Lesson Plan

• Identify the most appropriate register (formal, neutral, informal) for a given writing task.
• Analyse key linguistic features that distinguish each register.
• Apply the correct register when composing directed‑writing pieces.
• Evaluate personal writing for register consistency using a checklist.

• Projector or interactive whiteboard
• Sample task handouts (formal letter, informal email, speech prompt)
• Register comparison worksheet
• Model answer printouts
• Markers and flip‑chart paper
• Exit‑ticket slips

Begin with a quick poll: “When you read a text, how does the tone tell you who wrote it?” Connect this to the previous lesson on audience analysis. Explain that today’s success criteria are to correctly choose and justify a register for any directed‑writing task.

1. Do‑now (5') – Students label three example sentences as formal, neutral, or informal.
2. Mini‑lecture (10') – Present the concept of register, its purpose, and key features using slides.
3. Guided analysis (10') – Examine a model formal letter; highlight vocabulary, sentence structure, and tone.
4. Group activity (15') – Teams rewrite an informal email as a formal letter, referencing the checklist.
5. Independent practice (15') – Write a 150‑200 word speech for a school assembly, choose an appropriate register and note the justification.
6. Peer review (10') – Exchange writings and assess register appropriateness with the rubric.

Summarise how audience, purpose, and format guide register choices. Students complete an exit ticket stating which register they used in their speech and why. For homework, write a neutral business email responding to a client inquiry, applying today’s checklist.