By: Nicole Bery, Ana Gabriela Apolo, Juan Francisco Beltrán, Isidro Dávalos, Adriana

Montalvo and Oriana Moscarella

*Writing a Letter

*Friendly letter

*Parts of a friendly letter:

1. Heading :

* Your street adress

* City, State ZIP

* Current Date (Month, Day, Year)

Example:

1234 Any Street

My Town, OH 45764

July 12,2007

*Friendly letter

1. Heading :

*Your street adress

*City, State ZIP

*Current Date (Month, Day, Year)

2.Greeting:

*Dear, Hi, Hello, Hey there

*Comma after the greeting:

Example:

Dear Oriana,

*Friendly letter

1. Heading

2. Greeting,

3. Body:

Intro Paragraph: 3-4 sentences explaining your purpose for writing. The number of paragraphs can vary since it is a casual response.

No space between the paragraphs but you do have to indent the text to let the reader know it is a new paragraph. In friendly letters, you can omit the address and just specify the date of the letter.

As well you might use block format (spaces between paragraphs and no indentation).

1. Heading

2. Greeting,

3. Body:

Intro Paragraph: 3-4 sentences explaining your purpose for writing. The number of paragraphs can vary since it is a casual response.

No space between the paragraphs but you do have to indent the text to let the reader know it is a new paragraph. In friendly letters, you can omit the address and just specify the date of the letter.

As well you might use block format (spaces between paragraphs and no indentation).

4. Closing and signature (in a friendly letter there a lot of possible closings)

Example:

Best wishes,

Nicole

*General aspects of a friendly

letter

*Sender’s address is optional

*The structure of the body and the number of paragraphs can vary.

*Since it is a friendly letter the register does not have to be formal.

*There are a lot of possible casual closings.

*Business letter

*1. Heading: *1234 Any Street (Your street address)

*Hometown, OH 45764 (City, State ZIP)

*March 18, 2013(Current Date)

*2. Receipement information *Ms. Adriana Montalvo (Name of recipient)

*Any Company (Business/Institution name, if there is one)

*5678 Not Here Avenue (Street Address)

*Any Town, NY 10012 (City, State ZIP)

*Business letter

*3. Greeting *Dear Ms. Montalvo: (the use of a colon after the

greeting is characteristic in business letters)

*4. Body: (1-3 paragraphs) * Introductory paragraph: 3 or 4 sentences

explaining the purpose of your writting.

*2nd paragraph: you have to single space it and avoid indenting in business letter following the “block format,” this paragraph can include additional information about the purpose of writting in a lenght of 3-5 sentences

*Business letter

*Closing paragraph: 2-3 sentences summarizing the statements in the other paragraphs and also thanking the receipent for his/her time.

*Closing and signature

* (Sincerely, Respectfully, Truly Yours)

* (Leave 3-4 spaces to sign)

* Isidro Dávalos (Type your name)

1. Heading:

2. Name of recepient

Bussiness/ Institution name if applicable

Street adress

City/State ZIP

3. Greeting:

4. Body:

Intro Paragraph: 3-4 sentences explaining your purpose for writing.

There needs to be space between the paragraphs but you do not have to indent the text.

Second paragraph: 3-5 sentences would be good for a second paragraph, in which you should include supporting details or additional information.

Concluding paragraph: 2-3 sentences summarizing your previous statements and including any additional information.

4. Closing and signature (ex. Sincerely, respectfully)

Example:

Respectfully,

Signature

Typed Name.

*General aspects of a bussiness

letter

*Your name needs to be typed beneath your signature

*Possible closings include “sincerely”, and “respectfully.”

*In a business letter one should include all the information of the recipient.

*In a business letter the register should be formal.

*Works cited

*International Reading Association. Letter Samples. N.p.: Verizon Foundation, 2007. PDF. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1083/lettersamples.pdf 18/03/13