1. Business Letter Writing
By Mr. Reiner

2. There are two types of letter format:
Friendly Letter
Business Letter

3. Example of a Business Letter
413 Chicago Street
Racine, WI
March 1, 2000
Sean Jones, Director
National Wildlife Federation
th Street
Washington, DC
Dear Director:
I am a fifth grade student writing a science report on the American peregrine falcon.
I would appreciate any information you have on this endangered bird.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Jim Bird

4. Business Letter Format
Always used with a formal audience such as adults, leaders (people that do not know you)
Includes a heading, inside address, salutation, body, closing, and your signature

5. Heading The heading includes the sender's address and the date.
The sender's address needs to be located at the top left-hand corner. 

6. Example of a Heading Jim Bird 413 Chicago Street Racine, WI 53405
March 1, 2000
Sean Jones, Director
National Wildlife Federation
th Street
Washington, DC
Dear Director:
I am a fifth grade student writing a science report on the American peregrine falcon.
I would appreciate any information you have on this endangered bird.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Jim Bird

7. Inside Address
The inside address is placed at the left hand margin, four to seven spaces below the heading.
It includes the name and complete address of the person and/or company that you’re writing.
Place the person’s title after the person’s last name with a comma.

8. Example of Inside Address
413 Chicago Street
Racine, WI
March 1, 2000
Sean Jones, Director
National Wildlife Federation
th Street
Washington, DC
Dear Director:
I am a fifth grade student writing a science report on the American peregrine falcon.
I would appreciate any information you have on this endangered bird.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Jim Bird

9. Salutation (Greeting)
The date needs to be located under the sender's address on the left-hand side of the page above the greeting. 
The greeting needs to be located under the heading on the left-hand side of the page.  The greeting would include such words as Dear Mr. Reiner:, Dear President Bush:, or Dear Coca Cola:.
Use a colon after the name or title.

10. Example of a Salutation
413 Chicago Street
Racine, WI
March 1, 2000
Sean Jones, Director
National Wildlife Federation
th Street
Washington, DC
Dear Director:
I am a fifth grade student writing a science report on the American peregrine falcon.
I would appreciate any information you have on this endangered bird.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Jim Bird

11. Body
The body of the letter includes the message.  It is written in paragraph form.

12. Example of a Body Jim Bird 413 Chicago Street Racine, WI 53405
March 1, 2000
Sean Jones, Director
National Wildlife Federation
th Street
Washington, DC
Dear Director:
I am a fifth grade student writing a science report on the American peregrine falcon.
I would appreciate any information you have on this endangered bird.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Jim Bird

13. Closing
The closing of the letter would include such words as Sincerely, or Yours truely.
The closing is placed at the left-hand margin.

14. Example of a Closing Jim Bird 413 Chicago Street Racine, WI 53405
March 1, 2000
Sean Jones, Director
National Wildlife Federation
th Street
Washington, DC
Dear Director:
I am a fifth grade student writing a science report on the American peregrine falcon.
I would appreciate any information you have on this endangered bird.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Jim Bird

15. Signature
The signature is your signed name under the closing.

16. Example of a Signature Jim Bird 413 Chicago Street Racine, WI 53405
March 1, 2000
Sean Jones, Director
National Wildlife Federation
th Street
Washington, DC
Dear Director:
I am a fifth grade student writing a science report on the American peregrine falcon.
I would appreciate any information you have on this endangered bird.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Jim Bird

17. Bibliography http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000144.htm