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PERSONAL LETTER
WHAT IS THAT?
 PERSONAL LETTER is a type of letter that usually
concerns personal matters and is sent to someone you
know. For example, you might write to your friend, a family
member, classmate or pen pal
To strengthen the bond between two people
writing each other
 no Structure of personal letter The statement

1 date

2 address

3 salutation name

4 introduction

5 body

6 closure

7 complimentary close

8 signature

9 postscript

Let’s Practice TASK I

 DO YOU KNOW? THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT
TYPES OF PERSONAL LETTERS. HERE ARE A FEW YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD OF

Pen pal
1 A pan pal is someone you communicate with by sending letters
regularly
Fan mail
2 You write to someone you admire.

Love
3 You can write a love letter to someone whom you love or care about

Farewell
4 You write to someone who is moving interstate or overseas

Get well
5 You write a letter to wish someone a speedy recovery from illness
 Condolence
6 You write a letter to show your sympathy

Congratulation
7 You write this letter to congratulate someone on a birth, wedding,
achievement or award
Thank you.
8 You write this letter to show your appreciation to someone

Holiday/Clebration
9 Your letter is about celbrate a birthday or any special day
1. What is the letter about?
2. What is the purpose of sending the
letter?
3. What is the good news that Dave heard abo
ut Frank’s business?
4. What happened to Margie Bronson?
5. What is the meaning of ‘lick her wounds’?
6.What information that Dave share to Frank
about his job?
7. Do Dave and Frank have same hobbies in
sport? What is that?
8. Who are Jonathan and Angie?

Let’s Practice TASK II

Do you write a personal letter in your daily life?
What kind of things that might you write in your personal letter?
To whom do you usually send the letter?
When do you usually write a personal letter?
How do you send your personal letter?
Does it bring any advantages to write such a letter? What are they?
Should we send or write a personal letter to someone? Why? Why not?
What do you usually need to write a personal letter?
What do you learn from writing a personal letter?

Let’s Explore Homework

Thank you