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Everyday Text Planner

The lighthouse is opening for a family afternoon. Plan an everyday text that will help visitors: choose a message welcoming families to attend or a set of instructions. Use the planner to make your purpose and audience clear, then draft and check your text.

Notice the purpose

Arjun is helping Isla prepare a message for lighthouse visitors. Read each question carefully.

1.Which text would best tell families the date, time and place of the lighthouse afternoon?

An invitation
A set of game instructions
A character description

2.Isla writes, “Bring a hat because we will be outside.” Is this detail useful to the audience? Explain why.

3.True or false: Instructions for a simple lighthouse discovery game should present the steps in an order that makes sense.

TrueFalse

4.Match each writing choice to its main purpose.

“You are invited to our lighthouse afternoon!”
“First, collect a clue card.”
“Saturday, 1–3 pm”

Give the event time
Encourage someone to attend
Tell someone what to do

Build your plan

Choose one text type for the lighthouse afternoon: a message welcoming families or instructions for a short discovery game.

5.Fill in the blank with the audience for your chosen text: “I am writing for .”

6.Plan three useful details. For a message welcoming families, think about when, where and what to bring. For game instructions, think about what to collect, what to do and how to finish.

7.Write an opening sentence suited to your chosen text. Make it clear whether you are inviting the reader or beginning a set of instructions.

8.Draft your complete everyday text. Include a clear purpose, details your audience needs, and an appropriate ending. Use a heading if it helps.

Check and improve

Read your draft aloud quietly. Check that a visitor could understand it without asking you for missing information.

9.Name one detail you checked or changed to make your text clearer. Explain how the change helps the reader.

10.Read Arjun’s draft: “Come to the lighthouse this Saturday! We will play a clue game and look at the coast. Bring a hat.” Give one helpful feedback comment. Include something that works well and one question or suggestion.

11.Reflect: How did planning before drafting help you write for your audience?