Addressing Envelopes

READING FOR LIFE (RFL) LESSONS

MINNESOTA ABE SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES, LINDA STRAND, 2004-2005
AND THE MINNESOTA LITERACY COUNCIL

Focus:
Addressing Envelopes (Reading for Life volume 2, unit 15: Letter Writing)
Objectives:
Learners will be able to identify different parts of an addressed envelope and write out an
addressed envelope
Key Vocabulary:
envelope, mail, return address, street address, city, state, ZIP code, stamp
Topics to Review:
writing addresses
Materials:
envelopes, both blank and addressed, address one envelope to a learner in your class
Procedure - Real-life application:
Show the class the envelopes. T asks students: What are these? What are they used for? T
elicits or teaches envelope, mail, letters. T asks students: Do you get mail? T discusses with
students.
T draws two houses on the board. Label one with your name and one with the name of the
student you addressed the envelope to. Discuss who lives in which house.
T asks: Where does this envelope go? Learners identify the address written in the middle of
the envelope. T asks: Who sent this letter? Learners identify your name and address T asks
other questions like those on 15-2 and 15-3 in Reading for Life. T reviews vocabulary: street
address, city, state, ZIP code and teaches return address.
On the board as a class, learner addresses an envelope from the learning center to a learner or
teacher. Students copy this information onto a real envelope.
Learners address an envelope from themselves to another learner. T monitors.