Letter Writing
Post date: Apr 27, 2015 2:11:04 PM
Objectives: In this unit, students will be introduced to the format of a business letter. Understand the reason why we write business letters. Participate in writing a business letter as a class.Essential Questions: What role does writing letters and email play in our lives? What would we need to communicate to a business?
How do we develop into effective writers? To what extent does the writing process contribute to the quality of your letter and message writing?
Vocabulary:
Social Media: Websites and application that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.
Anonymity on the Internet:
Without a name. The internet makes it easy to create handles, avatars, or even a fictional persona. People do this for many reasons and it is both good and bad.Communication in the 21st Century: Computers connected to the internet, that fit in someone's pocket, provide continuous communication with others around the world. The type of communication varies depending on the program used and the reason for the communication. User Profiles give a name and in some cases, an image of the person communicating. Unlike interacting with people physical in your presence, there are differences. The Good: Ideas can reach anyone with access. Anonymity can protect those whose ideas are unpopular and allow them to be explored. No limit to who you can talk to and where or even how many. The Bad: Conversations can take all or very little of your attention, and can take minutes or days. It can stop and start with no apparent reason and gaps can range from seconds to weeks. Comments are made and never followed up on. This can make talking to people in real life difficult. The Ugly: Nameless and constant negativity. Ideas can be quickly dismissed or taken to heart. Deleting content gives a false notion that nothing is permanent. Incorrect information can be easily vied as true even after corrected after the fact.
Business and or Formal Letter: A written message or typed message that communicates ideas to a business. Ideas about being employed, product criticism or positive feedback. Social Media comments can be buried under a mountain of other comments and or just as easily ignored. You are making a presentation of ideas, not starting a conversation.
Business Letter Writing Introductions:
1. Review the Sample Business Letter and the Business Letter Format Mr. French shows you. 2. Locate the correct address for the business you will be writing to. 3. Use the Business Letter format to create a rough draft with your pencil. We are not being silly, be positive regarding the product or service the recipient provides. You need permission from Mr. French to write a letter that criticizes Show it to Mr. French. You must have eight (8) sentences. Two sentences to introduce how you are. Four sentences to explain why you are writing the letter.Two sentences for a call to action. 4. Have a friend read it over and tell Mr. French who it was. Make changes if needed.
5. Use Microsoft Word to type your letter.
6. Type your letter and make sure you are using the format of the Business Letter Format. Do not change the size or color of your text. This is a message to be taken seriously, not a creative work of art that will detract from your message.
7. Read your document over and make sure you are being clear about your point.
8. Use spell check and correct any mistakes.
9. Have another friend in the class read it over to make sure changes aren't needed again.
10. Submit a copy to Edmodo for the final grade.