English Second Language·Writing skills · NSSCO 5.2
Informal (friendly) letters
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A friendly letter is just a warm chat on paper — to a cousin, a friend, or your aunty. In this lesson Miss Veronica shows you exactly how to lay one out (your address and the date top right, 'Dear Tangeni,', three friendly paragraphs, and a warm sign-off) and how to make it sound chatty and personal — so you can win all fifteen marks in Paper 1's Task 5 guided-writing question.
What you'll learn in this lesson
By the end you should be able to (NSSCO English Second Language 5.2):
- Learners should be able to explain what an informal (friendly) letter is and when it is written.
- Learners should be able to lay out a friendly letter correctly: the writer's address and the date (top right), the greeting 'Dear + first name,', three body paragraphs, and a warm sign-off with the first name.
- Learners should be able to organise the body into an opening, a middle and a closing paragraph.
- Learners should be able to write in a warm, chatty, personal register, using contractions and friendly vocabulary.
- Learners should be able to cover all three exam prompts and address the purpose of the letter.
- Learners should be able to tell formal wording from informal wording and choose the friendly form.
- Learners should be able to write a Paper 1, Task 5 friendly letter of 100–150 words that earns marks for both Content and Language.
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