1. TODAY’s Goals After today’s lesson, you will be able to: Identify and use homophones correctly in writing Compose a friendly letter

2. Homophones

3. HOMOPHONES Name some homophones:

4. HOMOPHONES

5. Use their, there and they’re correctly in one sentence. Use your and you’re correctly in one sentence. Use are, our and hour correctly in one sentence.

6. Writing Friendly Letters A Structure of Informative Writing

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

8. The Heading The heading can include your address and the date. In casual, friendly letters your address is not necessary. 508 Bluebird Street Clarksville, Ohio January 5, 2004 Heading

9. 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 (, ). 508 Bluebird Street Clarksville, Ohio January 5, 2004 Greeting Dear Susan,

10. The Body The body of the letter is the information you are writing in your letter. 508 Bluebird Street Clarksville, Ohio January 5, 2004 Body Dear Susan, I hope you will be able to come and visit next month. We are planning a special visit to the museum. My mom will call your mom later this week to make all arrangements. Be sure to bring your swimsuit when you come! We’re planning an afternoon trip to the lake.

11. 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, 508 Bluebird Street Clarksville, Ohio January 5, 2004 Closing Dear Susan, I hope you will be able to come and visit next month. We are planning a special visit to the museum. My mom will call your mom later this week to make all arrangements. Be sure to bring your swimsuit when you come! We’re planning an afternoon trip to the lake. Your friend,

12. Your Signature This is your name. It goes under the closing. 508 Bluebird Street Clarksville, Ohio January 5, 2004 Signature Dear Susan, I hope you will be able to come and visit next month. We are planning a special visit to the museum. My mom will call your mom later this week to make all arrangements. Be sure to bring your swimsuit when you come! We’re planning an afternoon trip to the lake. Your friend, Allison

13. 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 Friendly Letter Example

14. Word Choice Consider your audience Consider your format No text lingo 508 Bluebird Street Clarksville, Ohio January 5, 2004 Dear Susan, I hope you will be able to come and visit next month. We are planning a special visit to the museum. My mom will call your mom later this week to make all arrangements. Be sure to bring your swimsuit when you come! We’re planning an afternoon trip to the lake. Your friend, Allison

15. Friendly Letter Practice

16. Friendly Letter Activity Your letter should contain: Heading  Your home address (or a made up one if you prefer) Greeting  You may use “Dear Ms. Burwell,” Body  3 paragraphs (each indented, 3-5 sentences each) 1 st paragraph: Introduce yourself 2 nd paragraph: What you learned in summer school 3 rd paragraph: How you plan to be successful next school year Closing  You may use any appropriate closing of your choice (“Sincerely,” “Your student,”) Signature  Sign your name below the closing https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1dgw5KPpPE0GFrZJse_BjcKQyU Otc1EOAwj_ehNX2a2U/viewform

17. School’s Out! Completion letters will be sent next week! Have some fun! Prepare for the new school year! School starts September 3 rd