Questions / instructions:
Imagine that you want information for a school project about how Coke is made.
Write a letter to the Coca Cola Company,
whose address is P.O. Box 641,
                                  Newmarket, Auckland.

Set out your letter in the most suitable way.

Date: yes, correct place
yes, elsewhere
Sender's address: yes, correct place
yes, elsewhere
Recipient's address: yes, correct place
yes, elsewhere
Appropriate salutation
Appropriateness of language: always
mostly
sometimes
rarely/never
Requests key information: yes, clearly
vaguely
no
Appropriateness closing salutation
Name/signature of sender: full
partial

Commentary:
Like their year 4 counterparts in Bookshop Letter , year 8 students often omitted return address information. A much higher proportion, however, included appropriate salutations and indicated who was sending the letter.