1. Writing Friendly Letters
A Write On Activity

2. Friendly letters have five parts:
The Heading
 The Greeting
 The Body 
The Closing
The Signature

3. The Heading
The heading can include your address and the date.  In casual, friendly letters your address is not necessary.
520 Lincoln Park Road
Springfield, KY
April 11, 2007
Heading

4. The Greeting
Dear_________.  The blank is for the name of the person you are writing.  After you write the person's name you put a comma ( , ) .
520 Lincoln Park Road
Springfield, KY
April 11, 2007
Dear Ms. Osborne,
Greeting

5. The Body
The body of the letter is the information you are writing in your letter.
520 Lincoln Park Road
Springfield, KY
April 11, 2007
Dear Ms. Osborne,
Did you see in the news a few weeks ago that a high school in Alabama was hit by a tornado? Eight students lost their lives. That made me think… we need to change the way we do our tornado drills so we can be prepared in case we ever have a tornado here.
Body

6. The Closing
The Closing:  In the closing the first word is capitalized and you put a comma after the last word.  
Some examples of closings are: Sincerely, Your friend, Love, Very truly yours,
520 Lincoln Park Road
Springfield, KY
April 11, 2007
Dear Ms. Osborne,
Did you see in the news a few weeks ago that a high school in Alabama was hit by a tornado? Eight students lost their lives. That made me think… we need to change the way we do our tornado drills so we can be prepared in case we ever have a tornado here.
Closing
Sincerely,

7. Signature Your Signature This is your name. It goes under the closing.
520 Lincoln Park Road
Springfield, KY
April 11, 2007
Dear Ms. Osborne,
Signature
Did you see in the news a few weeks ago that a high school in Alabama was hit by a tornado? Eight students lost their lives. That made me think… we need to change the way we do our tornado drills so we can be prepared in case we ever have a tornado here.
Sincerely,
Toni Thomas