Friendly Letter Checklist

 

 

The Friendly Letter

 

___________Message considers what the reader might like to know.

 

___________Message has a friendly tone.

 

 

___________Ideas are written in a logical sequence.

 

 

___________Message includes interesting details.

 

 

___________The letter is written with “good, interesting, complex” sentences—not short choppy sentences.

 

___________The letter includes all five parts (heading, greeting/salutation, body, closing, signature, and postscript if desired.

 

___________The salutation (hi, dear) and the closing (your friend, love, miss you) are informal.

 

 

___________The letter is checked for correct spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and legibility.