Lesson Plan of Accepting and Declining Invitations in English language
Grade V
Students` Learning Outcomes
- Write replies accepting or declining an invitation.
Information for Teachers
- In the invitations, the following points are considered:
- Purpose of writing
- Date & Time of that party/function
- Venue of that party
- Name of addressee and sender i.e. students have to write their own name and of the addressee.
- Form of addressing elders: as; Mr., Mrs, Miss, and Ms. Etc.
- Proper nouns start with capital letters; write the names, places, days, moths with capital letters. For example, Ayesha, Ali, Iqbal Town, Saturday, February, etc.
- To decline the invitation means that you can`t attend the party due to some reason.
- While teaching the lesson, consult textbook too.
Material / Resources
Writing board, chalk/marker, duster, textbook
Introduction
- Recap the last lesson and ask the students to tell, as;
- What invitations are?
- Why are invitations written /sent?
- Why is it important to respond to an invitation?
- (Because it is polite to reply to an invitation if the host knows how many people are coming they can arrange for food and seating accordingly).
Development
Activity 1
- Write the following template on the writing board and ask the students to copy it.
- Ask the students to read the invitations they have written in the previous /last lesson as on ‘birthday party invitation’ and on ‘brother`s sister`s wedding’.
- Tell the students to write a short note for telling their friends that they are very happy to get the invitation of his/her birthday party or brother`s /sister`s wedding and they will join him/her on that occasion.
- Tell the students to, as;
- Thank their friend for the invitation.
- Say you would love to come.
- Tell you will come and join them.
- Monitor and help the students.
- Once they have done, ask them to exchange and check each other`s work and give feedback.
- Tell the students to write the second draft in the light of the feedback given by their peers.
Activity 2
- Once the students have done the above activity, ask them to think of reason for not being able to go.
- Ask why they should write a note even if they can`t go. Explain the importance of being polite.
- Write a note for declining the invitation by using the following template.
- Tell the students to write a reply using these ideas:
- Thank your friend for the invitation.
- Say you would love to come but you can`t and give the reason for that.
- Remember to mention the reason briefly.
- Tell when you will visit them after the wedding or the occasion.
Sum up / Conclusion
- To sum up the lesson, tell the answers to the following questions yourself or ask the students to tell their answers, as;
- What should be written in an accepting invitation note?
- Why is it important to write an acceptance of invitation note?
- Why should we write a declining note?
- What should be written in a declining note?
Assessment
- Ask the students to exchange and read each other`s work and give feedback.
- Tell the students to write the second draft in the light of the feedback given by their peers group.
- Involve the students in solving problems related to accepting or declining invitations given in exercise of the textbook
Follow up
- Ask the students to write an accepting or declining note to their friends’ invitation on a party to celebrate success in final exam.
