Gr ad uation Invitation Cards & Thank-You Notes

1. 2011~2012 (2nd Term) Form 6 English Project Graduation Invitation Cards & Thank-You Notes ‘ The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet’.(Aristotle)

2. What to do? Work individually; Design a graduation invitation card for our school’s 11th graduation ceremony; Write a thank-you note to your headmaster, teachers or mentor; Submit your hard copy (hand-written work) or send it to the mailbox: f6project@hotmail.com

3. Sending your project via E-mail

4. Task 1 Graduation Invitation Cards

5. Sample Invitation #1 Source: http://paperworksdesign.com/invitations/graduation/

6. Sample Invitation #2 Source: http://paperworksdesign.com/invitations/graduation/

7. Sample Invitation #3 Source: http://paperworksdesign.com/invitations/graduation/

8. Format: Invitation Cards • White A4 sized papers or other decent types of coloured paper/card; • Any clear types of font, preferably black, with the minimum size of 14; • Words could either be typed or hand-written; • Graphic design is necessary.

9. Format: Invitation Cards • On the paper card, there must be… • graphic design • appropriate invitation wording • At the back of your card, write down your… • class • name and student number

10. What should we write on an invitation? • Name of our school • A guest’s name • Year and class of the high school graduation • Date of the graduation ceremony • Venue of the graduation ceremony • The information of the graduation reception • R.S.V.P. information

11. Possible Guests Chief Executive of Macao Director of Macao Education and Youth Affairs Bureau

12. Common Vocabularies • (cordially) invite • celebrate • the (high school) graduation • a reception / graduation dinner • provide

13. Free clip art for designing graduation invitation cards You may check out the following links: http://parentingteens.about.com/od/graduation/ss/printable-graduation-invitations-free.htm http://webclipart.about.com/od/msubgrada1/Graduation_Clip_Art.htm

14. A Reference Site http://www.cardsshoppe.com/graduation-announcements/graduation-invitations.htm

15. Task 2 Thank-You Notes

16. What is a thank-you note? Source: http://www.thank-you-note-examples.com/teacher-appreciation-ideas.html

17. What is a thank-you note? Source: http://www.memorablegifts.com/gifts/pc/Thank-You-Teacher-Plaque-with-Easel-p6403.htm http://www.ennisflowers.com.au/showProduct/Gifts/Frames/FRNPoemteacher/Frangipani+Poem+White+-+Teacher

18. Format: Thank-you notes • White A4 sized papers or any decent types of coloured papers/cards; • Any clear types of font, preferably black, with the minimum size of 14; • The minimum word count is 50; • Words could either be typed or hand-written; • Graphic design is allowed but not a must.

19. In your thank-you note, you should… • express your feeling or thinking towards your high school graduation; • express your gratitude to the person for his support and encouragement to you; • use your own ideas and appropriate words; • not use too many quotations (one short quotation is acceptable).

20. A Reference Site http://www.thank-you-note-samples.com/thank-you-teacher.html

21. “Please take account of the following elements when you prepare your project.” • Contents & Grammar • Layout • Design • Clarity

22. Submission Date All projects should be submitted on or before Friday, 4th May, 2012 10:05 p.m. Late assignment