7.5.1 Functional writing

• Formal and informal letters
• Layout and conventions of a formal letter
• Letters of apology, appreciation and acceptance
• Tone appropriate to purpose and recipient

• distinguish formal from informal letter conventions
• lay out a formal letter correctly
• write letters of apology, appreciation and acceptance
• match tone to purpose and recipient

“What does a letter have to do that a message does not?”

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1. Formal letter conventions
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   The layout, the register, and why both still matter.
2. Apology, appreciation and acceptance
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   Three letters that turn on tone rather than on layout.
3. When a letter must be formal
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Choosing formal layout and tone for a sports matter that will be filed, and informal only when the relationship allows it.
4. A complete sports letter
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Writing one full formal letter - apology, appreciation or acceptance - that a school could actually send.