Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Job Search Writing: Cover Letters
The first in a series of guidelines about writing and formatting cover letters.
PBS
Arthur: Letter Writer Helper
This interactive site gives examples of how to write a letter, an email, a postcard, and a greeting card. It even explains how to address an envelope. As students roll their mouse over the letter it explains what each part is called and...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Writing Persuasive Letters
A lesson plan that prompts students to write persuasive letters and lobby for issues they feel strongly about.
BBC
Bbc Skillswise: Writing a Letter
This Skillswise site focuses on letter writing. Included is a video about why it is important to learn about letter writing, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, and quizzes on the information presented. The Skillswise sites from...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Letter Poems: Experimenting With Line Breaks in Poetry Writing
Students explore letter poems and experiment with writing letters as poems, using the placement of line breaks to enhance rhythm, sound, meaning, and appearance.
Other
Writing Business Letters: Business Letter Sample
A helpful example of what a business letter should look like. Also includes some general guidelines for the letter-writing process.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Reading/writing About Whales Using Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
Students will have a whale of a good time in this lesson in which they use fiction and nonfiction texts to write a letter to an online scientist.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Teaching Audience in Interactive Writing
Lesson which teaches elementary students the importance and significance of keeping the audience in mind when writing. Students write invitation letters and perform extension activities while learning these concepts. Good resource.
Letter Writing Guide
Letter Writing Guide: Letter Writing & Sample Letters
Click through links to learn how to write a business letter, a business email, and a friendly letter. Notes and sample letters for various types of letters are also available including complaint, interest, cover, apology, request,...
BBC
Bbc Bitesize Revision: A Letter
Short tutorial about letter writing from a Scottish Standard Grade examination preparation site. Contains a page of information about personal letters and another about formal letters. This is followed by a five question interactive true...
Chateau Meddybemps
Chateau Meddybemps: Fun With Letters
This interesting site has a variety of activities and games to use in the classroom or at home to teach letter recognition, phonics, and beginning writing skills. Learn about individual letters at the Alphabet Soup Cafe, create an...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Learn to Write a Friendly Letter: Friendly Letter Creator
Featuring the five parts of a friendly letter students will create their own personalized letter with the Friendly Letter Creator.
Other
Esl Writing Wizard Multiword Worksheet Wizard
Make practice worksheets for children learning to write letters of the alphabet and words. You can create version for print or cursive. Examples of other worksheets created by teachers are also available for printing.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Parallel Structure in Professional Writing
A good reference to consider when writing professionally (as in business/technical writing). Includes brief structural examples.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: The Basic Business Letter
This lesson from Purdue's online writing lab details both the parts of a business letter and the various formats for one, including block, modified block, and semi-block. Great resource for getting started writing a professional letter.
Other
Western Michigan: Writing Persuasive Messages
A comprehensive guide to writing persuasive and sales messages and letters. Includes information on requests, sales, letters that sell ideas, and collections.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Writing Algebraic Expressions and Equations
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of writing algebraic expressions and equations. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom...
Read Works
Read Works: Letter From Camp
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text in which a boy named Alex writes a letter to his family to tell them about his experiences at summer camp. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Macbeth, Act Iii
This is a guide to the reading of Act III of Macbeth. It offers background information, links to vocabulary, a summary of the act, hyperlinked notes, the text of the act, questions, and an alternative text. It also asks students to write...
Other
Laus Dnet: Grade 5 Word Lesson Plan (Mr. President)
In this lesson, students write a persuasive letter to the President of the United States. Students will research the 2000 Presidential election, interview parents, and reflect on their own opinions and experiences to write their letter....
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Capitalization (English Ii Writing)
In this lesson, students will learn that the language of casual exchanges on mobile devices is not acceptable in formal writing. They also develop some case sensitivity, the ability to use capital letters appropriately as you proofread...
Colorado State University
Colorado State Writing Center: Business Letters: Format
This resource gives guidelines to how to construct the proper business letter format. Complete with detailed instructions and examples.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Writing to Your Favorite Author
In this lesson, the book Dear Mr. Henshaw, written by Beverly Cleary, is used as a mentor text. Each student will generate a list of questions for his/her favorite author. Then each student will write a letter to the favorite author and...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Student of the Day: Create Sound/letter Understanding With Names
A recurring lesson plan focused on understanding letters and sounds. Each session lasts ten to twenty minutes with one session for each student in the class. Each student has a turn at being the Student of the Day and other students...
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