Students enjoy corresponding with pen pals around the world by writing pen pal letters. Use the following four sheets to encourage letter writing: directions, brainstorm for letter, friendly letter format, and pen pal letter analysis (analyze dialect, tone, and have students write comments and questions about what their pen pal writes to them). What a fun way to bring students beyond the classroom!

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I have been teaching grades 7 and 8 Language Arts and Social Studies at De Anza Academy of Technology & the Arts in Ventura, California since 2001. I have also briefly taught high school ESL (grades 9-12), and I spent one month teaching English in Moscow, Russia.
