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Warm Up:
What is the organizational structure for writing a friendly letter?

Write Source Books have arrived and are in the school store.

Material:
Guidelines/Checklist For Rough Draft For a Friendly Letter
Parts of a Friendly Letter

Verbs to Use Instead of "Said"
http://www.cyberspaces.net/6traits/wsaid.html
http://www.lunarnut.com/said/
http://www.nyu.edu/classes/copyXediting/said1.html

Activity 1:
Using Guidelines/Checklist For Rough Draft For a Friendly Letter and Parts of a Friendly Letter, students will write the first rough draft of their friendly letter.

State Standards for this unit on letter writing
Homework:
Reading- Read your challenging chapter book for 30 minutes and complete an entry on your reading log answering 5W's.
Night Write-Finish writing the 1st rough draft of your friendly letter.

Posted by Mrs. Abrams