CBSE Class 12 English Advanced Writing Skills Notice Assignment

A notice is written or printed information that can be in the form of an official statement of public importance or a warning in advance. The basic purpose is to disseminate information related to various issues or occasions. It is written in simple and formal language and is always brief to the point. Most notices are meant to be pinned up or pasted on special boards meant for the purpose.

Remember:

1) The purpose of the notice is to inform.

2) It should have the word ‘NOTICE’ Do not underline the name of institute and the word ‘NOTICE”

3) It should have an underlined heading.

4) It should have a date in the formal form.

5) Do not use 1st and 2nd person. It should be written in third person. The ‘wh’ questions give the skeleton form of the answer: a) what is being organized? Who is organizing? Which is the target group? When is it being held? Where is it being held? Additional information. Whom to contact. Last date of submission and to whom.

6) Agenda is written if there is a meeting

7) If place of the institute is mentioned write it along with the name

8) Do not use informal language.

9) The name and designation of the signatory should be mentioned.

10) Do not exceed the word limit. (Format -2 Mks, Content-2 Mks.)

SAMPLES

Q: You are Suresh Pandey, Secretary of K.A. Residents’ Welfare Society, Indirapuram. Write a notice requesting the members of the society to attend a meeting to discuss the problem of R.O water supply and D.G power back-up of your society.

K.A. RESIDENTS’ WELFARE SOCIETY, INDIRAPURAM
NOTICE

September 10, 2010

URGENT MEETING!

The residents of K.A Residents’ Welfare Society, Indirapuram are informed that an urgent meeting of the Society will be held on September 20, 2010 at 9.30 a.m. in the RWA office, H-block. All the members are requested to attend it.
Agenda:
1. The problem of R.O. water supply.
2. The problem of poor D.G power back-up in the society
Sign.
(SURESH PANDAY)
Secretary

Q: Your school is organizing a Blood Donation Camp in association with the Red Cross Society of India. Write a notice giving essential details about the same. Sign yourself as the Principal of the school. (Word limit – 50 words)

JAWAHAR NAVODYA VIDYALAYA, KAPURTHALA
NOTICE

28 January 2011

BLOOD DONATION CAMP

All the members of the staff as well as the students of this school are hereby informed that the Red Cross Society of India is organizing a Blood Donation Camp in our school as per the following details:
Date : 02 February, 2011
Time : 8 AM to 5 PM
Venue : School Assembly Hall
Age Limit: Above 15 Years
All are requested to please come forward and donate blood for a noble cause.
(S.K. Pant)
PRINCIPAL

Q. Ramanujan has lost his English Book entitled “History of English Literature’ by Smith. He decides to put up a notice on the students’ notice board of the school. He is a student of class XII of Saint Kabir School, New Delhi. Write a notice in not more than 50 words

SAINT KABIR SCHOOL
NOTICE

25 January 2012.

Lost English Book

A very costly red bound book entitled “History of English Literature” written by Smith has been lost today during preparation time near the Physics Laboratory. It has a laminated transparent cover with the author’s name written on the first page .It bears the stamp of British Council Library, New Delhi.
Finder is requested to hand over the same to the undersigned. A Suitable reward is promised to the finder.
Ramanujan
Class xii A

You are BhumikaSahni, the President, Cultural Forum of Army School; you have organized an interschool patriotic singing competition on Republic Day. Write a notice in about 50 words, informing the students about this event.

NOTICE
Army School, Sagar

3^rd January, 2015

Inter-school Singing Competition

(who) (what)
The Cultural Forum of the school has organized an Inter-school Patriotic Singing Competition
on the
(why) (when) (where) (extra
information)
Occasion of the Republic Day at 8 am in the New Multipurpose Hall. More than 20 schools fromthe city will participate. Students interested in participating should give their names by the 6th of  April to the undersigned.
(last date for submission)
(to whom)
BhumikaSahni
Bhumika Sahni
President, Cultural Forum

Write a notice for your school notice board inviting students to join the Educational Tour for the class XI and XII. Invent other necessary details.

S.K.V. DILSHAD GARDEN SCHOOL NAGPUR.
NOTICE

07^th August, 2016.

EDUCATIONAL TOUR

The students of class XI and XII are hereby informed that our school is organizing an educational tour to Goa as per the details. Duration: From 13 Sept. to 18 Sept. 2016, Expenses: Rs. 3500/- pp.
includes, Train fare, boarding, lodging, sightseeing, etc.
Interested students may give their names to the undersigned along with the fees latest by 30th Aug.
2016.
Mrs. S. Krishna
(Physical Edn. Teacher.)