Fillable Printable Format For Friendly Letter

Format For Friendly Letter

Friendly Letter Format

*For the purpose of consistency the following format is the expectation for

students writing friendly letters in Lexington One.

The Heading: The

heading of a friendly

letter should contain

the return address

(usually two lines)

followed by a third

line with the date. In a

friendly letter the

heading is always

indented to the middle

of the page.

Example:

123 Main St.

West Newfield CT 06123

December 14, 2002

The Greeting: The greeting in a friendly letter capitalizes the first word and any noun. It normally

ends with a comma, though it might be all right to end with an exclamation point when writing to

someone with whom you are very familiar and the emphasis is appropriate.

Example:

Dear Aunt Miriam,

The Body: The body of the letter contains the main text. Each new paragraph should be indented.

The Closing: The left edge of the closing line in a friendly letter begins in the center, at the same

column as the heading. The closing begins with a capital letter and ends with a comma. Skip from

one to three spaces before adding the signature.

Example:

Truly yours,

The Signature: The left edge of the signature line in a friendly letter begins in the center, at the

same column as the heading (directly below the closing).

506 Country Lane

North Baysville, CA 53286

July 16, 2007

Dear Susan,

It feels like such a long time since the last time I saw you. I know

it's only been a few weeks, but I miss you. So far my summer has

been great!

I spend my all my

weekends at the beach. I am getting a nice tan and you can no

longer say I am paler than you. I have been playing lots of

volleyball, surfing and building a nice collection of sea shells. Just

this past weekend I took second place in a sandcastle building

contest!

On the weekdays I

work. I drive an ice cream truck around and sell ice cream to the

kids. It is so cool. It is a combination of the two things I love most,

ice cream and kids. The pay isn't too great but I love the job so

much.

I hope the summer's

been going well for you too. There's only a month and a half left in

summer vacation and after that it's back to school. Would you like

to meet up some time before school starts?

Your friend,

Elizabeth