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CURRICULUM EXPECTATIONS
​www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/language18currb.pdf

STRONG WORK SAMPLE
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TIPS AND TOOLS
​www.drooker.ca/writers-toolkit.html

LETTER GREETINGS/SALUTATIONS
Consider your audience when selecting...should it be formal (fancy)? or informal (not fancy)? 
*To
*Dear _____,
*Hello
*Hey
*Greetings,
*To Whom it May Concern:
*Sir
*Madam
*Mr. ____,
*Mrs. ____,
*Good day,
LETTER CLOSINGS
Consider your audience when selecting...should it be formal (fancy)? or informal (not fancy)?  
*Goodbye
*Sincerely,
*Regards,

*Yours truly,
*Later,
*Cordially,
*Always, 

*Take care,
*Love,
*Talk to you later,
*Best wishes,
*Kind Regards,
*With love,
*Yours sincerely,
*Yours respectfully
*Hope to hear from you soon,
*Peace
*Later alligator,
*Cheers,
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SUCCESS CRITERIA
Full date with proper punctuation (Day, Month #, Year.)

Greeting (Capitals for the greeting and name/Dear Jonny,)

Body with lots of detail that make sense (See paragraph writing page for success criteria www.drooker.ca/paragraphing.html )
 
Closing (Don’t forget the capital and comma/Sincerely,)

Don’t forget your name/signature

Did you apply the steps of O.P.P./Our Proofreading Plan to your writing?  

Did you skip a line in between the parts of a letter? 

 Does everything (except the paragraphs which are indented) touch the left hand margin?

ONLINE PRACTICE
Click here for grade by grade letter writing exemplars and an online template which can assist you with your writing!
​www.writingfun.com/WFMOV/letter.swf

WRITING PROMPTS
MESSAGES IN A BOTTLE
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message_in_a_bottle
​unofficialnetworks.com/2021/06/21/1926-message-in-bottle-michigan/
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messageinaqrcode.weebly.com
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www.fanmail.biz
www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180213-in-germany-the-worlds-most-romantic-postbox​
​www.vice.com/en/article/k787w3/japan-leaf-letters
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letter_writing_diagnostic.docx
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GRAPHIC ORGANIZER
letter_writing_organizer.docx
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