7th Grade Writing Assignment

Writing Assignment - A Letter to a Pen Pal

Invent a pen pal from a Spanish speaking country. Your task is to use all the information we’ve learned in the past weeks to write a letter to him or her. Every letter in Spanish begins like this:

                Querido Ricardo, - Dear Ricardo

                Querida Isabel, - Dear Isabel

The adjective querido changes with gender.

Your letter should include the following:

1^st paragraph: Introduction

-          Your name

-          Where you are from

-           Your age

-          A brief physical/personality description

-          A description of your salient features

-          What you like to wear

-          What you like to do

2^nd paragraph: The People in Your Life

-          The name of two of your friends

o   Se llama – His/her name is….

-          A brief physical/personality description of each of them

-          What they like to wear

-          What they like to do

3^rd paragraph: Eliciting a Response

-          Ask about their physical/personality

-          Ask about their origins

-          Ask about what they like to wear

-          Ask about what they like to do

o   Hacer – to do

Here’s an example of an introductory paragraph:

Querido Ricardo,

            ¡Hola! Me llamo Juan. Soy de Georgia. Tengo veintiséis años. Soy alto e inteligente. También yo tengo pelo moreno, ojos cafés, y una cabeza grande. Me gusta llevar camisas y corbatas. De vez en cuando, me gusta llevar una chaqueta. Soy profesor. Me gusta dibujar con lápiz y usar la computadora.

Use the MLA heading with 12 point Times New Roman Font. Make sure all your accent marks are included.