Transcript Reader`s Response Letter

Reader’s Response
Letter
Use the Friendly Letter
Format
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Date (capitalize, comma between date and year)
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Greeting (capitalize and put a comma after greeting)
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Body (indent each paragraph)
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Closing (capitalize and comma after closing)
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Signature (cursive underneath the closing)
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Don’t forget 3 commas (date, after greeting, and closing)
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Indent (each paragraph)
Date
November 20, 2009
• Capitalize the month
• Use a comma between the date and
year
Greeting
Dear Miss Allen,
• Capitalize greeting and person’s name
• Use a comma after the person’s name
First Paragraph
• Indent first word
• Tell the name of the book you are reading,
the author and the genre (capitalize and
underline the title)
• Summarize the book or the part of the
book that you are writing about (beginning,
middle, end, exclude elaborate details)
Second Paragraph
• Indent the first word
• Write about a time when you were reading
the story and you made a CONNECTION
or a PREDICTION
• Tell about the clues from the story that
you used to make that CONNECTION or
PREDICTION.
Third Paragraph
• Indent the first word
• Tell about a time while you were reading this book
and you asked yourself a thick question. What was
the question or wondering? What clues made you
ask the question? Was the question answered? If
so tell about it. If not, what inferences could you
make about the answer to your question?
Fourth Paragraph
• Use your hearts at the end of your
Reading Response Journal and
respond to one of the hearts.
• Make sure you write more than one
sentence and elaborate.
Fifth Paragraph
• What are your final thought about this book?
• Tell the person you are writing to if you think
they would or would not like the book and why.
• Tell the recipient something personal about
yourself, ask a question, answer previous
questions.
Closing and Signature
Love,
Zachary
• Closing and Signature are on two separate
lines.
• Try writing your name in cursive
Revise
• Check that you have all of the parts of your Reading
Response Letter included.
• Reread each paragraph and see if you want to add, delete,
change, combine your words or sentences.
• Do you have sentence variety?
• Did you use some vivid verbs?
• Did you use some sparkle words?
Proofread
(check each sentence)
• Capitalization (First letter of a sentence, names,
greeting, closing, book titles)
• Usage (Subject/Predicate, Subject/Verb
Agreement)
• Punctuation (.,!?)
• Spelling
Final Copy
• Neatly write final copy with your revisions
and editing changes on a separate piece of
paper.
• Reread it to make sure it makes sense
again.
• Give your letter to your teacher.