Monday, February 23, 2015

Message Writing: CLass VIII, IX, and X

Message Writing
§  Message is written, spoken information to be given by a person or a group to another person or a group. 
§  Message writing is done in the Reported Speech form.
§  A message should be written in short and should not be written as an essay or a letter.
§  We should not mention the greeting like ‘Dear ….’, ‘Respected ….’, etc.
§  We should directly write what message we are supposed to give.
Sample Message:
Read the conversation given below and convert the conversation into a message:
Aakash:                Hello?
Rashi:                    Hi! Can I talk to Yami?
Aakash:                May I know who is this on line?
Rashi:                    This is Rashi, Yami’s college friend. Can I talk to Yami, please?
Aakash:                I am really sorry. Yami is not at home. She has gone out with mum for shopping.
Rashi:                    Oh … Can you please tell her that she is supposed to come at my place at Banjara Hills Road by 6.30 in the evening? All the other girls who have participated in the College’s Annual show in dance are also coming to practice at my place today. And yes, also ask her to get her tape recorder.
Aakash:                Yami is not here. But I will give your message to her.
The conversation mentioned above is written as a message in the following manner:
MESSAGE
February 14, 2014
5:00 PM
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Yami,
Your friend Rashi has called up and has asked you to come to her home at 6.30 PM at Banjara Hills today to practice dance for the College’s Annual Show. She has told that all the other participants in the dance program would also be present. She has asked you to carry our tape recorder.
Aakash
Format of message writing
The format to be followed in the school and board examinations is as given below:
Always Remember
·         Write a title in Capital and bold letters as MESSAGE
·         In the actual body, don’t mention that this is a message.
·         Don’t use figurative language.
·         Make it short, sweet and easy to understand.
·         Don’t make paragraph.
·         Don’t forget to make a box.
·         The rule of WWWW (Who, Why, When, What)





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