Question

Notice writing
You are Dinesh Kartik of St. Thomas School, Patna. Make an appeal to your schoolmates to celebrate Diwali without fireworks and donate the money to the victims of Tsunami.

Answer 1

Hint: A notice does not have a lot of words in it so do not make a lengthy notice. Since it’s an appeal to not use fireworks, include the bad effects of using fireworks. Talk about the poor plight of the tsunami victims and how the money wasted on fireworks for momentary happiness can help feed 2 children for a day.

Complete answer:
 Let us see an example of a notice written to school mates to not use fireworks during Diwali and to donate it for a better cause such as Tsunami victims.
                                                    Help feed the children!
This Diwali, let us all not burn fireworks but donate the money to Tsunami victims who unlike us, do not have food, shelter or clothing. Instead of contributing to the pollution for the sake of some few minutes of fun, let us make a child sleep with a full stomach. This Diwali, let us light up someone else’s life.
Every notice needs a caption so people know what they are reading. It should be short and catchy. The notice should not be too long. In the above notice, we have appealed to the sentiments of the people so that they realise the importance of the donations. You can also use other aspects such as talking more about the helpless situation of the people.

Note:
Do not confuse a notice with a letter. Do not write a lot in a notice since a notice is usually very short and crisp. Since a notice is on public display, people do not like to read notices which are very wordy or lengthy.