Lesson Plan of Friendly Letter Writing
Subject English
Grade V
Students` Learning Outcomes
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- Demonstrate the use of conversations letter writing:
- Address & Date
- Greetings
- Main Body
- Closing
Information for Teachers
- An informal letter has five parts:
- The Heading includes the return address and the date, for example:
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- 411 New Satellite Town
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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.
- 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.
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.
Letter in Jumbled Order
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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