Curated OER
Abigail’s Daily Life
Young scholars continue their analysis of Abigail Adam's letters looking in this lesson plan at what they reveal about her daily life and concerns about the increasing political tensions with the British.
ReadWriteThink
Who’s Got Mail?
Today's kids are probably not familiar with the conventions of letter writing, due to the boom of technology. Here is a instructional activity that will provide opportunities for formal and informal letter writing.
McGraw Hill
Grammar Practice Workbook
To an English teacher, the only sound worse than nails on a chalkboard is a student using improper grammar. Make poor grammar a problem of the past with this extensive collection of worksheets that covers everything from sentence...
Curated OER
Friendly Letter Writing and Sentence Structure
Explore communication through writing by analyzing individual sentences with young writers. They practice writing compound sentences and identifying sentence fragments. The next step has them learn the five parts of a friendly letter....
Curated OER
Mechanics Help Using the Comma with Formal Letters
For this worksheet, students analyze different parts of a letter and insert the appropriate punctuation including a comma, period, colon, question mark and semicolon.
Curated OER
Write a Letter
Third graders examine personal letters written by Paul Lawrence Dunbar and discuss their characteristics. They write personal letters to a friend or relative and mail them.
University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif Greetings, Introductions
Introductions and vocabulary and phrases relative to the classroom are presented in interesting audio, video and interview clips. Links to pertinent grammar and internet activities. Great site for listening comprehension and cultural...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Salutations, Valedictions, Dates, and Addresses
Commas are needed when starting or ending a letter/email, writing out dates, or writing out addresses.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Colons: Lesson 4
This lesson introduces colons and how they can be used. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Colons."
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Salutations
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is perfect practice for salutations and manners.