Lesson Plan of Friendly Letter Writing

Lesson Plan of Friendly Letter Writing

Subject English

Grade V

Students` Learning Outcomes

    • Demonstrate the use of conversations letter writing:
    • Address & Date
    • Greetings
    • Main Body
    • Closing

Information for Teachers

Friendly Letter Writing

  • An informal letter has five parts:
  • The Heading includes the return address and the date, for example:
      • 411 New Satellite Town

        Baghdad –ul-Jadeed Bahawalpur

         22 Jun 2022.

  • The Greeting or salutations means “Hello”/ Assalam-o-Alikum, Dear Amin, (All of the words used for greetings usually start with capital letters).
  • The Body has the message of the letter.
  • Closing means “Goodbye”, your friend, etc. Capitalize the first letter of the first word in the closing.
  • In Signature write your name.
  • An informal letter has five parts.
  • In informal letters, day to day language is used.
  • In formal letters, contractions can be used.
  • Notes and letters are usually written for invitations, sending reminders, saying thanks, asking permission, wishing get well soon, etc.

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  • While teaching the lesson, the teacher should also consult the textbook.

Material / Resources

Writing board, chalk/marker, duster, picture in the end of the lesson

Introduction

  • Show the attached picture of “Parts of a Friendly Letter” to the students and ask them to tell what they can see in the picture.
  • Ask them to tell the different parts of the letter they have seen in the picture.
  • Introduce the parts of a letter to the students with the help of the picture.
  • The heading includes the return address and the date for example:

411 New Satellite Town

Baghdad –ul-Jadeed Bahawalpur

22 Jun

  • The Greeting or salutations means “Hello”/ Assalam-o-Alikum, Dear Amin, (All of the words used for greetings usually start with capital letters).
  • The Body has the message of the letter.
  • Closing means “Goodbye”, your friend, etc. Capitalize the first letter of the first word in the closing.
  • In Signature write your name

Development

Activity 1

  • Write the following letter on the writing board and ask the students to copy.
  • Ask the students to work in pairs and point out the parts of the following letter with Heading, Greeting, Body, Closing, and Signature.
  • Monitor and help the students.

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Activity 2

  • Draw the following letter template on the writing board and ask the students to copy.
  • Write the letter in jumbled order and ask the students to write the letter in a proper way.
  • Tell them to rewrite the letter by using appropriate capitalization and punctuation.
  • Monitor and help the students.

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Letter in Jumbled Order

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Sum up / Conclusion

  • Ask the students to tell the conventions of letter writing.
  • The heading has the return address and the date.
  • The greeting says “Hello” to the reader. Usually all the starting letters of words in the greeting are capitalized.
  • The body is the message you want to send the reader.
  • The closing says “Goodbye” to the reader. Only capitalize the first letter of the word of the closing and it ends with a comma.
  • The signature is your name. it tells the reader who wrote the letter.

Assessment

  • Once the students complete writing, ask them to exchange and check each other`s work for correct capitalization, punctuation and the conventions of letter writing discussed in the class.
  • Ask the students to make corrections in the light of the feedback given by their peers before you take their work to check.
  • Involve the students in solving the problems related to letter writing given in the exercise of the textbook.

Follow up

  • Ask the students to write a letter to their friends and invite them to their house for a visit.

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