Friendly Letter Writing Template – Print and Practice

Lay out a friendly letter in the conventional order: date, greeting, introduction, body, conclusion, closing, signature

Write a letter in three developed sections rather than one undivided block, using the labeled sections as support and adjusting length to the message

Produce the same letter without prompts on the unlabelled version, once the form has been practised with support

Use the labelled page first and the unlabelled page second — the layouts match line for line, so the second is a straight fade of the support rather than a different task

The line counts set the expectation before a word is written — six lines for the body against three each for introduction and conclusion — which heads off a two-sentence letter

Keep the unlabelled version in a writing centre as an open template, so students who already know the form can write letters without a fresh prompt

Friendly letter format — students place the date, greeting, body, closing and signature in the conventional positions marked by the bracketed labels.

Comma placement in letters — three of the seven labels name the comma explicitly, in the date, after the greeting and after the closing.

Structuring a piece of writing — the template gives the introduction three lines, the body six and the conclusion three, so students plan the proportions of what they write.