Party invitation

Party invitation

Pencil and paperOnline interactive
Overview
Using this Resource
Connecting to the Curriculum
Marking Student Responses
Further Resources
This task is about writing an invitation.

Question 1Change answer

You are inviting some friends over for a special party.
Think carefully about exactly what someone who is coming to your party will need to know.
Finish the invitation below.
 
party ballons and invite image
 
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: 
structure and language, persuasion
Description of task: 
Students write an invitation to a party.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Writing:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • 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: 
   

Y6 (05/1998)
  • Recipient's name.
  • Date of party.
  • Time of party.
  • Place party is to be held ('my place' acceptable if sender's name is on invitation).
  • Name of sender.
  • Appropriate RSVP details, e.g.,

    •      full R.S.V.P., or
    •      phone number only, or
    •      'let me know if you can come'.
 easy
moderate
easy
easy

difficult
difficult
For clear message, i.e.,

  1. logical structure, e.g., time and date positioned next to each other, and
  2. Invitation able to be understood without having to reread.
 moderate