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Paper 1:

Personal Letter
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01

tone
How do I express myself?
Personal Letters
We write personal letters to people we know well, such as friends or members of

our family. These days we still tend to write letters on special occasions: to invite,

to thank someone, to express sympathy or congratulations. Other personal letters

are written to maintain a friendship or personal relationship. Writing a letter

shows that you care about your reader, and that you are willing to spend time

writing to them. We should also remember that people tend to keep personal

letters and will re-read them, sometimes long after they have been received.
02
How do I express myself?
Tone and Style
The writers of personal letters will want to make sure that their words

express their exact thoughts and their feelings towards their audience,

the reader. You do not want your reader to misunderstand your

meaning, so the personal letter has to hit the right note, and have the

exact effect intended. This means that the language must be chosen

carefully. This is a very difficult task.


Tone and Style
The choice of a single wrong word or bad grammar can change the

meaning or tone of a letter, so you will have to be selective and

proofread extremely carefully. In English B Paper 1, you may wish to

write a personal letter in response to a set prompt. Such a personal

letter may require you undertake several things within one letter:
● To narrate an event;

● To describe a person or object;

● To describe your feelings or reactions,

● To explain your thoughts and ideas,

● To give advice or instructions;

● To explain a situation you find yourself in.


● Adopt an informal, personal tone and register suitable to the subject matter

and audience.

● You can use moderate amounts of slang, abbreviations and colloquial

expressions in informal letters.

● When in doubt, remember this task is an assessment of how well, not how

badly, you can write English.


Structure
Follow the steps
You will start with your address and a date.

You will also need to be able to open and close the letter correctly with an

informal salutation and ending.

The most frequent salutation is 'Dear', followed by the reader's first name.

In personal letters, you can write 'Love', 'Best wishes', 'Cheers', to close the

letter. Your signature (i.e., your first name) goes below the close.
• Formal/Informal. ➢ From: Name,
• If it's for a friend, address and date.
will adopt a lively tone. -
• States the purpose. ➢ To: Name, address,
• Will maintain clear city, state, zip code.
sense of address to a -
specific -
person. ➢ Appropriate
greeting (Dear…)
➢ Details.
➢ Closing salutation.
➢ Name, signature.
Writing
Activity:

This task:
(**350-400
words**)
Brainstorming:

During the first


stage write
down as many
ideas as you
can about the
content of the
letter
Planning:

Use the chart


below to decide
what content
to include. Give
specific details
as much as
possible.
Writing to a
specific
audience:
Assessment
Criteria
In your English class you recently had a debate whose
Writing Activity: theme was “In the adult world money is the only true
measure of happiness and fulfillment.” The debate

Plan, revise and came to some interesting conclusions. Write to a friend

redraft it before describing the debate, its conclusions and your

handing it in. reactions to them. Choose one of these three text types
to express your point of view on this matter.

a) Interview b) a personal letter c) e-mail


Important information about your draft:

● Your draft is how you are going to ORGANISE your letter


- It’s NOT a first version of your text.

● DO NOT spend too much time on your draft.

● Plan it into sections and simply state WHAT you are


going to write on.

● Bullet Points come in handy when you write a draft.


From: Danna Sandrews
1022, Main Street
Sacramento, California 293455

To: Paula Downs


6482, Business Road
Standish - Maine 638309

Date: February 08, 2024

Sample:
Dear Paula,

Paragraph 1
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3

Best wishes,

Danna.
Your signature

Word count: ___________


● Work on your text production individually and during class
time.

● Draft: 20 min.
● Final version: 1 hour

Draft + final version must be delivered via managebac.


This activity will be followed by another writing production (CW)

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