ICSE Class 10 Specimen Paper 2019 Guidelines for Notice and E-mail Writing

ICSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE (ENGLISH PAPER – 1) SUGGESTED GUIDELINES FOR NOTICE AND EMAIL WRITING FOR ICSE 2019 ONWARDS It is recommended that both the notice and email parts be taught as one unit, as the theme is common to both. It is only the target audience that is different, e.g. the Notice is for the pupils of the school, whereas the email is meant for the Principal of a neighbouring school. e.g. Your school is hosting an inter school Debate Competition. Draft a notice for the school Notice Board giving all relevant details of the event. Write an email to the Principal of a neighbouring school requesting him/her to send a team to participate in the debate. NOTICE Heading: Must be appropriate to the event (Not Notice) 1 mark Date: ½ mark Time: ½ mark Venue: (Hall/Auditorium + Location) ½ + ½ mark e.g. Sandra Hall; St Lawrence School Name of event: War with Words (Inter-School Debate) 1 mark For Whom? Details of Target Audience, invitees etc. 1 mark e.g. All pupils from Class 8 to 10 are eligible to participate. E MAIL Format: To: (A complete plausible e mail id ½ mark e.g. [email protected] Subject: (must be appropriate to given topic) ½ mark Salutation: ½ mark Opening and Closing sentence: ½ + ½ mark Subscription: ½ mark Expression: 2 marks The Tone must be formal. The message is to be conveyed using clear and simple language. An email is no excuse for shoddy expressions, short forms or SMS vocabulary and spelling. Traditional rules for punctuation is to be maintained. (Judicious use of Capital Letters). All communication must follow the standard norms of etiquette.