1. Zsavai Page, Amanda Maziarz 4300 B Dr. Tonja Root Spring, 2010 Second Grade Pen Pal Letters

2. Zsavai Page and Amanda Maziarz Prewriting GPS: ELA2W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The student will e. Begins to use appropriate formatting conventions for letter writing. (date, salutation, body, closing) PLO: Students will write a letter to a pen pal using the correct letter writing format.

3. Pen Pal Letters Friendly letter form Talk about yourself Ask questions Greeting Body Salutation

4. Prewriting Stage Brain Storming Preparing to write writing Ideas Organizing (graphic organizer)

5. Questions for my pen pal: 1.________________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ _2._______________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ __3.______________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ ___4._____________________________ __________________________________ __________________________________ ____ My Name: Pen Pal’s Name: About me 1._______________________________ ________________________________ _ 2._______________________________ ________________________________ _ 3._______________________________ ________________________________ _ 4._______________________________ ________________________________ _ About my family: 1.___________________________ ____________________________ ___ 2.___________________________ ____________________________ ___ 3.___________________________ ____________________________ ___ 4.___________________________ ____________________________ ___ Other things that I want my pen pal to know: ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ ___________________ Name: ________________________ Graphic Organizer: Pen Pal Letters Directions: Fill in each box with the information wanted. Retrieved from Graphic Organizer: Pen Pal Letters retrieved April 2 nd 2010 from http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:E7niugqoTb8J:vstateblazers.net/~troot/PublishedPieces/ECED4300_previous_published_ PwPt/Published%2520Su%252002%2520Jennifer%2520Hodges%2520Pen%2520pal%2520letter%2520go%2520prewrt%2520revi s.doc+pen+pal+letter+graphic+organizer&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

6. Hopewave.org (2008). Sample Letters. Retrieved from http://www.hopewave.org/Sample_L etters.html

7. Practice: As a class, students help the teacher (using the shared pen techniques) to fill out the graphic organizer for writing to a pen pal.

8. Assessment: Students will fill in graphic organizer independently about a pretend pen pal. They may choose the pen pal’s name and location, but personal information must be factual and questions must be reasonable.

9. Drafting: ELA2W1 The student begins to demonstrate competency in the writing process. The student i.Uses planning ideas to produce a rough draft. PLO: The students will create a pretend pen pal letter to a person of their choice based on information from their graphic organizer. Zsavai Page

10. Feyter, Shauna Lee. (2008). What Do i write my pen pal?. Retrieved from http://www.youthonline.ca/penpals/blchattowrite.sht ml Example of a Pen Pal Letter

11. Drafting: -Take ideas from graphic organizer and put it into letter format. -The draft may contain errors that will be fixed later. -Skip line while writing the draft, put X’s on the skipped lines.

12. Hello Sarah. My name is Shauna and I found your name and email address at Kids Pen Pals from The Youth Online Club. I am from Canada and am very interested in becoming your pen pal. I am 15 years old and in grade 9. My favorite subject is science. I have been listening to N'SYNC a lot lately. I am a big fan of comedies and my favorite movie to date is Liar Liar with Jim Carey. Have you ever seen that movie? I belong to the Girl Guides and enjoy camping. I see that you are a Girl Guide too. Are you enjoying being a Girl Guide? Does your troop camp a lot? I am looking forward to hearing from you and becoming friends. Your new friend, Shauna

13. Practice Activity -As a class (shared pen) form a first draft from the ideas written on graphic organizer.

14. Assessment Activity Students write pen pal letter (draft) based on the information written on their graphic organizer for their pretend pen pal.