1. Friendly Letters Where do I place the commas?

2. SPI 0501.1.5 Identify sentences with correct use of commas (i.e., series, dates, addresses, friendly letters, compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, and introductory words) and of colons within context.

3. Why or when do I write a friendly letter?

4. We write friendly letters to people we know well. We might write a friendly letter to our parents, grandparents, or our friends.

5. Number Your Paper 1-5 0 Name the 5 parts of a friendly letter. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. The next slide shows an example of what a friendly letter looks like.

7. 311 East Duke Street Stanley, N.C. 28164 August 15, 2004 Dear Phil, How has your summer been? Not too hot I hope. Did you get to visit your grandparents? Did you go on your trip to Toronto as you had hoped? They say Toronto is a beautiful city. This is my second season at Camp Bellaire. I just passed my swimming test. Now I can swim out to the raft and also use the boats. To pass I had to jump into the water with my clothes on (as if I had just fallen out of a boat). Then I had to take them off down to my trunks, even my shoes and socks, and finally swim back to shore. It was tough, but I did it! I’m looking forward to seeing you soon. There is lots of news to catch up on! body Your friend, Mike

9. Now we need to break it apart and NOTICE where the comma’s are.

10. The first part of a friendly letter is called the heading. The heading includes the writer’s address and the date. The heading is written in the upper right-hand corner of the page. Note where the commas are in the heading!

11. The second part of the friendly letter is the greeting. It is written under the heading at the left margin. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a comma. Note where the comma is in the greeting!

12. What do you want to say to the person you are writing to? We put what we want to say in the body of the letter. The body of the letter is in paragraph form. The first line of each paragraph is indented.

13. The closing is lined up directly under heading. It begins with a capital letter and ends with a comma. Notice the comma!

14. The signature is your name written directly under the closing.

15. SPI 0501.1.5 Identify sentences with correct use of commas (i.e., series, dates, addresses, friendly letters, compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, and introductory words) and of colons within context.

16. Note where you skip lines?

17. heading 311 East College Street Stanley, N.C. 28164 August 15, 2004 greeting Dear Phil, How has your summer been? Not too hot I hope. Did you get to visit your grandparents? Did you go on your trip to Toronto as you had hoped? They say Toronto is a beautiful city. This is my second season at Camp Bellaire. I just passed my swimming test. Now I can swim out to the raft and also use the boats. To pass I had to jump into the water with my clothes on (as if I had just fallen out of a boat). Then I had to take them off down to my trunks, even my shoes and socks, and finally swim back to shore. It was tough, but I did it! I’m looking forward to seeing you soon. There is lots of news to catch up on! body Your friend, Mike closing signature

18. Number your paper 1-9

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20. 1. Choose name from bowl 2. Write a friendly letter ** Use your notes **COMMAS must be in correct places