• Your letter must be to a real person.
• If you mail (or personally deliver) your letter, you will receive 5 extra credit points. A parent must verify via text to me.
JV: Your letter must be @ least 2 paragraphs.
Varsity: Your letter must be @ least 3 paragraphs.
New Peeps (Talia & Noah): @ least 2 paragraphs
The required Dress-ups, Openers, and Decorations must be indicated in each paragraph. Indicate one of each per paragraph, please.
Combined BNotes (brainstorming notes) & KWO, Rough Draft, and Checklist are required as always.
Be sure to use a proper letter writing format. Please check the guidelines below for help.
No Banned Words (see side bar for the list)
No Contractions
Vocabulary Words that are used properly & highlighted are worth 1 extra credit point each.
JV: Varsity: New Peeps (Talia & Noah)
All Dress-Ups All Dress-Ups ly word (bold and underline it)
#2 #2 use Quality Adjectives
#3 #3 use Strong Verbs
vss vss No Banned Words
allit No Contractions
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Personal letters, also known as friendly letters, and social notes normally have five parts.
1. The Heading. This is where you write the date. It can also include the return address.
Skip a line after the heading.
2. The Greeting. The greeting always ends with a comma.
Dear Uncle David,
3. The body. Also known as the main text. This includes the message you want to write.
Normally in a friendly letter, the beginning of paragraphs is indented.
If it is not indented, be sure to skip a space between paragraphs.
Skip a line after the greeting. AND Skip a line before the close.
4. The complimentary close. This short expression is always a few words on a single line. It ends in a comma. Skip one to three spaces (two is usual) for the signature line.
5. The signature line. Type or print your name.
Postscript. Although there is no postscript in our example above, it is quite common.
If your letter contains a postscript, begin it with P.S.
Skip a line after the signature line to begin the postscript.
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Remember to combine your brainstorming notes (BNotes) and KWO -- just like we did in class. It looked something like this:
Letter to GRANDMOM
Aug. - Nov. trip 6000 miles
Desmond Astros
Homeschool updates
Speech & Debate P & C Duo
Dogsittting adventures w/ Simba
Stuffy sick better
Nativity Ninja Night
Neighborhood Decorations &Contest
Max Birthday Bucca
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Remember that JV should write 2 paragraphs. Varsity should write 3 paragraphs.
Your combined BNotes and KWO should help you create those paragraphs.
Obviously we need to pick and choose for our paragraphs. We can eliminate certain writing points or we can combine some. We can also add details.
Your combined BNotes and KWO might now look something like this:
Letter to GRANDMOM
P1)
Aug. - Nov. trip 6000 miles
TX, Mississippi, TN, NC, NCFCA intensive, VA, PA, VT, B&B, IN,
Speech & Debate P & C Duo
P2)
Dogsittting adventures w/ Simba
Stuffy sick better
P3)
Nativity Ninja Night
Neighborhood Decorations &Contest
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