This document provides guidance on writing personal letters. It discusses the typical components of a personal letter, including the heading, greeting, body, closing, and signature. It also provides an example of a letter written by Antonio to his parents about his Independence Day picnic plans. The document concludes with activities for students to practice writing letters by matching letter components and evaluating their letter writing skills.
13. Heading
1.) The Heading
includes the
writer’s address
and the date. The
heading is written
in the upper right-
hand corner of
the page.
14. Greeting
2.) The Greeting is
written under the
heading at the left
side of letter. It
begins with a capital
letter and ends with
a comma. The
greeting can be
formal and in formal;
for example,
Formal: Dear Uncle Jim,
Informal: Hi Joe, Greetings,
15. Body
3.) The Body is
the information
you are writing
in your letter.
16. Closing
4.) The Closing is
lined up directly
under heading. It
begins with a
capital letter and
ends with a
comma;
- Sincerely,
- Love,
18. Antonio’s letter
Dear Mom and Dad,
How are you? Do you know that Independence
Day is on July 4 in the U.S.? My friends and I are going to have
a picnic in the afternoon. We might have the picnic at the
beach or we might have it at the park. Martin might come.
Amina might be there, too. I’m going to make a salad for the
picnic. I might make sandwiches, too. I’m going to make a
salad for the picnic. I might make sandwiches, too. We’re
going to watch fireworks at the beach at night. We might stay
at the beach until midnight! I’m really excited about
July 4.
Antonio
21. 1.) Work in pair.
2.) Each pair receives letter board, box of
topic cards and paragraph guidelines.
3.) Match each topic card with the
paragraph guideline and write to
complete the paragraph guideline.
(write the letter)
4.) Which pair that finishes first, and raises
the hands up while saying “Hey!” is the
winner and get rewards.
23. 1.) Do pre-activity evaluation to check
what type of letter you can write well.
2.) Choose the sign from the board to select the
situation.
3.) Write the letter from the situation you have
selected. (10 minutes)
4.) Exchange the letter to other friends and check.
5.) Receive self-evaluation: post-activity evaluation
in order to check how much success you have
gained after finished the activity.
24. Pre studying (Self- evaluating)
How do you rate your progress? Check / in the box.
1 = Can do better 2 = OK
3 = Good 4 = Excellent
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