Created by Ms. Carpenter Mailing Address Notes Created by Ms. Carpenter

MAILING ADDRESSES Learning Target: Students will be able to organize a mailing address using US Postal guidelines. * Entrance Ticket #1: Create a mailing address from the paragraph description provided.

Things You Need to Know BEFORE you write a mailing address: Names of People Include a person’s title AND first AND last name. What is a title? Examples? Mr. (used for all males) Miss (unmarried female) Mrs. (married female (sometimes widowed, divorced) Ms. (adult female, unknown status) Used by females who prefer a neutral title (similar to Mr. for males) Sometimes used when a female is widowed or divorced

Things You Need to Know BEFORE you write a mailing address: Street Address Line Street Addresses may use words other than “Street”. Examples? Drive, Road, Boulevard, Avenue, Circle A street address usually has a number before the street name. Use a street address when you receive your mail at home. East Main Street, House #12 12 East Main Street Midland Drive, Building number 89 89 Midland Drive If you get your mail at the Post Office, you will use “PO Box” following by the number on the box: PO Box 400

Organization of a Mailing Address Name (of Person or Business) Street Address (or PO Box) City, State Zipcode

Line 2 of a Mailing Address PO Box OR Street Address PO Box (Post Office Box) (PO Box 123) Mail is picked up at the Post Office Type: PO BOX + Number Street Address (22 Broad Street) Mailbox is at your home/office Number used at the beginning of the line Street, Drive, Avenue, Road, Boulevard, Circle, Court

Line 3 of a Mailing Address City, State Zipcode City/Town/Village Add a comma after the city State Abbreviated with two letters (NY, PA, FL, TX, CA) Zip code 5 digits (13815 – required) 9 digits (13815-0123)

Things You Need to Know BEFORE you write a mailing address: States Abbreviate states using 2 CAPITAL letters New York? VT CO MI MA ** NOTE: Some addresses include a 9-digit zip code. An example would look like this: 12345-0434

Examples of Mailing Addresses: Mr. Robert Williams Ms. Holly Jenkins 31 Green Street PO Box 888 Scranton, PA 18501 Las Vegas, NV 89031 Walt Disney World 3111 World Drive Lake Bueno Vista, FL 32839

Your turn! Type a mailing address for the following: Example #1 -- Here is what you know: You are writing to Jenny Jones. Married female Post Office Box Number 456 New York State (the state) Norwich (the city) Zip code is 13815

Your turn! Type a mailing address for the following: Example #2 -- Here is what you know: You are writing to Zane Evans Unmarried male New Jersey (state) Ocean City Zip code 21842 99 Central Avenue

Your turn! Type a mailing address for the following: Example #3 -- Here is what you know: You are writing to the Hershey Chocolate World. Pennsylvania (state) Hershey (town) Zip code 17033-1234 101 Chocolate World Way (street)