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Look again at the letter which Wanda’s father writes to Miss Mason, Wanda’s teacher. Mr. Petronski is not quite aware how to write a formal letter in English. Can you rewrite it more appropriately? Discuss the following with your partner before you do so. The format of a formal letter: How to begin the letter and how to end it; the language of the letter needs to be formal (Avoid informal words like ‘holler’ and fragments like ‘No more ask why funny name.’)

Write complete sentences.

Types of Letters :


Formal Letters


Informal letter


Business Letters


The Format of a Formal Letter:


1. Sender’s Address


2. Date


3.Receiver’s address with name


4.Salutation


5.Subject


6. Letter content


7. Last complimentary words


8. Sender’s Name


Letter-


Boggins Heights


U.S.A.


17th Sep, 20xx


Miss Mason


8, Bridge Lane


Respected Madam


I would like bring to your notice that my daughter, Wanda Petronski, has complained to me that the students of her class make fun of name and her dresses. This behavior has affected her mind badly. Now she does not want to go to school anymore. It is not good for a reputed school to have such unruly behaving students in a class. However, I have taken a decision that my daughter will not come to your school as we are moving to Chicago where we will not face such problems.


Yours sincerely


Jan Petronski


NOTE – Students can write the letter differently. The above answer is only an example.


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Colours are used to describe feelings, moods, and emotions. Match the following ‘colour expressions’ with a suggested paraphrase.

(i) the Monday morning blues

Feel embarrassed/ angry ashamed

(ii) go red in the face

feel very sick, as if about to vomit

(iii) look green

Sadness or depression after a weekend of fun

(iv) the red carpet

The sign or permission to begin an action.

(v) blue-blooded

a sign of surrender or acceptance of defeat; a wish to stop fighting

(vi) a green belt

in an unlawful act; while doing something wrong

(vii) a blackguard

a photographic print of building plans; a detailed plan or scheme

(viii) a grey area

the land around a town or city where construction is prohibited by law

(ix) a white flag

an area of a subject or a situation where matters are not very clear

(x) a blueprint

a dishonest person with no sense of right or wrong

(xi) red-handed

a special welcome

(xii) the green light

Of noble birth or from a royal family
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Role Play

The story of Wanda Petronski presents many characters engaged in many kinds of behavior (teasing, playing, sitting in class). From groups. Choose an episode or episodes from the story. Assign roles to each member of the group from that episode, and try to act it.

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Are you interested in drawing and painting? Ritu Kumar, one of India’s best- known dress designers, has no formal training in designing. She started by sketching ideas for her own dresses so much that they asked her to design clothes for them, and even paid her for it! Imagine you are going to make a career out of your hobby. What sort of things will you need to learn? Write a paragraph or two on this topic after consulting an expert or doing reference work on your chosen area.

 3

Rewrite a part of the story as if Wanda is telling us her own story.