1. LETTER WRITING

2. ARE THERE DIFFERENT STYLES OF LETTER WRITING? Friendly Formal Email (friendly/formal)

3. WHY WOULD YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WRITE A FORMAL LETTER/EMAIL? Job application Thank you letter Invitation To enquire about something Personal letter Letter of complaint Persuasive

4. Address (sender) Address (receiver) Date Letter opening Letter content Conclusion Letter closure Print/Sign name WHAT MAKES A LETTER?

5. WHY AM I WRITING THIS LETTER? Things to think about when writing your letter: Why am I writing this letter? What will the layout of my letter look like? What do I need to include? What will the main content be? What will be the key point of each paragraph?

6. WHAT MIGHT BE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A FORMAL AND FRIENDLY LETTER? Writing style Slang/Formal Layout

7. FORMAT: 1.Writer’s name and address  Written at the top right hand corner of the letter 2.Receiver's address:  Across the page and below the writer’s address 3.Leave a line before writing the name and address of the recipient. Underline the last line of the address. 4.The date:  Written on the left hand side, along the same line as the last line of the recipient’s address. The month must be in a capital letter. 5.The Greeting:  Appears on the left hand side 6.The First Paragraph:  Not indented!!! 7.Closure:  Left hand side below your final paragraph 8.Signature  Print and sign

8. FORMAT EXAMPLES: 1) THE BLOCK (MOST POPULAR)

9. FORMAT EXAMPLES: 2) THE MODIFIED BLOCK FORMAT

10. FORMAT EXAMPLES: 3) THE SEMI BLOCK FORMAT

11. ENVELOPE FORMAT:

12. LETTER WRITING TIME! Please write a letter to either your role model, most important person in your life or an individual who you always wanted to say something to that you never got the chance to (for example, when I did this activity I wrote to my grandfather who passed away a few years ago). You must write this letter in BLOCK FORMAT.