Lexis Lesson · Same Job, Two Registers

01

Warm-up · 4 min

Your chosen job

Name the job you chose for homework, in one sentence.

Predict

Before Phase 02, predict:

1. You are about to see the same job written twice. What do you expect to actually differ between the two?

The facts themselves The register, not the facts Nothing — they will read the same

02

Input · 8 min

Same job, two documents

Scope of work: "Wood fence replacement. Retaining wall replacement. Paver installation. SOD installation."

Client email: "Hi [Name] — just confirming the scope we discussed: we’ll be replacing the wood fence and the retaining wall, then installing the pavers and the new sod. We’re starting with the fence next week, and I’ll keep you posted as each stage wraps up."

Identical facts. The scope has zero full verbs. The email has six.

Discovery Check

Check what you just read.

1. How many full verbs does the scope have, and how many does the email have?

Zero in the scope, six in the email Six in both Six in the scope, zero in the email

03

Focus on Form · 8 min

What the email adds

Scope vs. email

Scope	Email
No greeting, no sign-off	Greeting, sign-off, first name
No sequence stated	Order and timing stated ("starting with…next week")
No promise of communication	"I’ll keep you posted" — a relationship, not just a list
Verbless	Full sentences, future forms from Lesson 4

What It Actually Does

Match each feature the email adds to why it matters. Click the feature, then the reason.

Makes the message feel like it is from a person, not a document

Tells the client what happens first, so they know what to expect

Promises ongoing communication, not just a one-time list

04

Controlled Practice · 12 min

Which register?

MCQ Reading

Choose which document each line belongs in.

1. "Retaining wall replacement."

Scope of work Client email

2. "We’ll be starting with the fence next week."

Scope of work Client email

3. "SOD installation."

Scope of work Client email

4. "I’ll keep you posted as each stage wraps up."

Scope of work Client email

05

Pushed Output · 18 min

Both registers, live

Your own job, written and spoken, both ways.

Task card

The job you chose for homework

Write the scope-of-work statement, then write and say the client email — back to back.

The scope: nominal, verbless, no greeting.
The email: full sentences, a greeting, at least one future form from Lesson 4.
Both describe the exact same facts — check nothing appears in one that is missing from the other.

Teacher note Check specifically that no scope item appears only in the email, or vice versa — the two documents should be the same information in two registers, not two different accounts of the job.

Before You Write

One check before you start.

1. Your scope and your email must describe:

Two slightly different accounts of the job The exact same facts, in two different registers Only the parts you are most confident about

06

Feedback · 6 min

Did a verb leak into the scope?

Read your scope statement back. Did any full verb sneak in? That is the exact error Lesson 6 works on next — in the other direction.

One More Check

One more check before you move on.

1. A full verb "sneaking into" your scope statement would look like:

An extra noun phrase item A word like "is" or "will" appearing in a scope line A missing greeting

07

Wrap-up · 4 min

Before the next lesson

Homework. Read your client email back aloud. Count how many sentences sound like a list rather than something you would actually say to a person.

Quick Check

One check before you go.

1. Tonight’s homework asks you to count:

How many scope items you wrote How many email sentences sound like a list instead of natural speech Nothing — there is no homework