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Zone of RelevanceLesson 1

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE(Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc., Chf. Warlock, Supreme

Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

Dear Team Year 4 Children, We are pleased to inform you that you have now reached the Summer term of Year 4 and have the necessary talents to be accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of school uniforms and optional equipment.

To assist your placement into the correct House we request you write a persuasive letter to the Sorting Hat expressing the reasons why you should be placed into your chosen House. We await the arrival of your letter no later than Friday 19th June by Owl mail.

Yours Sincerely,

Miss Duncan, Mrs Millan-Fernandez, Mrs Ayantoye and Miss ChidlowTeam Year 4 Teachers

In which HOUSE do you BELONG?

You might belong in Gryffindor,where dwell the brave at heart,their daring, nerve and chivalry

set Gryffindors apart;

Or belong in Hufflepuff,where they are just and loyal,

those patient Hufflepuffs are trueand unafraid of toil;

You could be a wise old Ravenclaw,If you've a ready mind,

where those of wit and learning,will always find their kind;

Or perhaps in SlytherinYou'll make your real friends,

Those cunning folk use any meansto achieve their ends.

Getting to know you…. Reasons you are perfect for your chosen house.

Today we will be completing a Zone of Relevance Map about ourselves. Choose the house you would like to be a part of and then think about the qualities people in that house should have.

Zone of Relevance

Remember the most relevant words go in the centre in the red circle. The less relevant the word the further away the from the centre the word is. The least relevant words will be in the blue circle.

Zone of Relevance

Word bank

(make sure you use your own words to)

cunning

brave

daring

courageous

patient

wise

hard working

friendly

caring

resourceful

ambitious

Zone of Relevance

Example completed for a

potential Slytherin member.

cunningbrave

daring

courageous

patient

wise

hard working

friendly

caring

resourceful

ambitious

Formal Letter Writing- Format Lesson 2 Today we will be

recapping the key features of a formal letter and setting up the beginning of our own letter.

Persuasive Letter LayoutThere are some important things to remember when writing a persuasive letter.

You have to lay out your letter properly:

•Write your address.

•Write the address of who you are writing to (the recipient’s address).

•Write a greeting (the recipient’s name).

•Write the full date.

•Write about the topic and persuade your reader.

•Close your letter.

•Write your full name.

Your address

Date

Closing

Signature

Contact information of

the person or company

you are trying to contact

Greeting

Body of Letter

The first paragraph should

provide an introduction

In the following paragraphs

provide more information and

specific details.

The last paragraph should

restate the reason you are

writing and thank the reader

for reviewing your request.

Our WAGOLL (what a good one looks like) labeled

This goes on the top right-hand side of the letter:Your house number and street name,Town/City,CountyExample:432 Slimy Drive,Portsmouth,Hampshire

The address of who you are writing to goes on the top left-hand side of the letter:Their house name/number,Street,Town/City,CountyExample:Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry,Hogwarts Castle,Highlands of Scotland

This goes on the top right hand side of the letter, under your address.Example:Wednesday 10th June 2020

If you do know who the letter is to, begin it with either Mr, Miss, Mrs, Ms and their surname, then a comma:Example:Dear Miss Smith,

If you don’t know who to address the letter to, begin it with:Example:Dear Sir or Madam,

Remember!When you are writing your contact information and the date, it should be aligned to the right hand side of the page.

The rest of the letter should be aligned to the left.

Now you will begin your persuasive letter to the Sorting Hat by completing the setup. Here are the things you’ll need to do today:

1. You will need to write your contact

information (you can make this up!).

2. The date you are writing the letter.

3. The contact information of the Sorting Hat

(again make this up!).

4. Lastly the greeting.

Formal Letter Writing -Opening paragraph

Lesson 3Remember to share your work

with the year 4 Teachers on the

google drive or on the year 4

email address.

We love to see your work!

Today we will be writing the opening paragraph of our letter to the Sorting Hat.

Remember we are trying to persuade (or convince) the Sorting Hat to let us into our chosen house. To do this we need to give lots of good examples of why we are perfect for our chosen house.

Main BodyToday we are writing the opening paragraph.

Word Bank

Remember to magpie from the word bank to help you use some great persuasive language.

Things you need to include in your letter→State the purpose/reason of your letter→Include a brief personal statement.→Develop a statement that “catalogs” at least three reasons you are suitable for the chosen house.→Ask for consideration

Below you can see how each point looks in our WAGOLL letter.

Formal Letter Writing -The Body Lesson 4

Remember to share your work

with the year 4 Teachers on the

google drive or on the year 4

email address.

We love to see your work!

Today you will write at least two paragraphs making up the next part of your letter. The Body paragraphs, here you will expand on the reasons you mentioned in your opening paragraph.

Main BodyToday we are writing the main paragraphs.

Word Bank

Remember to magpie from the word bank to help you use some great persuasive language.

Things to remember to add into your main body paragraphs→Restate each reason as its own paragraph.→Use quotes to support your reasons→Use anecdotes to support your reasons.→Use persuasive vocabulary and sentence openers

Below is our WAGOLL letter with the features

highlighted

Formal Letter Writing -Closing paragraph

Lesson 5Remember to share your

finished letter with the year 4

Teachers on the google drive

or on the year 4 email address.

We love to see your work!

Today you will write the closing paragraph of your letter. The closing paragraph will round up your reasons and conclude your letter. You will also need to write your closing and name of who wrote the letter.

Main BodyToday we are writing the closing paragraph.

Closing/Farewell and signature.

Word Bank

Closings

There are many different closings but Yours sincerely and Yours faithfully and ure the most common.

If you do know who the letter is to, close your letter on the left-hand side with:Yours sincerely,(Your Full Name)

If you don’t know who the letter is to, close your letter on the left-hand side with:Yours faithfully,(Your Full Name)

Things to remember to add into your main body paragraphs→Start with a “closing phrase”.→Restate your purpose.→Restate your three reasons.→Thank your audience.→ Closing/farewell and signature of the person writing the letter

Once you have finished check through your letter.

Check for correct use of: → Punctuation→ Capital letters

Have you used?→ Persuasive language→ Fronted Adverbials (Time)

Remember to share your finished letter with your teacher on google drive of via the year 4 email!