This document provides information and examples of different types of letters. It discusses friendly letters, business letters, and letters students may write. It includes examples of a business letter discussing an order confirmation and a checklist teachers can use to evaluate student letters. The document serves to outline letter formats and provide guidance to students on writing different kinds of letters.

2. Letters are a way of talking to people
who live too far away to visit.

3. Friendly Letter Form Business Letter Form
Street
City, State ZIP
Date
Dear _____
__________________
_________________________
_________________________
____.
__________________
_________________________
________
Your friend,
Signature
Street
City, State ZIP
Date
Person’s Name
Company Name
Street
City, State ZIP
Dear _____
__________________.
_________________________
__________________
__.
Sincerely,
Signature

7. September 30, 2012
Ms. Meg Ryan
Program Manager
Jones Group Inc.
6902 Cane Creek Road
Hindsville, AR 44342
Dear Ms. Ryan:
This is with reference to our meeting about the Dolphin Project last Friday. I am writing to
thank you for your time in considering my proposal for saving the dolphins. It was very insightful
meeting you in person and discussing a project that is close to both of us.
The Dolphin Project as we have discussed has been a dilemma for my company owing to the lack
of funds and manpower. I am convinced that our liaison will assist in a meaningful project campaign
that is sure to take this mission forward. I have collected the demographic information that will
prove to be the first step in taking this project to fruition. With the funding that you have
promised and the sanction to bring people onboard, I am positive that we have a long way to go.
As promised, I am emailing to you the information that you need in order to process the
check. I am very excited at the prospect of working closely with you. Please let me know when you
receive my email and we will take it on from there. Once again, a very warm thank you from me and my
team at WWF USA!
Sincerely yours,
(Signature)
Audrey Hepburn
Manager Communication
World Wildlife Fund for Nature
6635 Trails End
Hindsville, AR 44342

9. Students write business letters
to seek information, to
complain, and compliment, and
to transact business.

10. Ken's Cheese House
34 Chatley Avenue
Seattle, WA 98765
Tel:
Fax:
Email: kenny@cheese.com
October 23, 2006
Fred Flintstone
Sales Manager
Cheese Specialists Inc.
456 Rubble Road
Rockville, IL
Dear Mr Flintstone:
With reference to our telephone conversation today, I am writing to confirm
your order for: 120 x Cheddar Deluxe Ref. No. 856
The order will be shipped within three days via UPS and should arrive at your
store in about 10 days.
Please contact us again if we can help in any way.
Yours sincerely,
Kenneth Beare
Director of Ken's Cheese House

11. Students aassume the identity
of a historical or literary
figure.

12. Teachers can develop a checklist for
evaluating students’ letters without
marking on them.

13. 1. Gathering and Organizing
Information for the Letter
2. Reviewing the Friendly or Business
Letter Form
3. Writing the Letters Using a Process
Approach

14. Pen Pan Letter Checklist
Name:_____________________
Yes No
1. Did you complete the cluster?
2.Did you include questions in your letter?
3. Did you put your letter in the friendly letter form?
___ return address
___ greeting
___ 3 or more paragraphs
___ salutation and name
4. Did you write a rough draft of your letter?
5. Did you revise your letter with suggestions from people in your writing
group?
6. Did you proofread your letter and correct as many errors as possible?

15. Prepared by:
jhunararROARAMOS
BSED – IV (English)