Business Letters

It is important to learn how to format a professional or business letter. It lets the person you communicate with know that you are serious about an issue, an idea, a request, or a proposal.

Get a business letter formatting sheet to help guide you through learning about formatting a business letter. There is a short game on the last link in this list. When you are all finished, write a business letter of your own using Microsoft Word.

Letter Formatting information:

http://www.englishclub.com/business-english/business-letters-format.htm

http://businessletterformat.org/ 

http://teacher.scholastic.com/lessonplans/format.pdf

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/653/01/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/media/pdf/20090417021603_653.pdf

http://www.quia.com/ba/93531.html  


Write your own business letter.  Choose one of the topics below or get your own topic approved by the teacher. Save it in your folder in Documents or on your USB.


 Write a letter to: about:
The high school CSP program    
 why you want/deserve to be in  CSP
A private high school    
 why you want/deserve to be granted admission or a scholarship to attend the school
A college    
 getting information about a program you are interested in  
A candy (or other) company    
 a donation of products to your school, sports team, or club
The principal
 asking for a dance or other special event (real or made-up)