Business Letters, Grade 6

• A letter is a written message containing knowledge, news, or sentiments sent by one person to another.

Types of Letters

• Business Letters are used in offices and in the business world
• Friendly Letters

Business Letter

• Business Letter is used by offices in the business world
• Serves as an important instrument of communication between merchants and their customers or other people who want to communicate with them
• Written in a formal and straightforward manner
• Grade 6 students learn to communicate via business letters by applying proper composition

Uses/Types of Business Letters

• Job Application
• Order/Purchase
• Compliment/Comment
• Inquiry
• Subscription
• Request permission
• Invitation
• Ask for Help.

Parts of a Business Letter

• Heading
• Destination
• Introductory Greeting
• Body
• Farewell Greeting
• Signature

Business Letter Parts Explained

• The heading contains the writer's address or office and the date it was written
  • It begins with a capital letter, the name of the town/province, and the street address.
  • Commas separate the town and the province, the street address.
• The destination is the name of the recipient, position, company, and where the company is located.
  • It begins with a capital letter, polite terms, the full name of the person, title, and address.
  • A period is used for abbreviated polite terms
  • A comma is used between town, province, and city.
• The introductory greeting is on the left side below the destination when writing. Formal and respectful words are used
  • It should start with capitalized respectful terms
  • A period is used for abbreviated respectful terms
  • A colon is used after the introductory greeting.
• The Body contains the message. It lies between the opening and closing greetings
  • Every sentence should start with a capital letter
  • A period should lie at the end of every sentence
  • Periods follow each item in an item list
• The farewell greeting is how the writer takes their leave. Formal words are used
  • Keep capitalization consistent depending on the audience
  • A coma is used at the end of the closing greeting
• A signature identifies who the letter is from. Sometimes the position of the writer is included.

Friendly Letter

• Written to a friend, family member, or someone close to a person
• Informal in tone
• Loosely written content

Uses/Types of Friendly Letter

• To greet
• To share news/inform
• To congratulate
• To invite/accept

Parts of a Friendly Letter

• Heading
• Introductory Greeting
• Body
• Farewell Greeting
• Signature

Parts of a Friendly Letter Explained

• The place of origin of the letter. The house number, street name, and the city or municipality that it covers should be written. The writing date can also be seen.
• The initial greeting is the greeting of the writer to their written character. Common greetings are "Dear my friend, dear my teacher, dear my sister, etc"
• The Body are the things that the written one wants to say
• The parting greeting is the part that contains the writer's honor to the written one
• The signature is the name of the person who wrote

Letter Styles

• Fully Blocked
• Semi-Blocked
• Modified Block
• Hanging
• Traditional or Intended