Friendly Letters
(Dear Peter)
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Use a red crayon or
marker to draw a box around the heading.
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Use an orange crayon
or marker to draw a box around the greeting/salutation.
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Use a yellow crayon or
marker to draw a box around the body.
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Use a green crayon or
marker to draw a box around the closing.
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Use a blue crayon or
marker to draw a box around the signature.
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Use a brown crayon or
marker to draw a box around the postscript.
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(Dear Pig One, Pig Two, and Pig Three)
Here is another friendly letter from the book Dear Peter Rabbit. With a
partner, do the following:
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Use a red crayon or marker to draw a box around the heading and label it by writing the word heading to the left.
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Use an orange crayon or marker to draw a box around the greeting/salutation and label it by
writing the word greeting/salutation
to the left.
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Use a yellow crayon or marker to draw a box around the body and label it by writing the word body to the left.
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Use a green crayon or marker to draw a box around the closing and label it by writing the word closing to the left.
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Use a blue crayon or marker to draw a box around the signature and label it by writing the word signature to the left.
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Use a brown crayon or marker to draw a box around the postscript and label it by writing the word postscript to the left.
Answer the following
questions:
1.
To whom is the letter written?
2.
When was the letter written?
3.
Who is receiving the letter?
4.
What is the letter about?
5.
What does the postscript tell us?
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Letter-Writing
Guide
(Writing Process:
Pre-writing/Planning)
Now that you
have read a few friendly letters, it is time to plan to write a friendly letter
of your own.