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Alice:

Body 1
We know that you may want to get more information regarding how you could help in this
meaningful commercial before making the decision. The first thing we need your assistance
on is to appear as a volunteer in the advertisement. All you have to do is laughing and
chatting with others while picking up rubbish on the beach. Since upsetting your daily routine
too much is the very last thing we want, the filming will only take around two hours. If
possible, we would also like you to record the voice-over for the advertisement which is likely
to take less than an hour.

Content points
TS
Linker
Lang showing your understanding
Lang increasing persuasive —> use of positive adj

Body 2
We understand that as a well-known singer, it is not easy for you to spare time from your
packed schedules for the campaign, but there are in fact some good reasons for doing so.
Our school has conducted a survey related to event promotion and fame of idols. Results
show that celebrity advertising is voted to be the best way to encourage more people to take
part in an event and, more importantly, supporting good causes is the most effective means
to make celebrities more popular.(result implication—> results relate to the reader??)
Therefore, we believe that being part of an environmental movement like ours will not only
further enhance your image and bring you fame, but it will also encourage public
participation in our wonderful event. An addition/An added benefit is that the beach clean-up
advertisements will be broadcast on Rock TV and will reach over one million viewers. This
will definitely attract a lot of publicity and serve as excellent promotion for your upcoming
concert.

(Summary) Taking part in this environmental campaign is meaningful. (Call for action) We
would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to you for giving consideration to this matter and it
would be a great honour for us if you could accept our invitation. Should you need further
details concerning the filming or be interested to help, please do not hesitate to email me at
dlam@xmail.com. I look forward to receiving your favourable reply at your earliest
convenience.

Yours sincerely,
David Lam
Student
West Island Secondary School

U5 FAQ (formal essay—> formal features) + TS + linker

Emily Chan:
1. Text type: invitation letter
2. Text type feature: Dear …On behalf of ( your role), purpose,introduction ( who you
are and why you’re writing ), how he will like her to help and how much time she’d
need to spare, convince her and ‘contact details, Show gratitude—> thank you, —> I
would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your consideration on…/ Thank you
for considering …
3. Role: David Lam, secondary four student, director of the TV ad.
4. Audience: Tina Ho
5. Pronoun: I, you
6. Tense: present, future
7. Purpose: to invite Tina Ho to take part in the advertisement.
8. Lang features: conditionals, inversion, passive voice, participles
9. Introduction : Greetings, I am David Lam, the student director of the TV
advertisement for the beach cleaning campaign. On behalf of the West Island
secondary school, we would like to invite you to participate in our TV advertisement.
It would be a great honour if you would be able to appear in the advertisement.
10. Body para#1 :I know that you may be curious about what you have to do in the
advertisement, so here are some details of our filming ideas. In the advertisement,
some simple acting is required. You would have to pick up rubbish on the beach and
laughing and smiling while you’re doing so. Since you may have a hectic schedule,
the whole process would not take long. You would have to spare around 2 hours for
the filming and approximately an hour for recording the voice-over if possible.
11. Body para#2 : We understand that as a well-known celebrity, it is not easy for you to
spare time from your busy schedule for this campaign, but there are some good
reasons why you would like to take part in our advertisement. You would definitely
enhance your image and bring you fame by appearing in the advertisement, Since
the public admires celebrities who support good causes. Beach clean-up is a very
meaningful event and it contributes to the environment. Your celebrity appearance
would definitely encourage more people to take part in the voluntary campaign. You
could help raise awareness of protecting our Earth. The advertisement would be
shown on Rock TV and over a million people could watch it. You could also promote
your concert at the end of the advertisement.
12. Conclusion : (summary) Should you have any further enquiries, please do not
hesitate to contact ______ at your earliest convenience. I would like to express my
heartfelt gratitude for your consideration on appearing in our advertisement.

Ivan:
1. Text type: Invitation letter
2. Text type feature:
- Dear…,
- On behalf of…
- Who I am
- Purpose of letter
- Details of activity
- Show gratitude
3. Role: David Lam / student director / secondary four student
4. Audience: Tina Ho
5. Pronoun: I, We, You
6. Tense: Present, future
7. Purpose:
a) Summary of task → To infrom Tina about the the details of the TV advertisement
b) Call for action → To invite Tina to film in the Tv advertisement
8. Language feature:
X Contractions
X Direct questions
✓ Indirect questions
✓ Passive Voice
✓ Inverted
✓ Conditional 1
✓ Inversions
✓ Present participle clause
✓ Perfect participle clause
✓ Relative clause

9. Tone: Formal, Polite, Convincing, Flattering

Introduction:
I am David Lam, a secondary four student and the director of the beach cleaning TV
advertisement. On behalf of West Island Secondary School, I am writing to invite you
to film in our beach cleaning TV advertisement. We would greatly appreciate it if you
could take part on our filming of the advertisement.

Body Para:
We know that you may want to get more information about how you could help in this
meaningful commercial before making the decision. The first thing we need your
assistance on is to act as one of the beach cleaning volunteers in the advertisement,
all you have to do is laughing and chatting with others while picking up rubbish, since
upsetting your daily routine too much is the very last thing we want, the filming will
only take about 2 hours. If possible, we would also like you to record a voice-over for
the advertisement which is likely to take less than 1 hour.

We understand that as a well-known singer, it is not easy for you to spare time from
your packed schedules for the campaign. But there are in fact some good reasons
for doing so. Our school has conducted a survey related to event promotion and
fame of idols. The result shows that celebrity advertising is voted to be the best way
to encourage more people to take part in an event. More importantly, supporting
good causes makes celebrities more popular most effectively. The advertisement will
be playing on Rock TV. It has more than 1 million viewers and will surely be a great
way to promote your upcoming concert. , your presence in the advertisement will
definitely not only promote your upcoming concert and bring you fame but also catch
more people’s attention on our meaningful beach cleaning event and raise their
awareness

Conclusion:
We sincerely hope that you will accept our invitation. Should you have any enquiries,
please do not hesitate to contact me on dlam@xmail.com. We look forward to
hearing your favourable reply at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely,
David Lam
Student director of beach cleaning TV advertisement

Emma:
1. Text type: invitation letter
2. Features:
a) Dear….
b) on behalf of….
c) reason of invitation
d)Details of activity
e)Express gratitude
1. Show gratitude—> thank you, —> I would like to express my
heartfelt gratitude for your consideration on…/ Thank you for
considering …
2. if you have any further enquiry, please feel free to contact me
at your convenience on/at(your contact )
3. Cheers, Yours sincerely
3. Role: David, student director / secondary four student
4. Audience: idol Tina Ho
5. Pronoun: I (David) , you (Tina Ho), we (the school/our school)
6. Tense: modal verbs —> polite tone (would like —> 8.2a) present (8.1), future (8.2a,
8.3)
7. Tone: Formal, polite, convincing, flattering <— ask people to help you out
8. Purpose: (1)—> task/content (summary of task) —> to inform Tina about the details
of TV ad (2)—> conclu (call for action) —> to invite Tina Ho to appear in the
TV advertisement
9. Language features: (formal)=> no contractions, no direct question —> indirect
question, passive voice, inverted (should you…) conditional 1(8.4), inversions,
present participle clauses (Ving, PP), perfect participle clause —> Having+p.p……,
relative clause

Introduction:
Dear Miss Tina Ho,
Introduction:
I am David Lam , a forth-grade student and ad director of the beach-cleaning TV ad.
On behalf of West Island Secondary school, I am writing to invite you to partake in our
advertisement. It would bring us great honor if you could agree to join us.

Bdy Para#1:
We understand that you may want to know what you could to assist us during filming
, so allow us to to show you the details before you make your final choice. The first
thing that we need your help on is to show up as an avid volunteer in the
advertisement. All you have to do is to interact with others and laughing while picking
up trash on the beach. We understand that you have a tight schedule and since
disrupting your work is never our intention , the shooting will only take around two
hours. If doable, we would also like you to record a simple voice-over for our ad
which is likely to take less than an hour.

Bdy Para#2:
We know that you will be promoting your concerts and may want your popularity to
grow while helping this environmental-friendly commercial. Thus , our beach ad will
be shown on Rock TV for over 1 million audiences to see across the country. Also ,
we are going to use your song "Summer Birds" as the soundtrack of said ad.
Additionally ,according to our West Island secondary school surveys , it appears that
celebrity advertising is the most efficient way to encourage youngsters to take part in
events - which means , if you agree to be featured in our ad, you will be able to
inspire the audiences to volunteer to beach-cleaning!Moreover, referring to another
student survey about the popularity of celebrities, it is mentioned that 38% of the
people think that supporting a good cause makes idols popular. That is more than ⅓
of the chart! If you assist our campaign, you'll be standing for environmental
protection and thus supporting good causes . This would be a great way to promote
your new concert. The viewers will surely promise you growing popularity in no time
for your good deeds.

Conclusion:
Thank you for your attention. I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your
consideration accepting our invitation. Should you have any enquiries, please do not
hesitate to contact us on dlam@gmail.com . We look forward to hearing your favorable reply
at your earliest convenience.

Jolie:
Text type: invitation letter
Text type features: ( Sth like that, I can’t rmb all)
Dear …
On behalf of ( your role), purpose
Details( time, date, venue), purpose of the event
What she need to do, reason of inviting her ( related to the event purpose)
Show gratitude—> thank you, —> I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your
consideration on…/ Thank you for considering …
if you have any further enquiry, please feel free to contact me at your convenience
on/at(your contact )
Cheers, Yours sincerely
Role, name
Role: David, student director / secondary four student
Audience: idol Tina Ho
Pronoun: I (David) , you (Tina Ho), we (the school/our school)
Tense: modal verbs —> polite tone (would like —> 8.2a) present (8.1), future (8.2a, 8.3)
Tone: Formal, polite, convincing, flattering <— ask people to help you out
Purpose: (1)—> task/content (summary of task) —> to inform Tina about the details of TV ad
(2)—> conclu (call for action) —> to invite Tina Ho to appear in the TV advertisement
Language features: (formal)=> no contractions, no direct question —> indirect question,
passive voice, inverted (should you…) conditional 1(8.4), inversions, present participle
clauses (Ving, PP), perfect participle clause —> Having+p.p……, relative clause

introduction: I am David Lam,a student director of the TV and for the beach clean- up.On
behalf of the cleaning team of Miss Wong,I would like to invite you to join our beach
clean-up.It would be a great honor if you accept to join us.

Body paragraph 1:
We know that you may want to understand more about things we want you to do.First,we
hope you can appear as a volunteer.You just need to be able to laugh and chat as you pick
up rubbish for two hour.Second,We will also invite you to record the voice-over for around 1
hour.

Body paragraph 2:
We know that you will want to promote your concert and increase your popularity.However,
our advertisement is a good way to promote your concert as it will be shown on Rock TV
which has more than 1 million viewers.
According to the student survey results of West Island Secondary School, supporting good
causes is the best thing that make celebrities more popular and celebrity advertisement is
the best thing to encourage more people to take part in an event.If these will appeared in the
advertisement,it will encourage people to protect environment.

conclusion:
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your participating to our invitation.If you
have any further enquiry, please feel free to contact us at your convenience on my email
dlam@xmail.com.We are looking forward to hear your favourable reply at your earliest
convenience.

Rachel:
1. Text type: invitation letter
2. Text type features: ( Sth like that, I can’t rmb all)
1. Dear …
2. On behalf of ( your role), purpose
3. Details( time, date, venue), purpose of the event
4. What she need to do, reason of inviting her ( related to the
event purpose)
5. Show gratitude—> thank you, —> I would like to express my
heartfelt gratitude for your consideration on…/ Thank you for
considering …
6. if you have any further enquiry, please feel free to contact me
at your convenience on/at(your contact )
7. Cheers, Yours sincerely
8. Role, name
3.Role: David, student director / secondary four student
4.Audience: idol Tina Ho
5.Pronoun: I (David) , you (Tina Ho), we (the school/our school)
6.Tense: modal verbs —> polite tone (would like —> 8.2a) present (8.1), future (8.2a,
8.3)
7. Tone: Formal, polite, convincing, flattering <— ask people to help you out
8. Purpose:
a. —> task/content (summary of task) —> to inform Tina about the details of TV
ad
b. —> conclu (call for action) —> to invite Tina Ho to appear in the TV
advertisement
9. Language features: (formal)=> no contractions, no direct question —> indirect
question, passive voice, inverted (should you…) conditional 1(8.4), inversions,
present participle clauses (Ving, PP), perfect participle clause —> Having+p.p……,
relative clause
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Dear Ms Ho,

I am David Lam, a student director. On behalf of West Island Secondary School, I would like
to extend a warm invitation to you to appear in our Beach Clean-up television advertisement.
It would be a great honour for us if you could show up on the filming day of the
advertisement.

We sincerely understand that you may want to get more information regarding how you
could help in this significant commercial before making the decision. The first thing is that
you could act as a volunteer whose duty is to pick up rubbish while chatting and laughing.
Knowing that you have a busy schedule, it only takes 2 hours for filming. Furthermore , you
could also record a voice-over in the Beach Clean-up television advertisement, which only 1
hour is needed for you to spare.

We understand that you may want to know the reasons for participating in the advertisement
. Taking part in this kind of advertisement will gain your popularity since the advertisement
will be broadcast on Rock TV which has more than one million viewers. Moreover,
according to a recent survey from West Island Secondary School, it revealed that supporting
good causes makes celebrities more popular and celebrity advertising encourages more
people to take part. Since the theme of our advertisement is beach cleaning, which is a good
cause from an environmental perspective, you will gain in popularity. Knowing that you will
soon hold a concert, taking part in the advertisement can even promote your upcoming
concert.

Thank you for your kind attention. We sincerely hope that you will accept our invitation.
Should you have any enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact me at dlam@xmail.com.
We look forward to hearing your favourable reply at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely,
David Lam
Student director of West Island Secondary School
Kitty:
1. Text type: Invitation Letter
2. Text type feature: contact, reason of inviting the person, details of the work
3. Role: A Secondary four student
4. Audience: Director
5. Pronoun: I, you
6. Tense: Simple Present Tense, Simple Future Tense
7. Purpose: Invite Tina Ho to produce a television advertisement for a beach clean-up
event.
8. Language Feature: Inversion, Participle Clause, Passive Voice, Conditional, Clauses,
The more, … the more… . , It-cleft / Wh-Cleft sentence
_________________________________________________________________________

Introduction:
Dear Miss Tina Ho,
On behalf of West Island Secondary School, I am writing to invite you to participate in our
Beach Clean-up event shoot. I am going to express my heartfelt gratitude for your
consideration. Were you to consent to our request about the advertisement, you would make
more people know more about this meaningful, environmentally-friendly activity and increase
your popularity of the show business.

Body Paragraph 1:
Divided them into two parts: the advertisement shoot is appealing as a volunteer on the
beach and recording a voice-over. It will be an easy job for you to act like an adolescent and
laugh and chat with others when you are picking rubbish, the film will take you about two
hours. Additionally, it is a mellifluous voice that I believe that recording the voice-over is
suitable and will raise the awareness of environmental issues between the youngsters. The
voice-over recording will take about an hour. I earnestly hope that you can give about three
hours helping us.

Topic sentence
Linker
Language show your understanding
(Language to increase persuasive)

Body Paragraph 2:
We believe that you may want to increase your fame concerning helping in this conducive
advertisement. Therefore, the advertisement will play on Rock TV, with more than one
million viewers. We are also using Summer Birds as the background music to promote the
concert held next month. Moreover, we have also conducted two surveys at our school:
encouraging more people to take part in an event and making celebrities more popular. The
former reflects that if the stars like you advertise, it will make the efficiency of the
advertisement reach the highest. For the latter one, it shows that celebrities supporting good
causes, like Beach Clean-up these meaningful events, will increase their popularity.
Therefore, if you join us, I am sure that you will become more well-known.

Conclusion:
The details about the shoot are above. I genuinely hope that you may accept our invitation.
Should you have any enquiries about the production of the advertisement, feel free to email
me at dlam@xmail.com. Thank you for considering appearing in the Beach Clean-up event
advertisement.

Yours sincerely,
David Lam
Advertisement Director

Arry:
1. text type: invitation letter
2. text type feature: why are you writing, contact, how we’d like her to help, event details
3. role:director, secondary four student
4. audience: Tina Ho
5. pronoun: I, you, we
6. tense: present,future, modal verbs
7. purpose: invite Tina ho to appear in the ad
8. lang feature: avoid contractions, passive voice, inversion, conditionals, participle
clauses
Intro:Dear miss Tina ho
I am David, a student director of an advertisement for a beach clean up. On behalf of the
West Island secondary school, I would like to invite you to appear in our advertisement. It
would be a great honour for us if you could attend the event.

About the advertisement, we would greatly appreciate if you could appear in the
advertisement as one of the beach volunteer, which will spend for two hours for filming.
Furthermore, there will be a voice over recording section for the advertisement, it will spend
you for an hour. We hope that you can make some time for helping us about the
advertisement

We understand that you may want to know the reason why we will want you to participate in
this meaningful event.The advertisement will be shown on Rock TV, more than 1 million
viewers will see the advertisement in front of the TV,which is a good way to promote your
coming concert. From a recent survey showed that supporting good causes is the most
successful way to make celebrities more popular, you may capture more public attention
.Moreover, celebrity advertising can encourage more people to participate in event. Not only
can you help the environment, but also increases your popularity.
Conclusion: We sincerely hope that you will accept our invitation. Should you have any
enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact me by my email dlam@xmail.com. We look
forward to hearing your favourable reply at your earliest convenience
Yours sincerely
David
Student director

Samuel:
1.text type:invitation letter
2.text type features: introduction, reason for inviting, details of event, contact information…
3.role: a secondary four student, student director
4.audience: Tina Ho(a celebrity)
5.Pronoun: I(David), We(the school), You(Tina Ho)
6:Tense: future, present
7:Purpose: to invite Tina Ho to appear in the beach clean-up ad
8. Language features: formal, passive voice, inversion, no contractions, conditionals

Dear Ms Ho,
I am David Lam, a student director of West Island Secondary School, I am currently directing
an advertisement for the beach clean-up. On behalf of our school, I would like to invite you to
appear in this advertisement. We would greatly appreciate it if you could accept our
invitation.

You may want to know how we would like to help and how much time you need to spare
before your decision. We would like to invite you to do two things. Firstly, you will need to
appear in our advertisement as a volunteer, it costs around 2 hours for filming. Secondly,
you will record the voice-over, which will spend around an hour to finish.

We know that you may want to know the reasons why you will want to take part. Our
advertisement will appear on Rock TV, which has over a million viewers. It will be a great
way to promote your concert. Furthermore, according to West Island Secondary School
students survey results, celebrities supporting good causes is the most likely way to make
them more popular. In addition, the survey also found out that celebrity advertising is the
best way to encourage more people to take part in the event. Therefore, your appearance
will make our advertisement more efficient for telling people to become volunteers.

We sincerely hope that you will accept our invitation. Should you have any further enquiries,
please do not hesitate to contact me on dlam@xmail.com. We look forward to hearing your
favourable reply at your earliest convenience. Thank you for your consideration on whether
you will take part in the advertisement.
Yours sincerely,
David Lam
Student Director of West Island Secondary School
Giselle:
Text type: invitation letter
Text type features:
Dear …
( my role and my purpose, what we would like her to do and how many time she would need
to spare, reason why she'll want to take part, how to contact me and conclusion)
Show gratitude—> thank you, —> I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your
consideration on…/ Thank you for considering …
if you have any further enquiry, please feel free to contact me at your convenience
on/at(your contact )
Cheers, Yours sincerely
Role, name
Role: David Lam , a secondary four student
Audience:Tina Ho
Pronoun: I (David) , you (Tina Ho), we (the school/our school)
Tense: modal verbs —> polite tone (would like —> 8.2a) present (8.1), future (8.2a, 8.3)
Tone: Formal, polite, convincing, flattering <— ask people to help you out
Purpose:
—> task/content (summary of task) —> to inform Tina about the details of TV ad
—> conclu (call for action) —> to invite Tina Ho to appear in the TV advertisement
Language features: (formal)=> no contractions, no direct question —> indirect question,
passive voice, inverted (should you…) conditional 1(8.4), inversions, present participle
clauses (Ving, PP), perfect participle clause —> Having+p.p……, relative clause

Introduction:
On behalf of my school, I am writing to invite you to appear in our advertisement. It
would be a great honour for us if you could take part in our advertisement.

Body paragraph:
We understand that you may want to know more details about how you could help in the
advertisement before you make the decision. You could help us by appearing as a volunteer.
All you need to do is to laugh and chat with other volunteers while picking up the rubbish.
Knowing that you have a busy schedule, It will only take two hours for filming. Moreover, We
would also like you to record the voice-over for the advertisement, it takes at most one hour
to record it.
We know that you may want to know why you would like to take part in this
advertisement. It would be a good way to promote your concert as our advertisement will be
shown on Rock tv which has more than 1 million viewers. Also, according to our student
surveys, celebrity advertising is the most powerful thing that encourages more people to take
part in an event. Supporting good causes is also the most effective things that make
celebrities more popular. Therefore, your participation in this event could increase not only
the number of volunteers but also your popularity.

Conclusion:
We sincerely hope that you will accept our invitation. Should you have any enquiries,
please do not hesitate to contact me by email dlam@xmail.com. We look forward to hearing
your favourable reply at your earliest convenience.
Yours sincerely,
David Lam
Student director

Alvis:
Text type:invitation letter
Text type features:why you invite Tina Ho,contact,details of the job.
Role:David director of tv ad
Audience:Tina Ho
Pronoun:I,you,we
Tenses:present,future
Purpose:To invite Tina Ho to make the celebrity appearance
Language features:type 1 conditional,participle clause
Introduction:
I am David,a student director.On behalf of the school,I would like to invite you to make an
appearance in our tv advertisement.It would be great if you could accept our invitation.
Body Para:
For the advertisement,the duration of the filming would be about 2 hours,and we would
Like you to act as a volunteer in the advertisement.All you need to do is chat and laugh while
picking up the rubbish on the beach.And it would be great if you could record a voice-over
for the background soundtrack.

We know that you are famous singer,it's not easy to take time from your busy schedule,As
you appear in our advertisement,it is good for you to promote your coming concert and
increase your frame, since Rock TV has over a million viewers.According to the student
survey of West Island Secondary School.Celebrity advertising is the most encouraging
action which make people take part in the event mentioned in the advertisement,for us,it can
raise public awareness and encourage people to protect the environment.
Conclusion:
We really hope you can accept our invitation,it is a very meaningful event for us.If you have
further questions,please do not hesitate to contact me at dlam@xmail.com. We look forward
to receive your response at your earliest convenience.

Emily Tang:
Text type: invitation letter
Text features: introduction, how we’d like her to do and how much time she’d need to spare,
reasons why she’ll want to take part, conclusion
Role:David Lam, a secondary four student
Audience: Tina Ho
Pronoun: I, you, we
Tenses: Present tense, future tense
Purpose: invite Tina Ho to appear in our ad for the Beach Clean-up
Lang features: inversion, conditional, participle clause, passive voice.

Introduction:
Dear Ms Ho,
I am David Lam, a Secondary Four student director of the TV ad for the beach
clean-up. On behalf of Joyful School, I am writing to invite you to appear in our ad. It would
be a great honour for us if you could come to our event.

Body para1:
We understand that you might want to know the details of how you could help in this
meaningful ad before you draw a conclusion. Firstly, we would need your help to appear as a
volunteer. What you have to do is to laugh and chat as you pick up rubbish on the beach. As
we do not want to disarrange your busy schedule, the filming will only last for two hours. If
possible, we would also like your assistance in recording the voice-over which takes less
than an hour.

Body para2:
We believe that you might want to know about why you will want to take part in this event.
Firstly, it is a good way to promote your coming concert through this environmentally friendly
event. According to West Island Secondary School Student Survey results, supporting good
causes is the best thing that makes celebrities more popular. Since the ad will be shown on
Rock TV which has more than one million viewers, it will definitely enhance your reputation
and publicise your concert successfully. Moreover, according to the same survey, celebrity
advertising is the best thing that encourages people to take part in an event. Having
appeared in our ad, it will definitely urge people to take part in protecting the environment. It
would be a win-win situation for you and us if you accept our invitation.

Conclusion:
This TV advertisement is a meaningful event. We sincerely hope that you will accept our
invitation. Should you have any further enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact us on
dlam@xmail.com. We look forward to hearing your favourable response at your earliest
convenience.
Yours sincerely,
David
David Lam
student director of the TV ad for the beach clean-up

Hailey:
Text type: invitation letter
Text type feature:introduction, the reason why you write the letter,how we’d like her to
do,conclusion
Role:David Lam, secondary four student,student director
Audience:Tina Ho
Pronoun: i(David),you(Tina ho),we(the school)
Tense:modal verb(polite tone)present(8.1),future (8.2a,8.3)
Tone:Formal,polite,convincing,flattering
Purpose:(1)-->task/content(summary of task)—>to inform Tina ho about the details of TV ad
(2)—>conclusion(call for action)to Invite Tina Ho to appear in the ad for a beach clean-up
event
Lang Features:participle clause,conditional,passive voice,inversion

Introduction:
Dear Miss Ho,
I am David Lam,a secondary four student and student director.On behalf of the ABC school,I
would like to invite you to appear in our ad for beach clean-up.It would be a great honour for
us if you could accept our invitation.

Body Para1:
We believe that you might want to know the details of how you could help in our significant
advertisement before you make your decision.First,your assistance is need in appearing as
a volunteer in our advertisement and you can chat with other volunteers happily as you pick
up rubbish on sand and water.Since we don’t want to disorder your fixed and busy
schedule,it will only take 2 hours for advertisement recording.If possible,we would also like
your help to record a voice-over for 1 hour.

Body para 2:We understand that you might want to know why you would appear in this
ad.This advertisement will be shown in Rock TV and there will be more than 1 million
audiences sitting in front of the television to watch this advertisement.Therefore,if you can
take time to appear in our ad,it can greatly promote your concert.According to the survey
results of West Island Secondary School,supporting good causes can make celebrities more
popular and celebrity advertising is the most thing that encourage more people to take part
in an event.If you appear as a volunteer to save the environment, more people will be
encouraged to start protecting the environment and you will become more
popular.Consequently, you can surely promote your following concert.

Conclusion:
This advertisement is a meaningful event.We sincerely hope that you will accept our
invitation.Should you have any enquiries,please feel free to contact us on
dlam@xmail.com.We look forward to hearing your favourable reply at your earliest
convenience.

Yours sincerely
David
David Lam
Student director of the TV ad for the beach clean-up

Samantha:
Text type: Letter
Text type features: intro,why are you writing, how we’d like Tina Ho to help, how much time
she’d need to spare, conclusion( email)
Role: David, director of the TV ad
Audience: Tina Ho
Pronoun: I,you,we
Tenses: Simple Present, Future Present
Purpose: inviting Tina Ho to appear in the ad for the beach clean-up.
Lang Features: Inversion, Passive Voice, Conditional ,Not only but also
Introduction
Dear Miss Ho,
I am David Lam, a secondary 4 student and the director of the beach clean-up
advertisement .On behalf of XXX School, it is with great pleasure that I am writing to invite
you to appear in our advertisement. It would be a great honour if you can accept our
invitation to come to our event.

Body paragraph 1
We know that you may want to get more information regarding how you could help in this
meaningful commercial before making the decision.In the advertisement, we would like you
to appear as a volunteer to chat and laugh with others as you pick up rubbish on the beach.
It would take only about two hours for the filming.If possible ,we would also like to invite you
for the voice-over recording. Hope that you would spare one more hour for our recording.

Body paragraph 2
We understand that as a well-known singer, it is not easy for you to spare time from your
busy schedules for the campaign, but there are in fact some good reasons for doing so. Our
school has conducted a survey related to event promotion and fame of idols. We know that
you may be preparing hard for the promotion of your concert recently. Referring to our
survey, most of the students think that celebrities supporting good causes could make
celebrities more popular. For your reference, our advertisement will be show on Rock TV.
We predict that there will be over one million people could watch our advertisement on
their TV. It was our event that encourage citizens to protect the environment. We believe that
it would be a good promotion for your new concerts. Also, most students think that
celebrities advertising could encourage more people to take part in an event.
Therefore, we sincerely hope that you could appear in our advertisement to help us to
promote our meaningful event.
Conclusion:
Thank you for considering of your appearance in our advertisement. We sincerely hope that
you will accept our invitation. Should you have further enquiries, please do not hesitate to
contact me by email dlam@xmail.com anytime.We look forward wholeheartedly to hearing
your favourable reply at your earliest convenience.
Yours sincerely,
David Lam
Director of beach cleaning-up advertisement

Diesel:
Introduction
Dear Miss Ho,
I am David Lam, the student director. On behalf of the school, I would like to extend an earnest
invitation to you to partake in our Television advertisement, which is aimed at raising the awareness
of adolescents regarding beach clean-up which is an alarming issue in our society. Our school would
be very grateful indeed for your help.

Body 1

First and foremost, we would like you to appear in the advertisement as a volunteer to pack up
rubbish on the beach and chat with others with a heartfelt smile. It takes approximately 2
hours for you to shoot the video. Moreover, we would also like to invite you to record the
voice-over. And the time taken will be about an hour. I hope you will spare some time from
your busy schedule to shoot and record this meaningful advertisement.

Body 2

The reason why you should accept our invitation is that you can definitely bring this
advertisement to more citizens in the city by your celebrity appearance. Also, with
reference to a survey done in our school, celebrities who engage in doing good cause
can make them more popular and increase their fame in the city. Additionally, our
commercial will appear on Rock TV and over 100 million citizens will see this
advertisement. Consequently, you can promote your coming concert by showing your
support to environment protection which has been a debatable issue in our city
nowadays after the advertisement has been released.

Conclusion
Thank you for sparing time to read our letter. We fervently hope that you will accept our invitation.
Should you have any further enquiries regarding our advertisement or if you need more details
concerning the advertisement, please do not hesitate to contact me by email on dlam@xmail.com. It
is our great gratitude if we could cooperate with you in this meaningful Television advertisement. We
look forward to receiving your favourable reply at your earliest convenience. Thank you
wholeheartedly in advance.

Yours sincerely,
David Lam
David Lam
Student Director

Alfred:
Paragraph 1
I am David Lam, the student director. On behalf of the school, I would like to invite you to come to
our event, which aims at raising awareness of youngsters to the issue of waste. It is greatly
appreciated if you can come to the event.
Paragraph 2
We would like you to be a volunteer to join the activity of cleaning beach and chat with others. 2
hours will be required to shoot the video. Also, it is my great gratitude if you can come to voice-over.
It just takes a hour only. Therefore, I wish you can participate in this meaningful advertisement.
Paragraph 3
The reason why you would like to join this event are several. In the past year , the Rock TV has one
million people joined the advertisement on the television. Therefore, we are confident that the
advertisement is popular and many will like it. Also, with reference to a survey done in our school, we
discovered that those celebrities who engage in supporting good causes will raise their fame and
celebrity advertising encourages more people to take part in. Therefore, the public can gain a deeper
insight of your support to environment protection, which has aroused concern in the community. It
can absolutely promote your future concert after the advertisement is held. It is a good way to promote
your concert. More people will realise this issue in society after they are attracted to join this event
due to your appearance on it.

Paragraph 4
Thank you for sparing time to read this letter. We truly hope you can accept our offer. Should you
have any enquiries or other details of the event, please do not hesitate to contact me by email on
dlam@xmail.com. We look forward to receiving your favourable reply at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely,
David Lam
David Lam
Student Director

Ernie:
1. Text type: Invitation letter
2. Text type features: Formal
3. Role: Director of the TV ad
4. Audience: Tina Ho
5. Pronoun: I, we, you
6. Tense: Present, future
7. Purpose: To invite Tina Ho to appear in the ad
8. Language features: Passive voice, inversion
9. Introduction: I am David Lam, director of the beach clean-up advertisement. On behalf of
our school’s advertisement team, I would like to invite you to appear in our advertisement. It
would be greatly appreciated if you could take part in the advertisement production.
11. We understand your interest regarding how you could help in this meaningful
commercial. The first thing we request you to help is to appear as a volunteer in the
advertisement in which you have to laugh and chat as you pick up rubbish. Disturbing your
schedule not being what we wanted, the filming will only last for two hours. If possible, it is
also greatly appreciated if you could record the voice-over for the advertisement which will
take only an hour.
12. As regards the benefits of your participation, the advertisement will be shown on Rock
TV which has over 1 million viewers. It would definitely promote your concert. Moreover,
according to the student survey results, celebrity advertising can encourage more people to
take part in an event and supporting good causes can make celebrities more popular. Your
appearance will undoubtedly motivate people to take part in the beach clean-up event and
make you more popular.
10. Conclusion: The event is meaningful as we can help protect the environment. We
sincerely hope that you will accept our invitation. Should you have any further enquiries,
please do not contact David Lam via dlam@xmail.com . We look forward to hearing your
favourable reply at your earliest convenience.

Aidan:
1.text type: invitation letter
2.text type features: Formal
3.role:David Lam, secondary four students,Director of TV ad
4.audience:Tina Ho
5.Pronoun: I you We
6.tense: present ,future
7.purpose: Invite Tina Ho to help and take part in the advertisement
8.language features: inversion participles passive voice WH cleft

Introduction : I am David Lam. A secondary four student and a director of a TV


advertisement. On behalf of a director of a TV ad for a beach clean-up event, I would like to
invite you to appear in our advertisement. It would be very much appreciated if you could
attend the ad.

We understand that you were confused about the event, so it is important for you to get
more information regarding how you could help in this meaningful commercial before making
the decision. The first thing that we want you to do is to appear in the ad as a volunteer, you
just need to laugh and chat with other people happily while you are picking rubbish on the
beach in the advertisement and that’s all. We know it will definitely disturb your original tight
schedule, so the film will only last for two hours.If possible, we would be a great honour for
us if you can give us a hand on recording the voice-over for the background music which
takes you half an hour.

The reason why you would like to take part in the ad was that this ad will have a lot of
viewers to watch.This ad will be shown on Rock TV and it has over one million viewers.
Therefore, you can definitely promote your concert due to your appearance. According to the
survey of students in west island secondary school, approximately 40 percent of students
would be encouraged to take part in an event when the ad has a celebrity. Moreover, the
survey also conducted that 22 percent of students think that supporting good causes will
make the celebrity more well-known. So, if you appear in this ad, it will probably make you
become popular.
Conclusion : Having appeared in the ad will be a great honour to us. Should you have any
enquiries, please do not hesitate to email me via dlam@xmail.com. Hope you can participate
in the TV advertisement.

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Jeremy:
Text Type: Invitation Letter
Text Type Features: How we like her to help, How much time she need to spare, Reasons for her to
take part in the activity, contact details
Role: David Lam, Director of TV ad
Audience: Tina Ho, Celebrity
Pronoun: I, You, We
Tense: Present Tense, Future Tense
Purpose: Invite Tina Ho to help and take part in the advertisement of the beach clean-up activity
Language Features: Participles, Conditionals, Inversion
Introduction:
Dear Ms Tina Ho:

I am the student director - David Lam. On behalf of the school responsible for the TV ad of a beach
clean-up activity. I would like to make an invitation here requesting your desire to join us in the
advertisement. Your acceptance would be very much appreciated, details of the event are followed up
below:

Body Paragraph 1:
We understand that you may need the information and details in order to provide furtherance in this
meaningful commercial before having decided to accept our offer. First and foremost, we would like
you to appear as a volunteer in the activity. What you have to do is to perform some simple acting
which requires you to laugh and chat as you pick up rubbish. We are truly anxious that your tight
schedule will be interrupted but the duration of filming only takes you 2 hours. If possible, we would
also like to invite you to record the voice-over for the advertisement which will additionally demand 1
more hour from you.

Body Paragraph 2:
There are several reasons that may entice you to participate in this commercial. Firstly, the
advertisement will be broadcasted on Rock TV, over 1 million viewers are estimated due to the fame
of the broadcaster. In addition, it is a shrewd way to promote your incoming concert as reports present
that the largest factorial proportion affecting the popularity of celebrities is their support to good
causes. Moreover, celebrity advertising encourages more people to take part in our
environmentally-friendly activities.

Conclusion:
Thank you for your time arranged to view this letter. Should you have any further enquiries regarding
the advertisement or any details related to the activity, please do not hesitate to email
dlam@xmail.com to contact me. It’s immensely pleasurable for us to cooperate with you in this
meaningful obligation, we sincerely hope that you will attend our display and look forward to receiving
your reply at your earliest convenience.

Yours sincerely,
David Lam
David Lam
Student Director

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Lia:
Text type: Invitation Letter

Text type features: introduction, reason for invitation, details of event, reason for the person to take
part in our event, contact information + conclusion
Role: David lam, secondary 4 student, director of ad for beach clean-up
Audience: Tina Ho
Pronoun: I, you, we
Tense: Present, Future
Purpose: to invite Tina Ho to make an appearance in the TV ad
Language features: Inversion, participle clauses, conditionals

INTRO:

Dear Ms Tina Ho,

I am David Lam, a student director of a TV ad about beach clean-up. On behalf of West Island
Secondary school, I'm writing to invite you to make an appearance in our advertisement. It would be
our greatest honour if you could accept our heartfelt invitation.

BODY PARAGRAPHS:
We understand that you might be curious as to what are the details of the ad before making your
decision. The first thing we require your assistance is to have you appear as a volunteer in the ad. To
be precise, picking up rubbish while laughing and chatting with some other actors. As we don’t want to
unduly interfere with your time schedule, this will only take around two hours. If possible, we hope that
you can also help us record a voice-over, which takes an hour. This advertisement holds great
significance, hence we hope that you can spare some time, for the sake of our environment.

In addition, we know that you may be considering the reasons why you”ll want to take part in our
advertisement. According to our school survey results, we have reason to believe that your
appearance in our ad is crucial to encouraging more people to volunteer in our meaningful campaign.
Moreover, you will also gain more popularity, as people admire celebrities who contribute to
environmental awareness. Via Rock station, where our advertisement will be aired, over one million
viewers are able to see our ad. Not only will you be shot to fame, your upcoming concert will also be
promoted to millions of people.

CONCLUSION:

I would like to express my sincere gratitude for your consideration on joining our TV ad. Should you
have any enquiries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via dlam@xmail.com With that being said, we
look forward to hearing your favourable reply at your earliest convenience.

Janice:
Text type: invitation letter
Text type features: ( Sth like that, I can’t rmb all)
Dear …
On behalf of ( your role), purpose
Details( time, date, venue), purpose of the event
What she need to do, reason of inviting her ( related to the event purpose)
Show gratitude—> thank you, —> I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your
consideration on…/ Thank you for considering …
Yours sincerely
Role, name
Role: David, student director / secondary four student
Audience: idol Tina Ho
Pronoun: I (David) , you (Tina Ho), we (the school/our school)
Tense: modal verbs —> polite tone (would like —> 8.2a) present (8.1), future (8.2a, 8.3)
Tone: Formal, polite, convincing, flattering <— ask people to help you out
Purpose: (1)—> task/content (summary of task) —> to inform Tina about the details of TV ad
(2)—> conclu (call for action) —> to invite Tina Ho to appear in the TV advertisement
Language features: (formal)=> no contractions, no direct question —> indirect question,
passive voice, inverted (should you…) conditional 1(8.4), inversions, present participle
clauses (Ving, PP), perfect participle clause —> Having+p.p……, relative clause

Introduction:
Dear Ms. Tina Ho,
Representing the West Island Secondary School, I am writing to invite you to appear in our
advertisement for the beach clean-up. It will be a great honour for us if you could participate
in the video.
We understand that you may be concerned
We know that you may be concerned about how you could help in this meaningful ad. The
first thing we need your help on is to appear as a volunteer which just needs to laugh and
chat when you pick up rubbish. We understand you have a busy schedule, the filming will
only take you two hours. Moreover, we would also need your assistance on recording the
voice-over which only takes you an hour.
We understand that you may be curious about the reason why you should join this ad. There
are several benefits you can get from the ad. According to our school’s student survey result,
supporting good causes is the biggest factor that makes celebrities more well-known and
celebrity advertising will encourage more people to take part in an event. Other than that,
you can also promote your concert by participating in this ad as this ad is shown on an
influential channel called Rock tv which has a million views.
Conclusion: I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your consideration in
participating in the video taking.We sincerely hope that you will accept our invitation. Should
you have any enquiries, please do not hesitate to contact me through my email
dlam@xmail.com . We look forward to hearing your favourable reply at your earliest
convenience.
Yours sincerely,
David Lam
Director of the TV advertisement

Vincas:
Text type: invitation letter
Text type features: Intro, how we'd like her to help, How much time she need to spare,
Reasons for her to take part in the activity, contact details
Role: David Lam,director of the ad
Audience: Tina Ho
Pronoun: I,you,we
Tense: Present tense,future tense
Purpose: To invite Tina Ho to appear in the ad for the beach clean-up event
Language features: Passive voice, participle clauses, conditional, inversion
10. Text type: invitation letter
11. Text type features: ( Sth like that, I can’t rmb all)
1. Dear …
2. On behalf of ( your role), purpose
3. Details( time, date, venue), purpose of the event
4. What she need to do, reason of inviting her ( related to the
event purpose)
5. Show gratitude—> thank you, —> I would like to express my
heartfelt gratitude for your consideration on…/ Thank you for
considering …
6. if you have any further enquiry, please feel free to contact me
at your convenience on/at(your contact )
7. Cheers, Yours sincerely
8. Role, name
12. Role: David, student director / secondary four student
13. Audience: idol Tina Ho
14. Pronoun: I (David) , you (Tina Ho), we (the school/our school)
15. Tense: modal verbs —> polite tone (would like —> 8.2a) present (8.1), future (8.2a,
8.3)
16. Tone: Formal, polite, convincing, flattering <— ask people to help you out
17. Purpose:
a. —> task/content (summary of task) —> to inform Tina about the details of TV
ad
b. —> conclu (call for action) —> to invite Tina Ho to appear in the TV
advertisement
18. Language features: (formal)=> no contractions, no direct question —> indirect
question, passive voice, inverted (should you…) conditional 1(8.4), inversions,
present participle clauses (Ving, PP), perfect participle clause —> Having+p.p……,
relative clause
Intro:
Dear Miss Tina Ho,
On behalf of the director of the TV advertisement for beach clean-up event,I would like to
invite you to appear in our advertisement. We would greatly appreciate it if you could take
part in the advertisement.
The details are as follows:

body para 1:We understand that you may be confused about how you could help in this
meaningful commercial before making the decision. The first thing we need you to do is to
appear as a volunteer in the advertisement. All you have to do is laughing and chatting with
others while picking up rubbish on the beach. As we know that it may definitely affect your
schedule, the filming will only take around two hours. If possible, we would also like you to
record the voice-over for the advertisement which is likely to take less than an hour.

Body para 2:We understand that you may want to increase fame through this commercial.
There are several reasons for you taking part in this advertisement. The advertisement will
be shown on rock tv and over 1 million viewers will be watching this advertisement on tv.
According to a survey done by our school, celebrity advertising can encourage the most
people to take part in a event. Nevertheless, we found that celebrities supporting good
causes will make them become more popular. Therefore, if you engage in this beach
clean-up event which is a good cause can definitely make you become more popular and
can help promote your concert.

Conclusion:
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your consideration on appearing in our ad.
We sincerely hope that you will accept our invitation. Should you have any enquiries, please
do not hesitate to contact me via dlam@xmail.com. We look forward come hearing your
favourable reply at your earliest convenience.
Yours sincerely,
David Lam
Director of the advertisement

Lynette:
1. Text type: Invitation letter
2. Text type feature: Formal
3. Role: David Lam, a director of the TV ad
4. Audience: Tina Ho
5. Pronoun: I, we, you
6. Tense: Present tense, Future tense
7. Purpose: To invite Tina Ho to appear in the beach clean-up TV ad
8. Language features: Participle clauses, Clauses of purpose, Conditional, Inversion

(Introduction)
Dear Miss Tina Ho,

I am David Lam, a secondary four student director. On behalf of West Island Secondary
School, I would like to cordially invite you to appear in our TV advertisement for a beach
clean-up event for the public. We would greatly appreciate it if you could consent to our
invitation.

(Body paragraph 1)
We understand that you may prefer to preview a well organised schedule. In this eco-friendly
advertisement, the first thing we need your assistance on is to act as a volunteer to laugh
and chat while you pick up rubbish on the beach. Since we are aware of your tight schedule,
the shooting will spare you around two hours only. Another aspect is that we would like you
to record a voice-over for the soundtrack of the advertisement, which is likely to take you an
hour.
(Body paragraph 2)
We ensure that you would definitely gain popularity in this meaningful advertisement. It will
be shown on Rock TV, a famous platform which attracts over one million viewers. Not only
the volunteers, but other citizens can also see our advertisement. According to our school’s
student survey, students consider that celebrity advertising can greatly encourage more
people to take part in an event. Additionally, a celebrity who supports good causes can gain
more popularity by engaging in this advertisement. Therefore, we believe your positive
image will be the most suitable for this advertisement. Moreover, this remarkable
advertisement will surely enhance your reputation that can promote your coming concert
successfully.

(Conclusion)
I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for your consideration in taking part in the
beach-clean up TV advertisement. Should you have any enquiries, please do not hesitate to
contact me via dlam@xmail.com. We look forward to receiving your favourable reply.

Yours sincerely,
David Lam
Student director of West Island Secondary School

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