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

2. Friendly Letters: PURPOSE To whom would you write a FRIENDLY letter? …your grandmother? …your teacher? …your state senator? …your president? …your cousin? …a company from which you’d like some information?

3. There are 5 parts of a friendly letter: 1) heading (date), 2) greeting / salutation, 3) body, 4) closing, and 5) signature Friendly Letters: PARTS

4. The HEADING (the date) goes at the upper, right-hand corner of your letter. Friendly Letters: HEADING Format HEADING

5. The GREETING (the person to whom you are writing) goes at the left-hand side, 2 lines below the heading. Friendly Letters: GREETING Format GREETING All words in your greeting should be capitalized, AND you should add a comma after the greeting! DO NOT indent the greeting!

6. The BODY is where you write your message. Be sure to indent all paragraphs. Friendly Letters: BODY Format BODY

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

8. The SIGNATURE goes 2 lines below your closing. It should be a CURSIVE signature Friendly Letters: SIGNATURE Format SIGNATURE

9. Friendly Letters: SAMPLE Format A pril 5, 2008 Dear Susan, Thank you so much for coming to my party on Saturday. I had a great time, and I hope you did, too. Next time you come over, we’ll swim in the pool some more. Your friend, Beth Notice COMMA placement!

10. Identify each numbered part of the friendly letter! POP QUIZ TIME! 3 5 2 4 1

11. Answers: 1.Body 2.Closing 3.Heading 4.Signature 5.Greeting POP QUIZ TIME! 3 5 2 4 1

12. 6. What parts of the letter need a comma? 7.How are the greeting and closing capitalized differently? 8.How many parts does a friendly letter have? 9.What is the last thing you write in a friendly letter? 10.What parts of the letter are indented? POP QUIZ TIME!

13. Try this online resource: www.abcya.com/friendly_letter_maker.htm Need Practice?