Always remember:

You are entering the Great

Poetry Competition.
You want to tell your pen-
pal about the competition.
Your pen-pal, Jenny
• A friendly letter
• Informal tone
1) Openi ng
2) Body
3) Closing
 Opening
1) Address your audience

Dear Tommy,
Dear friends,
 Opening
2) Begin your letter with these phrases:

• How are you?

• I hope you are doing well in school.
• I am very excited as the school
holidays are here again!
• What have you been doing?
 Opening
3) State PURPOSE of the letter
 Body
1) Talk about the points mentioned in
question

• Who is holding the poetry competition

• What you stand to win
• Different types of poems allowed
• Who can take part
• What are the conditions
• How you feel about the competition
 Body
• Organise points into paragraphs
• Put related points in the same paragraph
• Use a variety of sentence structures
• Use the key words in the given poster
 Closing
1) End your letter with these phrases

• I am really looking forward to

winning a prize in the competition
• I will write to you again soon.
• I am going to write the poem
now!
• Wish me luck!
 Closing
2) Signing off

Formal?
Informal?
Closing
1) Signing off

• Regards,
• From,
• Your friend,
• Love,