How to write an informal or friendly letter

INFORMAL/FRIENDLY LETTER

1. HOW TO WRITE AN INFORMAL LETTER…..

2. LESSON OUTCOMES… SHOULD KNOW WHO YOU WRITING THE LETTER TO FOLLOW THE CORRECT STRUCTURE OF THE LETTER SUITABLE INTRODUCTIONS, BODIES AND CONCLUSIONS APPROPRIATE USE OF LANGUAGE

3. An informal letter needs to include: Greeting – Personal greeting to engage the reader. Dear/Hello/Hi, how are you? How are things? What´s new with you FOR EXAMPLE...... This is the first part of a friendly letter is called the heading . The heading includes the writer’s address and the date. The heading is written in the upper right-hand corner of the page Personal greeting follows after your heading Dear Lolita, 411 Rhumenela Street Cornerstone, Bernhill August 15, 2017

4. Introduction - which clearly introduces the topic and makes you want to continue reading. Use the first paragraph to tell your friend a bit about your life and ask them how theirs is going as well. FOR EXAMPLE… “How has your summer been? Not too hot I hope. Did you get to visit your grandparents? Did you go on your trip to Toronto as you had hoped? They say Toronto is a beautiful city?”

5. Your body to be divided into paragraphs, with one idea discussed in each FOR EXAMPLE... This is my second season at Camp Bellaire. I just passed my swimming test. Now I can swim out to the raft and also use the boats. To pass I had to jump into the water with my clothes on (as if I had just fallen out of a boat). Then I had to take them off down to my trunks, even my shoes and socks, and finally swim back to shore. It was tough, but I did it!

6. Conclude with a brief summary End with informal closing: See you soon, look forward to hearing from you, write soon, from FOR EXAMPLE… “I’m looking forward to seeing you soon. There is lots of news to catch up on!” And also your ending… very important Yours truly, Yours Sincerely, Your friend, Your son,

7. TASK FOR TODAY…. WRITING YOUR OWN INFORMAL LETTER So you are going to write an informal letter to a friend. Your friend has been caught smoking and you are going to write him/her a letter advising them to stop. Refer back to the previous slides to show you the format.

8. REMEMBER TO USE THE ABOVE SLIDES TO HELP YOU WRITE YOUR INFORAL LETTER TO YOUR FRIEND ADVISING HIM/HER ABOUT THE DANGERS OF SMOKING

9. SEND YOUR LETTER TO YOUR RECEIVER

10. Referance list…. Cannon, B. (2011) Fundamentals Writing and Literature Informal Letter Writing Presentation. Available from slide share at http://www.slideshare.net/MrsBrynaCannon/fd-wl-formal-letter-writing -presentation Kaur, M. (2009) Writing an Informal Letter. Available from slide share at http:// www.slideshare.net/misskaur/writing -an-informal-letter? Strettton , S. (2013) Writng an Informal Letter Available from slide share at http:// www.slideshare.net/stretton26/writing-an-informal-letter Goldberg, S. (2012) Informal Letter Available from slide share at http:// www.slideshare.net/MsSharonLim/informal-letter