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Caroline Brannon and Kristin Young ECED 4300 B Dr. Tonja Root Fall 2008 Grade Level: 4 Friendly Letter. Kristin Young. Prewriting ELA4W4 The student consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing; the student Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Caroline Brannon and Kristin Caroline Brannon and Kristin YoungYoung
ECED 4300 BECED 4300 BDr. Tonja RootDr. Tonja Root
Fall 2008Fall 2008
Grade Level: 4Grade Level: 4Friendly LetterFriendly Letter
Kristin YoungKristin Young• PrewritingPrewriting• ELA4W4 The student consistently ELA4W4 The student consistently
uses a writing process to develop, uses a writing process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing; revise, and evaluate writing; the the studentstudent
a.a.Plans and drafts independently and Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.resourcefully.
• PLO: Student will use a graphic PLO: Student will use a graphic organizer to brainstorm ideas for a organizer to brainstorm ideas for a friendly letter.friendly letter.
Prewriting:Prewriting:• Forms of WritingForms of Writing: Friendly letters, also : Friendly letters, also
known as Personal letters, are letters known as Personal letters, are letters that you write to a friend. They are that you write to a friend. They are usually filled with information about you, usually filled with information about you, and often as questions about how your and often as questions about how your friend is doing? friend is doing?
• Friendly letters normally have five parts: Friendly letters normally have five parts: the heading, greeting, body, the heading, greeting, body, complimentary close, and signature line. complimentary close, and signature line.
• If your letter contains a postscript, begin If your letter contains a postscript, begin it with a P.S. and end it with your initials.it with a P.S. and end it with your initials.
PrewritingPrewriting• Stage of WritingStage of Writing: The first stage of the : The first stage of the
writing process is prewriting. Prewriting writing process is prewriting. Prewriting is brainstorming your ideas, thoughts is brainstorming your ideas, thoughts and opinions before you begin writing. and opinions before you begin writing. Writers have to plan before they begin Writers have to plan before they begin writing. When you prewrite you have writing. When you prewrite you have your ideas and thoughts listed to help your ideas and thoughts listed to help guide you through your story. Think of guide you through your story. Think of prewriting like a treasure map to guide prewriting like a treasure map to guide you as you travel through the writing you as you travel through the writing process.process.
Graphic OrganizerGraphic Organizer
A graphic organizer is a way to A graphic organizer is a way to help you organize your ideas help you organize your ideas before writing.before writing.
The next slide is an example of The next slide is an example of a graphic organizer for the a graphic organizer for the prewriting stage of a friendly prewriting stage of a friendly letter.letter.
• HeadingHeading
• What is your address? What is your address? • ________________________________________________________________________________• (Your street number, street name, & (Your street number, street name, &
apartment number (if living in an apartment number (if living in an apartment))apartment))
• • __________________________________________________________________________________• (Your city, state, and zip code)(Your city, state, and zip code)• • __________________________________________________________________________________
• __________________________________________________________________________________• (Today’s date)(Today’s date)
• Who will get your letter?Who will get your letter?• ______________________________________________________• (Greeting)(Greeting)
• BodyBody• What does that person want to know about what What does that person want to know about what
you have been doing and how you feel?you have been doing and how you feel? • __________________________________________________________________________________________________
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________
What can you tell that person about What can you tell that person about your friends and family?your friends and family?
• • __________________________________________________________________________________________
________
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________
• •
• What can you ask about that person’s life?What can you ask about that person’s life?
• BodyBody• __________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________• • __________________________________________• (Closing)(Closing)• • __________________________________________• (Your signature)(Your signature)
Root, T. (n.d.). Friendly letter graphic organizer. Retrieved May 22, 2007, from http://coefaculty.valdosta.edu/troot/eced4300/Graphic%20Organizers.htm
APA Citation:APA Citation:
(1997-2008). Format for a Friendly or Personal Letter. (1997-2008). Format for a Friendly or Personal Letter. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from English Plus Web Retrieved November 10, 2008, from English Plus Web site: http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000144.htm site: http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000144.htm
Root, T. (n.d.). Root, T. (n.d.). Friendly letter graphic organizer. Friendly letter graphic organizer. Retrieved November 10, 2008 from Retrieved November 10, 2008 from http://coefaculty.valdosta.edu/troot/eced4300/Graphichttp://coefaculty.valdosta.edu/troot/eced4300/Graphic%20Organizers.htm%20Organizers.htm
Sample Friendly Letter. Retrieved November 10, 2008, Sample Friendly Letter. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from Letter Writing Guide Web site:from Letter Writing Guide Web site:
http://www.letterwritingguide.com/http://www.letterwritingguide.com/samplefriendlyletter.htmsamplefriendlyletter.htm
506 Country Lane506 Country LaneNorth Baysville, CA 53286North Baysville, CA 53286
July 16, 2007 July 16, 2007
Dear Susan,Dear Susan,
It feels like such a long time since the last time I saw It feels like such a long time since the last time I saw you. I know it's only been several weeks since I saw you. I know it's only been several weeks since I saw you. So far my summer has been great! you. So far my summer has been great!
I spend my all my weekends at the beach. I am I spend my all my weekends at the beach. I am getting a nice tan and you can no longer say I am getting a nice tan and you can no longer say I am paler than you. I have been playing lots of volleyball, paler than you. I have been playing lots of volleyball, surfing and building a nice collection of sea shells. Just surfing and building a nice collection of sea shells. Just this past weekend I took second place in a sandcastle this past weekend I took second place in a sandcastle building contest! building contest!
On the weekdays I work. I drive an ice cream truck On the weekdays I work. I drive an ice cream truck around and sell ice cream to the kids. It is so cool. It is a around and sell ice cream to the kids. It is so cool. It is a combination of the two things I love most, ice cream and combination of the two things I love most, ice cream and kids. The pay isn't too great but I love the job so much. kids. The pay isn't too great but I love the job so much.
I hope the summer's been going well for you too. There's I hope the summer's been going well for you too. There's only a month and a half left in summer vacation and only a month and a half left in summer vacation and after that it's back to school. Would you like to meet up after that it's back to school. Would you like to meet up some time to before school starts? some time to before school starts?
Your friend, Your friend, SignatureSignature
P.S. John Austin says hi. P.S. John Austin says hi.
Sample Friendly Letter. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from Letter Writing Guide Web site: http://www.letterwritingguide.com/samplefriendlyletter.htm
Practice activity: Practice activity:
• Together as a class, we will fill-out a Together as a class, we will fill-out a graphic organizer.graphic organizer.
• The teacher will tell the students that The teacher will tell the students that everyone will follow the same format everyone will follow the same format when writing their friendly letter. when writing their friendly letter. Each individual will have different Each individual will have different responses and feelings in their letter. responses and feelings in their letter.
• In this part, do not worry about In this part, do not worry about spelling or grammar. The main goal is spelling or grammar. The main goal is to get your thoughts down on paper. to get your thoughts down on paper.
Assessment activity:Assessment activity:
Students will individually fill-out a Students will individually fill-out a graphic organizer for the pre-graphic organizer for the pre-writing stage of a friendly letter.writing stage of a friendly letter.
The next slide is the graphic The next slide is the graphic organizer that students will use for organizer that students will use for pre-writing of a friendly letter. pre-writing of a friendly letter.
• HeadingHeading
• What is your address? What is your address? • ________________________________________________________________________________• (Your street number, street name, & apartment number (if living in an apartment))(Your street number, street name, & apartment number (if living in an apartment))• • __________________________________________________________________________________• (Your city, state, and zip code)(Your city, state, and zip code)• • __________________________________________________________________________________• (Today’s date)(Today’s date)• • Who will get your letter?Who will get your letter?• ______________________________________________________• (Greeting)(Greeting)• • BodyBody• What does that person want to know about what you have been doing and how you What does that person want to know about what you have been doing and how you
feel?feel? • __________________________________________________________________________________________________
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________
What can you tell that person about your friends and family?What can you tell that person about your friends and family?• • __________________________________________________________________________________________________
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________• •
What can you ask about that person’s life?What can you ask about that person’s life?
• BodyBody• __________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
• __________________________________________________________________________________________________• • __________________________________________• (Closing)(Closing)• • __________________________________________• (Your signature)(Your signature)
Caroline BrannonCaroline Brannon
• DraftingDrafting• ELA4W4 The student ELA4W4 The student
consistently uses a writing consistently uses a writing process to develop, revise, and process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing; evaluate writing; the studentthe student
a.a. Plans and drafts independently and Plans and drafts independently and resourcefully.resourcefully.
• PLO: Student will create a draft of PLO: Student will create a draft of the friendly letter. the friendly letter.
Drafting:Drafting:
• Forms of WritingForms of Writing: Friendly letters, also : Friendly letters, also known as Personal letters, are letters known as Personal letters, are letters that you write to a friend. They are that you write to a friend. They are usually filled with information about usually filled with information about you, and often as questions about how you, and often as questions about how your friend is doing? your friend is doing?
• Friendly letters normally have five parts: Friendly letters normally have five parts: the heading, greeting, body, the heading, greeting, body, complimentary close, and signature line. complimentary close, and signature line.
• If your letter contains a postscript, begin If your letter contains a postscript, begin it with a P.S. and end it with your it with a P.S. and end it with your initials. initials.
Drafting:Drafting:
Stage of writing: A draft is the first Stage of writing: A draft is the first step in writing a friendly letter. At step in writing a friendly letter. At this point, we are not really this point, we are not really worried about spelling or grammar. worried about spelling or grammar. The main idea is to get all of your The main idea is to get all of your ideas on the paper to form ideas on the paper to form sentences and later on sentences and later on paragraphs. paragraphs.
APA CitationAPA Citation
• Drafting. Retrieved November 10, Drafting. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from OWCC Web site: 2008, from OWCC Web site: http://web.mit.edu/writing/Resourchttp://web.mit.edu/writing/Resources/Writers/Process/drafting.htmles/Writers/Process/drafting.html
• Friendly Letter Drafting Sample. Friendly Letter Drafting Sample. Retrieved November 10, 2008, Retrieved November 10, 2008, from Free Writing Web site: from Free Writing Web site: http://www.freereading.net/imageshttp://www.freereading.net/images/f/f2/FreeReading_LetterDraftSamp/f/f2/FreeReading_LetterDraftSample.pdfle.pdf
january 10, 2008january 10, 2008
Dear Ms. PrincipalDear Ms. Principal I am writing to tell you about some of the exciting I am writing to tell you about some of the exciting
things that are going on in our classroom The students things that are going on in our classroom The students are working hard on their animal picture books. They are working hard on their animal picture books. They have a lot of details and really great drawings. Last week have a lot of details and really great drawings. Last week we made snow cones with real snow and maple syrup! we made snow cones with real snow and maple syrup! soon a visitor is coming to our class to tell us all about soon a visitor is coming to our class to tell us all about life in Japan. Now you can see why I am so excited about life in Japan. Now you can see why I am so excited about our class. our class.
Sincerely, Sincerely, Mr. GoodteacherMr. Goodteacher(There are five errors in this passage.)(There are five errors in this passage.)January should be capitalizedJanuary should be capitalizedmissing comma after Ms. Principalmissing comma after Ms. Principalmissing period after classroommissing period after classroomSoon should be capitalizedSoon should be capitalizedSincerely should be in line with the date and the signatureSincerely should be in line with the date and the signature
Friendly Letter Drafting Sample. Retrieved November 10, 2008, from Free Writing Web site: http://www.freereading.net/images/f/f2/FreeReading_LetterDraftSample.pdf
Practice Activity:Practice Activity:
The teacher will tell the class that they The teacher will tell the class that they are going to break up into groups to are going to break up into groups to work on drafting a friendly letter work on drafting a friendly letter together. together.
The teacher will tell the students not to The teacher will tell the students not to worry about spelling or punctuation.worry about spelling or punctuation.
The main goal is to get their ideas The main goal is to get their ideas written into words on their paper to written into words on their paper to form sentences and then paragraphs. form sentences and then paragraphs.
Assessment Activity:Assessment Activity:
Each student will individually write Each student will individually write a draft of a friendly letter. a draft of a friendly letter.
The teacher will tell the students The teacher will tell the students that everyone will follow the same that everyone will follow the same format when writing their friendly format when writing their friendly letter. Each individual will have letter. Each individual will have different responses and feelings in different responses and feelings in their letter.their letter.
