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WRITING WORKSHOP
Procedural Texts: Informal Letter
Learning Targets
• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
• With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
• Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
• Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 school topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Writing an Informal Letter
Letters can be used for a variety of purposes, ranging from conveying information to maintaining personal relationships, and they can be composed both formally and informally. Much like other modes of writing, there are established conventions and processes for writing letters. In this workshop, you will practice writing informal letters for personal contacts.
To achieve these learning targets, you will engage in a series of activities in which you work with your teacher and with your classmates to construct two model informal letters. You will then use these models to write your own informal letter.
ACTIVITY 1
Discovering the Elements of an Informal Letter
Before Reading
1. Today, it is not often that most households receive an informal or personal letter in the mailbox. Correspondence by post—“snail mail”—is not nearly
as popular today as it was with past generations. Have you ever written an informal letter that was not sent electronically? If so, to whom and for what purpose was it sent? Have you ever received any personal letters by mail? Who was the sender, and what was it about?
To whom would you like to write and mail a letter? Consider who might appreciate this gesture the most. What memories or past occurrences would you like to revisit in the letter? What new topics would you like to discuss? What questions do you have for the recipient?
LEARNING STRATEGIES
Shared Reading, Marking the Text, Think- Pair-Share, Graphic Organizer, Summarizing, Brainstorming, Drafting, and Responding
ACADEMIC VOCABULARY
The term informal denotes a style of writing or speech characterized by simple grammatical structures, familiar vocabulary, and use of idioms.
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