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Students research the life of an author then write the author a personal letter. In this letter writing lesson, students use the Internet to find information about Carl Hiaasen, discuss the findings, and write a personal letter to him to find out information not discovered in the research.
Walk your class through each step in writing an informal letter. This fabulous PowerPoint provides a great example for all parts of an informal, or personal, letter. After reviewing this presentation, your class will be ready to write their own letters!
After completing S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders, eighth graders compose a personal letter to their teacher detailing what they liked about the novel and the activities assigned during the course of the unit. A clever way to get feedback, the approach could be used at the end of any unit.
Challenge your class to connect to the text of "Eleven" by Sandra Cisneros with this activity, which prompts them to write a personal letter from the main character's point of view. The story, prompt, and letter template are all included in the instructional activity in .doc and .pdf formats, so you can successfully do this activity in your classroom even without a SMARTboard. The instructional activity can also be used for other stories than "Eleven."
Students examine the parts of a personal letter. In this language arts lesson, students view examples of personal letters and write a personal letter.
Young scholars listen to the teacher read a book entitled, Hoot by Carl Hiaasen. In groups, students create KWL charts concerning the book, the author, and the author's writing style. In groups, young scholars research topics about the book and its author. They write personal letters to Mr. Hiaasen which pose questions to the author. Students share their letters with their peers. Additional activities are listed in the lesson plan.
Students, while in the computer lab, practice writing and typing a personal letter utilizing the correct format while assessing a word processing program. They write and type a letter inviting a friend to a party and then write and type a response to the invitation to get them started.
Students practice their letter writing skills. In this research and writing lesson, students use their research skills to find current information regarding a celebrity. Students write letters to the celebrities in a personal letter format.
Student respond to a teacher questionnaire using personal letter format. They reveal their composition skills, organization, sentence structure and mechanics in the activity for the beginning of the year. They word process the friendly letters after using an online tool.
Students write letters from the perspective of a character from Oedipus the King. In this Oedipus the King instructional activity, students analyze and evaluate characters from the play and write two personal letters from a character in the play.