takee the following notations:

An Invitation Letter is a document that presents a formal request for the presence of an

individual, a group of people or an organization at an event. An invitation letter may be formal

or informal.

Invitation letters can be used for a variety of events such as weddings, graduation ceremonies,
annual dinners, anniversary parties and birthday parties. They could also be used to invite guest
speakers, keynote speakers and workshop facilitators to special meetings and events.

An invitation letter usually contains some information about the host, the date and time of the
event, the venue of the event and how to accept the invitation. Invitations are usually sent many
days in advance of the event, to give the invitees an opportunity to respond to the invitation.
The outline will take this format:

Address 1 (actual)

Date (actual)

Address 2 (actual)

Salutation (actual)

Body paragraph 1: a one-sentence example of what information will be included here

Body paragraph 2: a one-sentence example of what information will be included here

Body paragraph 3: a one-sentence example of what information will be included here

Closing (actual)

Signature (actual)
Write a letter to invite your school’s guidance counselor to speak at your club meeting.

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