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Writing Friendly Letters: A Write On Activity

A friendly letter has 5 parts: the heading with address and date, salutation or greeting, body, closing, and signature. The body contains the main message or information being shared in the letter. The closing uses a greeting like "Sincerely" followed by a comma. The signature includes the writer's name and is placed under the closing.

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Writing Friendly Letters: A Write On Activity

A friendly letter has 5 parts: the heading with address and date, salutation or greeting, body, closing, and signature. The body contains the main message or information being shared in the letter. The closing uses a greeting like "Sincerely" followed by a comma. The signature includes the writer's name and is placed under the closing.

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Writing Friendly Letters

A Write On Activity
Friendly letters have five parts:

The Heading
 The Salutation (greeting)
 The Body
The Closing
The Signature
The Heading
 The heading can include
your address and the
date. In casual, friendly
letters your address is not 508 Bluebird Street
Clarksville, Ohio
January 5, 2004

necessary.

Heading
The Salutation (greeting)
Dear_________. The
blank is for the name of
508 Bluebird Street

the person you are Clarksville, Ohio


January 5, 2004

writing. After you write Dear Susan,


the person's name you
put a comma ( , ) .

Greeting
The Body
The body of the letter is
the information you are
508 Bluebird Street

writing in your letter. 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.

Body
The Closing
 The Closing: In the
closing the first word is
capitalized and you put 508 Bluebird Street
Clarksville, Ohio
January 5, 2004
a comma after the last Dear Susan,
word. I hope you will be able to come and
visit next month. We are planning a
Some examples of closings special visit to the museum. My mom will
call your mom later this week to make all
are: Sincerely, Your arrangements. Be sure to bring your
swimsuit when you come! We’re planning
an afternoon trip to the lake.
friend, Love, Very truly
yours, Your friend,

Closing
Your Signature
 This is your name. It
goes under the 508 Bluebird Street
Clarksville, Ohio

closing. January 5, 2004

Dear Susan,

Signature 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

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