1. Study

What two things must be written first in a letter? What are these two things together called? How should they be written?

Where should the salutation be written? What does the word salute mean? Write different salutations that might be used for different people.

What things must be remembered in writing the body of the letter? Make a list of them.

Where and how should the letter be ended? Write different words that are suitable for a complimentary close. How do you decide which to use?

Make a list of abbreviations that may be used in writing a letter.

Cut or fold a paper the size and shape of an envelope, and address it.

2. Conversation

Be ready in class to talk about these questions: What holiday does January bring? Why is the coming of the New Year a glad time? How do we show our good wishes to our friends?

Have you heard people talk about New Year's resolutions? What are they? Have you made any? Decide upon a good New Year's resolution for your class to make. Compare yours with what the other pupils have written.

3. Written Composition

1. Write a letter to some friend sending your New Year's greeting to him. Be sure to write the new date correctly.

2. Write notes to several of your classmates, expressing your good wishes for the New Year. It will be pleasant to exchange these, and read them in class.

3. Write an account in your diary of your New Year's Day, or of your Christmas Day. Before you begin, make a list of points you wish to write about.