1. Writing Friendly Letters
Pen Pals from another country are so much fun!

2. Friendly letters have five parts:
The Heading
 The Salutation (greeting)
 The Body 
The Closing
The Signature

3. The Heading
The heading can include your address and the date.  In casual, friendly letters, your address is not necessary. We’re going to use the school’s address.
Southwest Middle School
2511 Inverness Drive
Lawrence, KS
Heading

4. The Salutation (greeting)
Dear_________.  The blank is for the name of the person you are writing.  After you write the person's name you put a comma ( , ) .
Southwest Middle School
2511 Inverness Drive
Lawrence, KS
Dear Juan,
Greeting

5. The Body
The body of the letter is the information you are writing in your letter.
Decide what you should write about today. I would like 3 different body paragraphs.
As a class decide what the 3 body paragraphs should be about.
Think first
Then share with your group members
Now, discuss it with the whole class.
What does everyone think of those
ideas?
Southwest Middle School
2511 Inverness Drive
Lawrence, KS
Dear Juan,
I am very excited to have you as my pen pal. I too am in the 6th grade. My school’s name is Southwest Middle School in Lawrence, KS.
Body

6. The Closing
The Closing:  In the closing the first word is capitalized and you put a comma after the last word.  
Some examples of closings are: Sincerely, Your friend, (Love, Very truly yours…haha…we’re not using those!)
Southwest Middle School
2511 Inverness Drive
Lawrence, KS
Dear Juan,
I am very excited to have you as my pen pal. I too am in the 6th grade. My school’s name is Southwest Middle School in Lawrence, KS.
Your friend,
Closing

7. Signature Your Signature This is your name. It goes under the closing.
Southwest Middle School
2511 Inverness Drive
Lawrence, KS
Dear Juan,
Signature
I am very excited to have you as my pen pal. I too am in the 6th grade. My school’s name is Southwest Middle School in Lawrence, KS.
Your friend,
Trey Hulse