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Consciously crafting writing for impact
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1Imagine you are taking part in a charity fundraising event. Write a letter to a local company asking them to sponsor you as you raise money for the charity.
You could write about:
• Your reasons for taking part
• The charity you are raising money for
• The benefits of sponsorship
Or anything else you wish to include
What is the SPAF of this task?
- Aformal letter to a local company informing them about the event and persuading them to donate moiney
- BInformal letter to local company persuading them to sponsor your event
- CFormal letter to a company explaining why you need them to sponsor your event
- DInformal letter to businesses advising them of the benefits of supporting your charity event by donating money.
2Complete the structure plan for your letter by choosing the correct option from the drop-down menus.
Remember what you learnt in the lesson regarding the structure of a letter.
Introductory sentence = [blank_start]reason for writing[blank_end]
1st paragraph = [blank_start]outline specifics of event[blank_end]
2nd paragraph = [blank_start]give more details[blank_end]
3rd paragraph = [blank_start]benefits of sponsorship[blank_end]
Conclusion = [blank_start]what you want to happen[blank_end]
- Areason for writing
- Bintroduce yourself
- Cask for money
- Doutline specifics of event
- Egive background of charity
- Fgive dates, times & events list
- Ggive more details
- Hanecdote about charity's work
- Iask for money
- Jtell them how to donate
- Kbenefits of sponsorship
- Ltell them how to sponsor you
- Mtell them how much you want
- Nwhat will happen if they don't sponsor
- Owhat you want to happen
- Ptell them how much to give
- Qwhat happens if they don't sponsor
- Rgive your contact details
- Sanecdote about charity's work
3As this is a local business you should start the letter informally, using the first name of the person you are writing to and can sign of in as creative a way as you like.
- ATrue
- BFalse
4Which of the following sentences would be the most effective one to use for the opening sentence of this letter?
- AI am writing to inform you of an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to your local community and promote your business by sponsoring our forthcoming charity fundraiser.
- BAs a local business I am sure you will want to provide sponsorship for our upcoming charity fundraising event.
- CI am taking part in a charity fundraising event and would like you to sponsor me please.
- DIf you agree to sponsor me for the charity fundraiser I will be doing then I will promote your business.
- EEsteemed friend, I write to you in good heart and humbly request that you sponsor me for my latest charity fundraiser as this will ensure good Karma and increased profits for you and your business.
5Which of the following things should you include in the first paragraph of the main body of your letter?
Choose all that apply.
- AThe name of the charity that you will be raising money for.
- BWhy you have chosen to fund-raise for this particular charity.
- CWhen and where the event will be taking place.
- DA brief explanation of the work done by the charity.
- EHow much money the charity are hoping to raise
- FWhy the company you are writing to would be interested in sponsoring you
6The purpose of this letter is to inform and persuade. Choose the most appropriate conventions to use for this task by dragging and dropping them into either the 'INFORM' column or the 'PERSUADE' column.
- Aspecialist vocabulary
- Bimperative verbs
- CEmotive language
- Ddescriptive language
- EPresent tense
- Fpast tense
- GUse of second person pronoun
- HUse of third person generic pronoun
- ICausal connectives
- JTemporal connectives
- Kshort sentences for impact
- Lcomplex sentences for detail
- Mrhetorical questions
- Ndirect questions
- OFormal tone
- PInformal tone
7Making the right vocabulary choices for the SPAF of the task you are doing is important in ensuring your writing has the desired effect. Complete this version of the second paragraph of the main body of the letter by choosing the vocabulary that you feel with have the desired impact on the intended audience.
Max Appeal is a Uk charity which supports families with children who have either 22q11 deletion or DiGeorge Syndrome, both of which a can cause [blank_start]serious[blank_end] physical, developmental and intellectual problems for the children affected. Unlike conditions such as Autism or Down's Syndrome [blank_start]so little[blank_end] is currently known about 22q11 deletion and DiGeorge Syndrome that it is often mis-diagnosed and parents [blank_start]struggle to[blank_end] get the support they need. Like a lot of conditions such as Autrism, 22q11 deletion and DiGeorge Syndrome are [blank_start]spectrums[blank_end] of symptoms. [blank_start]We are lucky that[blank_end] our son is on the mild end of the spectrum and to many just seems to be a happy, friendly - if somewhat small - little boy. [blank_start]Sadly[blank_end] people don't see the true [blank_start]impact[blank_end] this condition has as, like so many affected children, it is in the details of development and [blank_start]cognitive functioning[blank_end] that our son is so [blank_start]badly[blank_end] affected and that is why I want to raise awareness by taking part in the [blank_start]first ever public[blank_end] fundraising event for this [blank_start]amazing[blank_end] charity. Any amount of sponsorship you can offer would do so much to help with this [blank_start]little known[blank_end], mis-understood and often mis-diagnosed condition.
- Aserious
- Bmajor
- Clife-limiting
- Dso little
- Elittle
- Fnot a lot
- Gstruggle to
- Hcan't
- Ihave to fight to
- Jspectrums
- Ka mix of
- Lcombinations
- MWe are lucky that
- NLuckily,
- OThankfully
- PSadly
- QUnfortunately
- RHowever
- Simpact
- Teffect
- Uconsquences
- Vcognitive functioning
- Wintellegence
- Xintellectual ability
- Ybadly
- Zseverely
- AAseriously
- ABfirst ever public
- ACforthcoming
- ADpublic
- AEamazing
- AFworthy
- AGlittle-known
- AHlittle known
- AIrare
- AJunusual
8Which of the following reasons for sponsoring you would be most likely to appeal to your intended audience?
Choose all that apply.
- AThe choice of charity is a very personal one, close to the heart and it would mean so much to get recognition for the charity from local businesses.
- BThe charity struggles to raise enough money because they are so small, helping out by sponsoring will benefit the charity and your business.
- CResearch has shown that people are more likely to do do business with companies that actively support charity as they see them as being more ethical and trustworthy.
- DThe event is going to be broadcast on national television so by sponsoring you can make a much wider audience aware of your business.
- EEvery corporate sponsor will have a free advert in the program of events, allowing you to reach a wider audience.
9In your conclusion you need to set out what you would like to happen next, after your reader has read your letter.
Taking into consideration the SPAF of this task, which types of verbs would be most appropriate?
- AModal verbs
- BImperative verbs
10In order for this letter to have the desired impact on the reader you must include at least one rhetorical question, one exclamatory sentence and two complex sentences.
- ATrue
- BFalse
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- An activity which asks learners to make choices of structure, vocabulary and conventions in order to write an effective letter.
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- Sarah Holmes
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- English
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