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Designing Your Own Country Write a business letter using Microsoft Word
Create a letterhead logo
Learn How: textbook (blue section) p. 139, 143-160
Write a letter to a tourism company from the leader(s) of your country. Tell the company that you want them to run an advertising campaign to encourage tourists to visit your country. State specific topics, facts, or attractions you want them to promote and what forms of advertising (TV, newspaper, town crier, internet, social media, brochures, flyers, blimp banners, etc.) you want them to use. Do you have a different idea of what to write about and who to address the letter to? Ask Mrs. Sudkamp to approve your idea.
Ideas of what could be included in your letter. What makes your country unique?
Special attractions, parks, beaches, number of dragons in each region, mountains, unusual animals, state of the art technology, friendly people, unique clothing styles, holidays, city population, number of shopping centers, acres of forest, miles of beach, average size of cookies in each city, or dates of holidays, etc.
Tool tip: Copies formats Click HERE to learn how to use it
Must have: Name of country and leader(s)
Complete mailing address
Contact information (phone number and/or email)
Picture(s) or shape(s)
Color and creativity
Be located in header (and possibly footer)
Line or break or border from the rest of the document
2. Write the body of the letter following the format on p. 139 in the textbook.
Learn How: textbook (blue section) p. 139, 166 - 175
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/653/01/
Insert a hyperlink p. 163 or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sUZRHQU5HM
Must have: The logo you created
Address the letter to a tourism company
Letter is from the leader(s) of your country
Left and right margins of 0.75 in
Date, address, greeting, spacing, complimentary close, signature block in correct
Hyperlink business letter format
Correct grammar and spelling
3. Add a table and a bulleted list to the body of the letter.
Learn How: textbook (blue section) p. 139, 176-187
Insert/Edit a table Video Quick Tip Video
Insert/Edit Bulleted list https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OlrxkltZ4I
Must have: Table with borders, title, and color
Bulleted list Proofread, print, and turn in your letter.
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