Bookshop letter

Bookshop letter

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This task is about writing a letter.

Question 1Change answer

Write your letter below.
Write a letter to the bookshop to ask them if they have the book, Fred and the Wasp and how much it costs.
The address of the bookshop is:
 
Bookshop
123 Main Road
Auckland
 
Think about how to set out your letter.
 Fred-and-the-wasp.png
 
Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pen and paper or online (with NO auto marking).
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Creating meaning, Writing
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
nemp, letter, message, structure and language
Description of task: 
For this NEMP task students write a letter to a bookshop requesting information about a book.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • choose effective content, language, and text structure
  • generate content that is relevant to the task
as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Writing meaningful text: text features, sets 3
within the Writing Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
   

Y4 (10/1998)

Date:
yes, correct place
yes, elsewhere

Sender's address:
yes, correct place
yes, elsewhere

Recipient's address:
yes, correct place
yes, elsewhere

Appropriate salutation

Appropriateness of language:
always
mostly
sometimes
rarely/never

Requests key information:
yes, clearly
vaguely
no

Appropriate closing salutation

Name/signature of sender:
full
partial


5%
4%


7%
13%


47%
21%

50%


16%
36%
27%
21%


56%
30%
14%

22%


29%
29%

COMMENTARY: Most of the year 4 students were unlikely to include adequate information so that a reply could be sent to them.

 

Examples

High Range

from: name
street address
phone no.
to: Bookshop
123 Main Road
Auckland
Date:4 November 1998
Dear bookshop
have you got a book called fred and the wasp?
how much does this book cost?
when are you open and when are you closed?
Please fax me back.
thanks.
name

From. name
street address
To. Bookshop
123 Main Road Auckland
Dear Book shop
I would like to find out if you have Fred and the wasp and how much it is.
thanks
name

 

Mid Range

To the Book shop,
123 Main Road,
Alkland,
15.10.98,
Dear BooK shop,
Do you have Fred and the wasp.
If you do how much does it cost because I want to by it for my brother who's birthday is
coming up in a day and he really wants it.

Dear Bookshop
I was wandering if you have Fred and the wasp in the Bookshop
could yoy plesae get back to name
my Fax number is fax number