LETTERS
Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or workrelated texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes.
Students are expected to:
1.19B
2.19B
3.20B
(B) Write short letters that put ideas
in a chronological or logical
sequence and use appropriate
conventions (e.g., date, salutation,
closing).
(B) Write short letters that put ideas
in a chronological or logical
sequence and use appropriate
conventions (e.g., date, salutation,
closing).
SHORT LETTERS THAT PUT
IDEAS IN CHONOLOGICAL OR
LOGICAL SEQUENCE AND USE
APPROPRIATE CONVENTIONS
Including, but not limited to:
Date (e.g., January 12, 2010)
Salutation - greeting in a letter (e.g.,
Dear Friend,)
Closing (e.g., Sincerely,)
Chronological order - order in which
events/ideas occur
Logical sequence - presenting
events/ideas in a clear and organized
way
SHORT LETTERS THAT PUT
IDEAS IN CHONOLOGICAL OR
LOGICAL SEQUENCE AND USE
APPROPRIATE CONVENTIONS
Including, but not limited to:
Date (e.g., January 12, 2010)
Salutation - greeting in a letter (e.g.,
Dear Friend,)
Closing (e.g., Sincerely,)
Chronological order - order in which
events/ideas occur
Logical sequence - presenting
events/ideas in a clear and organized
way
(B) Write letters whose language is
tailored to the audience and purpose
(e.g., a thank you note to a friend)
and that use
appropriate conventions (e.g., date,
salutation, closing).
LETTERS WHOSE LANGUAGE IS
TAILORED TO THE AUDIENCE
AND PURPOSE AND THAT USE
APPROPRIATE CONVENTIONS
Including but not limited to:
Date (e.g., January 12, 2010)
Salutation - greeting in a letter (e.g.,
Dear friend,)
Closing (e.g., Sincerely,)
Audience - the intended reader or
readers of the letter
Purpose - write to provide information
and to clarify, explain, or instruct
4.18B
5.18B
(B) Write letters whose language is tailored to the
audience and purpose (e.g., a thank you note to a
friend) and that use appropriate conventions (e.g., date,
salutation, closing).
(B) Write formal and informal letters that convey ideas,
include important information, demonstrate a sense of
closure, and use appropriate conventions (e.g., date,
salutations, closing).
LETTERS WHOSE LANGUAGE IS TAILORED TO
THE AUDIENCE AND PURPOSE AND THAT USE
APPROPRIATE CONVENTIONS
Including, but not limited to:
Date (e.g., January 12, 2010)
Salutation - greeting in a letter (e.g., Dear friend,)
Closing (e.g., Sincerely,) Audience - the intended reader
or readers of the letter
Purpose - write to provide information and
to clarify, explain, or instruct
LETTERS THAT CONVEY IDEAS
Including, but not limited to:
Important information
A sense of closure
Appropriate conventions
Date (e.g., January 12, 2010)
Salutation - greeting in a letter (e.g., Dear friend,)
Closing (e.g., Sincerely,)
Address - The full name and address of the person
writing the letter goes on the left. Allow two line spaces
and then add the date; allow two more line
spaces and then the full name and the address of the person
receiving the letter.
Writing/Expository and Procedural Texts. Students write expository and procedural or workrelated texts to communicate ideas and information to specific audiences for specific purposes.
Students are expected to:
6.17B
7.17B
8.17B
(B) Write responses to literary or
expository texts and provide
evidence from the text to
demonstrate understanding.
(B) Write responses to literary or
expository texts that demonstrate
the writing skills for multiparagraph essays and provide
sustained evidence from the text
using quotations when appropriate.
(B) Write responses to literary or
expository texts that demonstrate
the writing skills for multiparagraph essays and provide
sustained evidence from the text
using quotations when appropriate.
INFORMAL LETTERS THAT
CONVEY IDEAS
Including, but not limited to:
A LETTER IN A BUSINESS OR
FRIENDLY CONTEXT
Including, but not limited to:
Reflects an opinion
A LETTER IN A BUSINESS OR
FRIENDLY CONTEXT
Including, but not limited to:
Reflects an opinion
ion
Conventions include, but are not
limited to:
Salutation - greeting in a letter (e.g.,
Dear Friend,)
of the person writing the letter goes on
the left, allow two line spaces and then
add the date, allow two more line
spaces and then add the full name and
address of the person receiving the
letter)
Informal letter - written to a friend or
family
member