Friendly Letters

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Friendly Letters

• Mrs. Bowser

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What is a Friendly Letter?

• Friendly letter sometimes referred to as social
  letter because the tone of the letter is not as
  formal as some other types of letters.

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Friendly Letter

• Can be written to someone you already know or
  they can be written to someone you want to know
  better.

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Example JFK to Mother
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Example Teddy Roosevelt to Son
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Parts of a Friendly Letter

• Heading
• Salutation
• Body
• Closing
• Signature
• He saw beautiful cows singing.

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Graphic Organizer
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Formatting a Friendly Letter

• Format
• 1" margin on all sides (top, bottom, left, and
  right)
• Paragraphs indented 1/2
• Written in ink

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Formatting a Friendly Letter

• Heading
• All information in the heading goes at the top,
  just under the margin, on the right hand side of
  the page the end of the longest line should
  touch the edge of the margin, the rest of the
  lines should begin at the same place the longest
  line begins.
• Street address
• City, state, ZIP code
• Write out the date (letter was written)
• DO NOT include sender's name!

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Formatting a Friendly Letter

•  Salutation
• The salutation starts at the left margin.  Skip
  at least one line after the heading.
• Dear
• Name
• Comma

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Formatting a Friendly Letter

•  Body
• Skip one line after salutation
• Indent 1/2"
• Write paragraph - only one main topic/idea per
  paragraph.  This usually works out to between 1-8
  sentences per paragraph.
• Dont skip lines between paragraphs (unless
  you're double-spacing the entire letter)
• Indent 1/2" start new paragraph
• Repeat as necessary

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Formatting a Friendly Letter

•  Closing
• The closing should be left aligned after the body
  of the letter.
• Skip one line after the body
• Write your word/phrase, capitalizing each word
  (Sincerely, Yours Truly, Your Friend, etc.)
• Write a comma

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Formatting a Friendly Letter

•  Signature
• Your signature should be left aligned
• Sign your name in cursive your first name should
  be enough, because this is an informal writing,
  and thus should only go to someone who knows you
  well.
• Use two or three lines - be large, like John
  Hancock
• Type out your name

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Formatting a Friendly Letter

•  Post-Script (P.S.)
• Skip one line after your signature
• Write P.S. - using capital letters and proper
  punctuation
• Write your post script
• Note post means after, script means
  writing a post-script is something added after
  writing the rest of the letter.  If you wished to
  add a second annotation, it would be a
  post-post-script (after the writing you did after
  writing your letter), so it would be P.P.S.

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Practice Activity

• The students will use paper to complete the
  graphic organizer for a friendly letter.
• The students will consider our topic, audience,
  form, and purpose for our writing.

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Assessment Activity

• The students will be given their own graphic
  organizer to complete. They will be reminded to
  consider their audience and purpose for writing.
  Their topic will be a letter to the editor of the
  Greenville News.

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Helpful Hints

• Pick a topic that you feel passionate about.
  Relate it to an issue very recently discussed in
  the publication to which you are writing.
• Think of new ways to discuss the topic and
  present unique solutions to the problem

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Helpful Hints

• Write clearly and concisely following the
  limitations usually given on the editorial page
  or letters-to-the-editor page.
• Include your major points within the first few
  paragraphs.
• Type your letter and double space between lines.

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Helpful Hints

• Use your spell check and then proofread