Writing Different Kinds Of Letters (1968)

[Music] [Applause] [Music] putting together model cars is Ralph's Hobby but it looks like a wheel is missing it doesn't seem to be anywhere Ralph will have to write a letter to the company to get the missing [Music] part this very nice gift is from n's aunt Nancy will want to write a letter to her aunt to thank her Jane's Uncle works at the post office since her class is learning about our Postal System Jane is suggesting that they write a letter and invite her uncle to come and tell them how mail is handled these photographs came in the mail from Japan they're from Bob who's been living in Japan with his family Bob's father has been working there the pictures were sent to Bob's friend Jack Jack will want to write a letter to his friend in Japan his letter will be one of many letters that people write every day there are many kinds of letters we're going to see how four different kinds of letters are written when we want to keep in touch with someone who lives in another country letter writing is certainly one of the best ways to do it ever since Bob and his family moved to Japan Bob has been writing to Jack Bob's letter is neat this not only makes a good impression but also makes the letter easy to read that's just being courteous to the reader this is what we call a friendly letter did you know that Tokyo is one of the largest cities in the world it has over 10 million people last week we visited the Ginza this is a district of Tokyo crowded with many people the letter reads as if Bob were talking to Jack it's relaxed and friendly Jack wants to write an interesting letter in return Jack tells Bob about the different things he's been doing playing tennis taking long bicycle rides going on picnics having a really good time one day Jack and his friends went to the Ball Game in his letter Jack tries to show his feeling of friendship for Bob corresponding with Bob this way is almost like a short and enjoyable visit Jack's letter like Bob's is also neat Jack has chosen a correct form and followed it heading greeting body of letter closing signature while Jack has written a friendly letter Ralph has written a business letter about the missing wheel from his model car he rereads the letter to make sure he has included all the information the company will need about the model car what make is it what model number what part is missing the business letter as compared with the friendly letter has an additional part the inside address this address includes the ZIP code as all addresses should since Ralph is not writing to a particular person at the company he uses dear S as the greeting he could also have used gentleman notice that there's a colon after the greeting after gentleman the letter makes clear when the missing part is needed since I am entering the car in a contest would it be possible for you to ship the missing wheel in time for me to receive it by June 13th the writing is simple and the requests that are made are courteous Ralph's writing is easily read and he's left enough space margins at the sides and at the top and bottom is this another business letter no it's part of the letter that Jane's class is writing with the help of an overhead projector Jane is doing the writing using the class's suggestions this is a letter of invitation so the class wants to make sure that the person invited Jane's Uncle will feel he's really wanted let's speed up the letter writing Dear Mr Roberts we would like to invite you to visit our class to tell us how the mail is delivered we were wondering if you could come next Friday June 12th and spend the hour from 11:00 to noon with us Jane has told us of your slides which help tell the story of the post office if you would be willing to bring them our school has a slide projector which you could use we hope that you can come can you let us know by next Tuesday if you can spare the time for visiting us yours very truly Mrs Howard's class now that the class has finished the Letter of Invitation one of the children will copy it then it will be mailed to Mr Roberts this is Nancy whose Aunt sent her the charm bracelet she'll be writing a letter when she gets home now she's home getting ready to write a thank you letter to her Aunt Carol for the charm bracelet she knows that thank you letter should be written promptly Nancy feels very good about the gift she's received let's hear how she expresses her feelings dear Aunt Carol the charm bracelet is just wonderful it's one of the nicest birthday gifts I've ever received Nancy will tell why she enjoyed receiving the gift a charm bracelet is something I've been hoping to have I even know a place where I can buy more charms to add to my bracelet nany's letter will indicate her appreciation of her aunt's thoughtfulness it was so nice of you to think of something that you must have known I would like so much as you would expect nany's letter to her aunt is warm and friendly one thing I would like even better than your gift though would be for you to come and visit us thanks again for the beautiful bracelet with love Nancy Nancy has been careful to see that her spelling is correct in the body of the letter and especially in the address she's been careful too to see that the heading the closing and the signature are lined up evenly the envelope that nacy has addressed also has the right form and information including the zip code and it's all easy to read that's important too now the letter is ready for mailing a few days later it's an ant Carol's hands many miles away how do you think Aunt Carol feels about the thank you letter when she reads it and how do you think she feels about her niece [Music] and what about Bob in Japan how do you think he feels when he receives Jack's friendly letter from the United States Bob seems to be enjoying the photographs that Jack enclosed with the letter here's the mailman at Ralph's house Ralph must have done all right with his business letter because here's the part for his model car and yes Jane's Uncle did accept the class's Letter of [Music] Invitation he's showing Jane's class on behind the scenes views of the post office where he works here he is sorting letters so we've seen some different kinds of letters and we've seen the interesting effective and pleasant results that letter writing can [Music] bring