Writing Project
Write an E-Mail Illustration of the pen icon

WRITING PROMPT What do you want to tell someone about your life? Write an e-mail about yourself. Send it to a friend or someone in your family.

Plan and Write

  • 1 PLAN YOUR E-MAIL

    Think about the person you will write to. What can you tell him or her? Here is Lupe’s list.

    My cousinnew friend at school
    Grandmawhat I do for fun
    My friendwhen my cousin came to visit

  • 2 WRITE SENTENCES

    Choose one idea. Write your e-mail. Here is part of Lupe’s e-mail.

    To: jaimeg@teenschool.edu

    From: lupen@mitchellacademy.edu

    Sent: May 10, 2008

    Subject: My new friend

    Hi Jaime,

    How are you? I am fine.

    I am going to a new school now. I have a new friend.

    Sentence Frames

    I am ___________________.

    You are _______________.

    He is __________________.

    She is _________________.

    We are ________________.

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