Write a letter Not only is it an activity that they will learn in primary school and improve in secondary school, but it is a fundamental task that they will need to practice for the rest of their lives. How can we teach children to write a letter?
How to write a letter
1. Who are we going to write the letter to?
It is very important to answer this question before starting to write a letter because we will not express ourselves in the same way if we write to a classmate, our parents, our grandfather or a teacher.
2. What will we write?
Before starting to write our letter we will need to decide what are the main ideas we want to develop. If we want to congratulate a friend on his birthday, before starting to write we will think about the message we want to send him. How old is he? If you have celebrated other birthdays with him, do you want to tell him what memories you have of those parties?
3. What day is today and where are we writing from?
At the top of the letter we will specify the date and place. An example? Madrid, February 18.
4. How will we greet the recipient?
We will greet the person to whom we write our letter in a specific way. An example? Dear Isabel:
5. How do you want to say goodbye?
It is important to say goodbye after having written our message. Some examples to say goodbye to a friend?
-A hug
-A kiss
6. PS
Many people finish their letter and realize that they have forgotten to write something. To avoid this inconvenience, it is very important to decide, before writing, what we want to include in our message. The ‘postscript’ solves this problem because we will simply need to write PS at the end of the letter followed by the message we had forgotten to write. An example? PS I hope you receive many gifts and enjoy your birthday to the fullest.