1. Tiffany Felton Kim Williams ECED 4300 A Fall 2008 Dr. Tonja Root
Friendly Letters
Tiffany Felton
Kim Williams
ECED 4300 A
Fall 2008
Dr. Tonja Root
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

2. ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student a. Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

3. The students will plan a friendly letter using a graphic organizer.
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

4. Friendly letters are written to people we know really well
Friendly letters are written to people we know really well. Friendly letters can be written to friends, parents, grandparents, and teachers.
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

5. Friendly Letter A Friendly letter consists of five parts.
Heading
Salutation
Body
Closing
Signature
These items must follow this order.
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

6. Friendly Letters Heading
The Heading consists of the address of the sender (You) and the date.
1500 N. Patterson St.
Valdosta, GA 31698
11/ 02/ 2008
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

7. Friendly Letters Dear Jane, Salutation
Salutations, also known as greetings, follows the heading. Salutations begin with Dear _____________________ followed by a comma.
Dear Jane,
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

8. Friendly Letters
Body
The body of the letter includes all the information you would like to tell the reader.
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

9. Friendly Letters Sincerely, Jane Doe Closing
In the closing of your letter, you capitalize the first word and place a comma after the last word.
Sincerely,
Jane Doe
Signature
The signature is your name. It is located underneath the closing.
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

10. Prewriting
Prewriting is the first stage of the writing process. During this stage the focus is on developing ideas and the topic of the writing. All ideas are written in phrases.
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

11. Friendly Letter Example
Author Unknown. (2008). Letter Writing Guide. Retrieved November 09,2008, from Letter Writing Guide – Letter Writing and Sample Letters
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

12. Felton, T. L. (2008). Friendly Letters
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

13. Practice Activity
Using the Shared Pen Technique the students and the teacher will complete a graphic organizer of a friendly letter. Together the students and the teacher will practice the proper way to organize a friendly letter, and brainstorm different ways to close a letter.
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

14. Letter Writing Guide
Author Unknown. (2008). Letter-Writing Guide. Retrieved November 09,2008, from Letter- Writing Guide Website:
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

15. Salutation (Greeting)
Heading
Salutation (Greeting)
Event 1:
Detail 1.
Detail 2.
Detail 3.
Event 2:
Event 3:
Event 4:
Event 5:
Event 6:
Closing
Signature
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

16. Assessment Activity
The students will be given a graphic organizer so that they may plan their friendly letter.
The graphic organizer must be completed and written in phrases.
The graphic organizer must include two to three details for each event.
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

17. Drafting By Kim Williams
ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing. The student
Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.

18. Primary Learning Outcome
The students will write a rough draft of their friendly letter using the graphic organizer from the prewriting stage.

19. Friendly Letters Friendly letters have five parts: The Heading
The Salutation (greeting)
 The Body 
The Closing
The Signature

20. Friendly Letters The Heading
The heading can include your address and the date.  In casual, friendly letters your address is not necessary.
The Salutation (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 ( , ) .

21. Friendly Letters The Body
The body of the letter is the information you are writing in your letter

22. Friendly Letters 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
Signature
This is your name. It goes under the closing.

23. Drafting
This is the second stage of the writing process. Drafting is all about content. Do not be concerned with spelling and punctuation. The purpose of the drafting stage is to turn those words and phrases we wrote during prewriting into full sentences.

24. Friendly Letter Example
No Author. (2008). Personal Letters.

26. Practice Activity
Iron Monkey Interactive. (2003). Letter Generator.
Independent Practice: Using the website listed above I will have the students pair up and placed on computers. They will go to this site and use the interactive website to type a draft of a friendly letter to their partner. Once the first child finishes and prints, the other student will do the same task.

27. Assessment Activity
The students will be given letter stationary and instructed to write a friendly letter.
The letter must be written to a real person.
It must include details relevant to the content of the letter.
It must use the correct “friendly letter” format.

28. References
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
Williams, A.K.(2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA
Author Unknown. (2008). Letter Writing Guide. Retrieved November 09,2008, from Letter Writing Guide – Letter Writing and Sample Letters
No Author. (2008). Personal Letters.
Iron Monkey Interactive. (2003). Letter Generator.
Author Unknown. (2008). Letter-Writing Guide. Retrieved November 09,2008, from Letter- Writing Guide Website:
Felton, T.L. (2008). Friendly Letters. Unpublished PowerPoint, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA