GoalShare what I found with a teacher and a friend in two different ways, and see how communication tools can help my community.
New words
audience · the people you share withformal · careful, polite and completeinformal · relaxed and friendlycommunity · the people who live near you
Explanation
When you share your findings, think about your audience. With a teacher we choose careful, polite words and complete sentences. We may hand in a written report or a message with a greeting and thanks. This is why an email is usually more formal than an instant message. With a friend we can use relaxed, friendly words, and talk live or write a short note. The findings are the same, but the way we say them changes. Choose someone you know, and ask a grown-up to help with anything online. Communication tools can also help your community: with a teacher, a class might send a reminder about a clean-up day or an invitation to swap books, without any private details.
To a teacher
To a friend
Words
careful and polite
relaxed and friendly
Sentences
complete
short
Good way
a report or a message with thanks
a chat or a short note
Worked examples
To my teacher
To my friend
I found out that a camel can live for many days without water. Thank you for reading.
Guess what! A camel can go days without a drink!
The finding is the same, but the words change.
Mariam shows her friend her poster and tells her the three facts. Then they compare what each of them found, and both learn something new.
Class 4 wants to invite the neighbours to a street clean-up day. With their teacher, they write a polite note to send in the way the school chooses, with no one’s address or phone number.
Class activity
Two ways to say it. Choose one finding from your research. Write it twice: once for your teacher and once for a friend. Read both to a partner and let them guess which is for the teacher. Then think: what could your class announce to help your community?
Practice
1
Why do we change our words between a teacher and a friend?
Because the audience is different: careful, polite words for a teacher, relaxed and friendly words for a friend.
2
Name one way communication tools can help a community.
For example, reminding people of a clean-up day or inviting them to swap books, with a teacher’s help and no private details.
3
Which sentence suits a teacher? A: “I found out that the date palm gives us dates. Thank you for reading.” B: “Guess what! Date palms are great!”
A, because it is careful and polite and has thanks.
4
Why is an email usually more formal than an instant message?
Because it is written with more care: a greeting, complete sentences and thanks, and the reader can reply later.
