CHAPTER 6 XI LETTER WRITING

Apt BLK 30, Eunos St. #05 – 116

Singapore 1441

2nd April 2009

Dear Liza,

I have received you letter asking me to meet you at your house this Sunday to discuss the urgent matter you have. I regret however to say that it will not be possible for me to see you on Sunday as I already have a previous appointment . I shall see you on Monday next week at 5 p.m . Hoping the change of date will be convenient to you .

Your sincerely

Daisy

What does the letter tell about ….

• Liza’s problem

• Liza’s appointment

• Daisy’s previous letter to Liza

• Daisy’s regret for not being able to come

• A meeting held at Liza’s house

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Apt BLK 30, Eunos St. #05 – 116

Singapore 1441

2nd April 2009

Dear Liza,

I have received you letter asking me to meet you at your house this Sunday to discuss the urgent matter you have. I regret however to say that it will not be possible for me to see you on Sunday as I already have a previous appointment . I shall see you on Monday next week at 5 p.m . Hoping the change of date will be convenient to you .

Your sincerely

Daisy

Why did Liza ask Daisy to come to her house….

• Liza wanted Daisy to solve her problem

• Daisy would discuss her problem with Liza

• Liza persuaded Daisy to go somewhere

• Daisy wanted to meet Liza’s family

• Liza wanted to chat with Daisy

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

Jl. Jambu 129 Bima

30th January 2017

Dear Frodi,

It was a real sorrow that I heard this morning of your great loss. I knew your mother was ill, for your brother told me several weeks ago. However, as he at that time did not seem to think the illness was very serious, the news of your mother’s death came to me as a shock. You have my sincere and heartfelt sympathy, my dear fellow, in your sorrow. I know you will feel it deeply, for you always thought so much of your mother and loved her so truly. I feel it also as a personal loss to myself, for your mother was always very kind to me. Her death must be a terrible grief to your father, too. Please assure him of my sincere sympathy.

Words, I know, are poor comforters. “The heart knows its own sorrow”, and in such sorrows we are always alone. However, it is not mere words when I say that I feel with you in your sorrow.

Your sincere friend,

Jean

What is the possible relation between the sender and the recipient?

• relatives

• employers

• friends

• siblings

• employees

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

Jl. Jambu 129 Bima

30th January 2017

Dear Frodi,

It was a real sorrow that I heard this morning of your great loss. I knew your mother was ill, for your brother told me several weeks ago. However, as he at that time did not seem to think the illness was very serious, the news of your mother’s death came to me as a shock. You have my sincere and heartfelt sympathy, my dear fellow, in your sorrow. I know you will feel it deeply, for you always thought so much of your mother and loved her so truly. I feel it also as a personal loss to myself, for your mother was always very kind to me. Her death must be a terrible grief to your father, too. Please assure him of my sincere sympathy.

Words, I know, are poor comforters. “The heart knows its own sorrow”, and in such sorrows we are always alone. However, it is not mere words when I say that I feel with you in your sorrow.

Your sincere friend,

Jean

From the letter we know that ….

• Frodi’s mother was not ill before her death

• Jean sent letter to Frodi several weeks ago

• Jean was very sorrowful to send the letter to his mother

• Jean had known Frodi’s mother before

• Frodi is the only child in his family

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

“You have my sincere and heartfelt sympathy, my dear fellow, in your sorrow.” What is the closest meaning of word “sincere”?

• real

• caring

• generous

• honest

• curious

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.4

• to work closely with her colleagues in the company

• to apply the job in the company

• to response the advertisement which appeared in the Jawa Pos on Sunday.

• To say thank you to the branch manager

• To look forward the opportunity in that company.

The second paragraph from the passage above functions as a….

• salutation

• Introduction

• body

• closing

• signature

1. When we are going to write a letter, what will we write first?

• The date

• The ending

• The greeting

• The writer’s address

• The writer’s signature

The following sentences are a letter purposes

• To share your feeling

• To make arrangement

• To invite someone to our party

• To renew contact with someone

• To announce something

A written message from one person to another, containing information is a definition of . . . .