Transactional Writing: MELL Strategy & Formal Letter Construction
The MELL strategy in transactional writing, learn about formal letter construction, positioning of elements, and more. Engage with exercises and examples to enhance your writing skills. .
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Please have your planner open on todays date Planner Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Transactional Writing Language Paper 2 Q1. What do the letters MELL stand for in the transactional writing strategy you Copy were recently introduced to? Q2. What technique has been used in this newspaper headline about a fire in a local shopping centre: Burning questions need answering. Do Q3. What is a subordinate clause? Q4. When constructing a formal letter in what situation would you use the ending Yours sincerely ? Q5. What would be the correct address format for a formal letter? For example, where would the date, your address and the recipients address be positioned?
Learning Focus: To fully embed all aspects of the Imagine ISMELL strategy into my planning of and construction of a range transactional text types Learning Outcomes: Understand how MELL works in the strategy. Develop and further improve a WAGOLL. Use all the elements of the strategy in the construction of a formal letter.
What do you infer from the following images? Have the same themes and ideas ever applied to you personally? If so, how?
Lets start with the question Bonfire Night should be banned. It is pointless, expensive and dangerous and causes serious disorder and anti- social behaviour in local communities. Write a formal letter to Wakefield Council in which you argue your point of view.
Bonfire Night should be banned. It is pointless, expensive and dangerous and causes serious disorder and anti- social behaviour in local communities. Decide whether you agree or disagree with the question statement Strongly agree Partially agree Strongly disagree
Continuing with the Imagine ISMELL strategy Individual: How am I affect by this personally? Society: How is society affected by this? Morality: What are the moral implications? Economy/Environment: How might the environment or the economy be affected by this? Legal: What are the legal implications of this? Look carefully at the next ingredients and with your partner choose two and discuss your ideas.
Now think about how Bonfire Night could have either A positive or negative impact and influence on: Individual: Extend: What could the local community do to reduce the number of social disorder and anti-social incidents on Bonfire Night? Society: How can schools help? Morality: Economy/ environment:
quell hoodlum family-oriented unprovoked mesmerising atmospheric Vocabulary Challenge: What do these words mean? Are there any you need to look up and log?
Now read the full article Riot police called in after Bonfire Night descends into violence and chaos Riot police called in after Bonfire Night descends into violence and chaos Initial Reading Police were forced to quell a large-scale Bonfire Night disturbance involving a group of youths in Leeds last night. Police say they were called to investigate reports of disorder and anti-social behaviour in the Harehills Road area of the city around 8.20pm. First thoughts? They said groups of youths were hurling fireworks and other missiles, while also setting fire to rubbish bins. With a police helicopter called in to assist, several arrests were made as the crowd dispersed. Chief Superintendent Damien Miller said: In conjunction with our partner agencies, we have prepared for all possible eventualities over the bonfire period. What methods has the writer used? We made it clear from the outset that any instances of disorder or antisocial behaviour would not be tolerated and we were able to quickly respond. Those individuals that engage in such behaviour are within the minority and do not represent the wider community. We will continue to provide reassurance in the local area with high visibility patrols. A number of people have been arrested and investigations were continuing to find anyone else who may have been involved. Police said in a statement: No-one was reported to have been injured, however police vehicles were damaged. Which references in particular would be useful as ideas in your own viewpoint? West Yorkshire Police said the eight had been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder, seven had been released on bail, one is in custody and two others were facing further interviews about the night's events. The force had previously said offenders were "naive to think there will not be consequences".
Harehills Bonfire Night riots Whilst we watch, make a note on your paper of anything important in your argument for banning Bonfire Night. Be prepared to share your ideas and feedback with the class
Harehills Bonfire Night riots https://metro.co.uk/video/youths-hurl-fireworks-riot- police-leeds-bonfire-night-2042926/?ito=vjs-link
WAGOLL Dear Sir/ Madam Imagine a world where pets and the elderly don t suffer for up to two weeks every November; a world that s safer ; a world that s quieter. I am writing this letter to kindly ask you, my local council, to consider banning the celebration of Bonfire Night in Wakefield and the five towns as I consider it to be a real danger to the general public and unless stopped will continue to cause widespread chaos in our normally peaceful and respected community. Task: What is interesting and effective about this student response? Spend 10 minutes critiquing it with your partner and annotating your own copy in your booklet. Firstly as a mother and pet owner I speak from experience at the disruption that fireworks cause on Bonfire Night. Due to the sale of fireworks building up to bonfire night the celebrations often last weeks with the loud displays lasting into the early hours of the morning. This causes unfair stress both to animals and children who suffer anxiety and disturbed sleep from the constant noise. The RSPCA states that they receive a 45% increase in calls for stray and missing animals during November caused by pets attempting to escape from the noise. Is this really fair? Secondly the sale of illegal fireworks is a major concern in small communities. Fireworks are already dangerous, causing the ambulance service to receive a 64% increase in 999 emergency calls linked to firework related accidents. According to figures from the NHS, there were almost 2,000 occasions of people going to A&E linked to fireworks in 2018.And more than 35,000 people sought advice from the NHS.uk website on how to treat burns and scalds. As a parent I fear that my child may be at risk from untrained individuals who think it funny to treat fireworks as a joke or prank. Fireworks should be a time to celebrate and enjoy the colorful displays, not stay in to avoid the danger that irresponsible individual can cause. Finally the law states that fireworks must not be set off between 11pm and 7am, except for Bonfire Night, when the cut off is midnight. Currently this rule is not being enforced as in my local area there have been fireworks going off until 3am, disturbing the sleep of my one year old little boy. This is hardly fair to children or elderly who are easily frightened by the loud noises. With so many fireworks going off it is hard for these people to sleep and rest, don t you think? Be prepared to share your ideas with the whole class and suggest how this could be improved? So imagine a world where Bonfire Night is not synonymous with the fear of danger, where it can be enjoyed in beautiful safe environment and there are no injuries caused by the irresponsible sale of illegal fireworks. You can make that happen. How I hear you ask? Ban Bonfire Night for good. Yours faithfully
Now have a go at writing your letter to the council by including contrasting imagine statement and at least the individual, society and moral paragraphs
