1. Letter Writing: Business Letters
Mrs. Davis’ 5th Grade Language Arts Classes
Council Traditional School

2. Business Letters: PURPOSE
To whom would you write a BUSINESS letter?
…your father?
…a school board member?
…your state’s governor?
…your uncle?
…your best friend?
…a restaurant manager?

3. Business Letters: PARTS
There are 6 parts of a business letter:
1) heading (YOUR contact info. & date),
2) business address,
3) greeting / salutation,
4) body,
5) closing, and
6) signature

4. Business Letters: HEADING Format
The
HEADING
goes at the
upper,
left-hand
corner
of your
letter.
HEADING
Sample Heading:
123 State Street Mobile, AL (251)
(Skip 2 lines here!)
April 9, 2008

5. Business Letters: BUSINESS ADDRESS Format
The
BUSINESS
ADDRESS
goes
BELOW
the heading
of your
letter.
BUSINESS ADDRESS
Sample Business Address:
ABC Company Town Street Mobile, AL
(Skip 2 lines here!)

6. Business Letters: GREETING Format
The
GREETING
goes
BELOW
the
business
address.
GREETING
The first word and all titles in your greeting should be capitalized,
AND
you should add a
colon (NOT a comma)
after the greeting!
(Skip 1 line AFTER the greeting!)

7. is where you write your message.
Business Letters: BODY Format
The
BODY
is where you write your message.
DO NOT
indent paragraphs,
SKIP LINES
between them!
BODY

8. Business Letters: CLOSING Format
The
CLOSING
goes at the
lower, left-hand
corner
of your letter,
2 lines below
your body.
ONLY the FIRST word in your closing should be capitalized,
AND
you should add a comma after the closing!
CLOSING

9. your closing. It should be a
Business Letters: SIGNATURE Format
The
SIGNATURE
goes
2 lines below
your closing. It should be a
CURSIVE
signature, and
that should be your
printed name.
SIGNATURE

10. Business Letters: SAMPLE Letter
123 Maple St.
Mobile, AL
(251)
May 9, 2008
Johnson Athletics
1522 Golden Blvd.
Trenton, NJ
To whom it may concern:
I am writing to tell you how pleased I am with my new Air Balance shoes. They are the most comfortable and stylish shoes I own.
Do you plan to make them in black or any other color?
Yours truly,
Jimmy Gates

11. Identify each numbered part of the business letter!
POP QUIZ TIME!
Identify each numbered part of the business letter! 4 1 6 5 3 2

12. POP QUIZ TIME! Answers: Business Address Signature Closing Heading
Body
Greeting 4 1 6 5 3 2