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EWS Term 3 · U5

Functional writing and visual information

By the end of this unit
  • Understand and use notices, invitations and personal notes.
  • Understand and use writing an appropriate email.
  • Understand and use describing charts accurately.

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ගෙවීමට පෙර වැඩපත්‍රයේ අන්තර්ගතය, ගාස්තු සහ ලබාදෙන දිනය WhatsApp මඟින් තහවුරු කරගන්න.

පාඩම් සටහන් මුද්‍රණය කරගන්න.
01SMALL STEPS · BIG SMILES

Notices, invitations and personal notes

Learn it simply

  • A notice gives essential information to a group and should be easy to scan.
  • A clear heading, purpose, date, time, place and contact or instruction help the reader act.
  • An invitation also identifies who is inviting whom and how to respond where relevant.

See it. Say it. Understand it.

Easy / Start here

A changed venue should be stated clearly, together with the event and time.

Moderate / Add a little

A personal note needs an identifiable recipient, message and sender.

More detail for teachers and confident learners

A notice gives essential information to a group and should be easy to scan. A clear heading, purpose, date, time, place and contact or instruction help the reader act. An invitation also identifies who is inviting whom and how to respond where relevant. A personal note is usually shorter and directed to one person, but it must still include the necessary message and an identifiable sender.

Choose only details needed by the audience. If a venue changes, state the new venue clearly and avoid leaving the old information looking current. Do not invent a date or telephone number when the task gives one. A short format still needs accurate grammar and understandable punctuation. Before finishing, imagine the reader wants to attend or reply: check whether any missing information would prevent that action.

For Grade 10 preparation, connect accuracy with an identifiable purpose and audience. These models demonstrate a method rather than predict an examination question. In a longer response, select details which answer the task and preserve a clear relationship between sentences.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

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ඒකකය පුහුණු වීමට වැඩපත්‍ර සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු හෝ ආදර්ශ පිළිතුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලබාගත හැකිය.

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02SMALL STEPS · BIG SMILES

Writing an appropriate email

Learn it simply

  • An email should make its purpose clear near the beginning.
  • The relationship with the reader determines the greeting, level of formality and closing.
  • Include all requested information in a logical order, using short paragraphs when the message has several points.

See it. Say it. Understand it.

Easy / Start here

Subject: Request to use the room at the village hall

Moderate / Add a little

A friendly message and a formal enquiry can communicate the same facts with different greetings and tone.

More detail for teachers and confident learners

An email should make its purpose clear near the beginning. The relationship with the reader determines the greeting, level of formality and closing. Include all requested information in a logical order, using short paragraphs when the message has several points. A useful subject line identifies the matter precisely. A request should tell the reader what response or action is needed and any genuine relevant deadline.

An informal email may use contractions and a friendly tone, while a formal enquiry normally needs more neutral language. Polite does not mean unnecessarily long. Avoid unclear promises, invented facts and unexplained abbreviations. Before sending or submitting, check the recipient's name, dates, attachments mentioned and main request. In an examination task, follow the specified audience and word guidance rather than copying a memorised letter that does not answer the situation.

For Grade 10 preparation, connect accuracy with an identifiable purpose and audience. These models demonstrate a method rather than predict an examination question. In a longer response, select details which answer the task and preserve a clear relationship between sentences.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

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ඒකකය පුහුණු වීමට වැඩපත්‍ර සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු හෝ ආදර්ශ පිළිතුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලබාගත හැකිය.

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03SMALL STEPS · BIG SMILES

Describing charts accurately

Learn it simply

  • A chart description reports the important patterns in visual information.
  • Start by identifying the subject, group, time and unit.
  • Select the largest or smallest categories, clear comparisons and any major trend.

See it. Say it. Understand it.

Easy / Start here

The largest category matters only when its label and unit are correctly identified.

Moderate / Add a little

A chart can describe a change without explaining its cause.

More detail for teachers and confident learners

A chart description reports the important patterns in visual information. Start by identifying the subject, group, time and unit. Select the largest or smallest categories, clear comparisons and any major trend. Use exact figures when they support a point, but do not list every number without organising it. A static comparison and a change over time need different language.

ප්‍රස්ථාරයේ මාතෘකාව, කාලය හා ඒකක බලන්න. වැදගත්ම වෙනස්කම් හෝ සසඳීම් නිවැරදි සංඛ්‍යා සමඟ පිළිවෙළට ලියන්න; සෑම අංකයක්ම ලැයිස්තුගත කිරීම අවශ්‍ය නැත.

Distinguish a percentage from a percentage-point difference. If a value rises from 20 percent to 30 percent, the difference is ten percentage points. A chart can show a relationship without proving its cause. Do not invent explanations absent from the task. Use the past tense for finished dates and an appropriate present form for a current table. Check totals and labels before writing so that a fluent paragraph does not report the wrong group.

20% සිට 30% දක්වා වැඩිවීම ප්‍රතිශත ලකුණු 10කි. ප්‍රස්ථාරයේ නැති හේතු මවා නොකියා, නිවැරදි කාලය හා ඒකක යොදා ලියන්න.

For Grade 10 preparation, connect accuracy with an identifiable purpose and audience. These models demonstrate a method rather than predict an examination question. In a longer response, select details which answer the task and preserve a clear relationship between sentences.

වැඩි විස්තර අවශ්‍ය විට පමණක් මෙම කොටස කියවන්න.

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ඒකකය පුහුණු වීමට වැඩපත්‍ර සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු හෝ ආදර්ශ පිළිතුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලබාගත හැකිය.

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මෙම ඒකකයේ සියලු පාඩම් ආවරණය කරන වැඩපත්‍රය සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු සඳහා WhatsApp මඟින් විමසන්න.

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ඒකකය පුහුණු වීමට වැඩපත්‍ර සහ වෙනම පිළිතුරු හෝ ආදර්ශ පිළිතුරු මාර්ගෝපදේශයක් ලබාගත හැකිය.

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ගුරුවරුන්ට පාඩම් සැලසුම් කර ඉගැන්වීමටත්, දරුවන්ට හා වැඩිහිටියන්ට තනිව පුහුණු වී විභාගයට සූදානම් වීමටත් මෙම වෙබ් අඩවිය භාවිත කළ හැකිය. දෙමාපියන්ට නිවසේදී දරුවන්ට උදව් කළ හැකිය.

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ගුරුවරුන්ට පාඩම් සැලසුම් කිරීමටත්, දරුවන්ට හා වැඩිහිටියන්ට ස්වයං අධ්‍යයනය සහ විභාග පුහුණුව සඳහාත් මෙම වෙබ් අඩවිය භාවිත කළ හැක.