business letters by: artia nelson & brittney mitchner
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Business Letters By: Artia Nelson & Brittney Mitchner. ECED 4300 A Dr. Tonja Root Spring 2011 4 th Grade. Brittney Mitchner Prewriting. GPS: ELA4W2 The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Business LettersBy: Artia Nelson & Brittney Mitchner
ECED 4300 ADr. Tonja RootSpring 2011
4th GradeMitchner, Brittney & Nelson, Artia
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Brittney MitchnerPrewriting
• GPS:ELA4W2 The student demonstrates competence in a variety of genres.
• The student produces informational writing (e.g., report, procedures, correspondence) that:
b. Frames a central question about an issue or situation.
c. Creates an organizing structure appropriate to a specific purpose, audience, and context.
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PLO:A. Students will model the
prewriting stage of a business letter by completing a graphic organizer
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Prewriting• 1st stage of the writing processoPlanningoResearchingoOutliningoClusteringoBrainstorming•Grammar, punctuation, and perfection are important during this process
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Business Letter• letter dealing with business• Request information• Make a complaint• Request permission• Give an opinion• Make a suggestion
Format Block Modified block Semi-block
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Block
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Modified Block
The date and closing should be tabbed to the center point
Body, sender’s, and recipient’s addresses are left justifiedsingle-spaced
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Semi-Block• Like modified block• Each paragraph is indented instead of left justified
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Organizing Your Business Letter
•Heading• Inside address•Salutation•Body•Closing•Signature
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Published Piece
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Practice Activity• Complete cluster web
• Persuading company to donate math manipulative to the class
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Assessment Activity• Complete a business letter graphic organizer
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Artia Nelson Drafting Stage
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Artia NelsonGPS• ELA4W2 The student demonstrates
competence in a variety of genres.o The student produces informational
writing (e.g., report, procedures, correspondence) that:
a. Engages the reader by establishing a context, creating a speaker’s voice, and otherwise developing reader interest.
b. Frames a central question about an issue or situation.
d. Includes appropriate facts and details.
f. Uses a range of appropriate strategies, such as providing facts and details, describing or analyzing the subject, and narrating a relevant anecdote.
h. Provides a sense of closure to the writing.
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PLO:A. Students will use the
completed graphic organizer from the prewriting stage to draft a business letter.
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Drafting Stage• Second stage of the writing
process• Use information from the graphic
organizer to write a business letter• A rough draft.• Spelling and punctuation DO
NOT MATTER!
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Drafting: Parts of a business Letter• Six main partsoThe headingoInside addressoGreetingoBodyoClosing osignature
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Drafting: Parts of a business letter• The heading: othe sender’s address odate
• Inside address: oWho your writing this letter to:• Include their name, title, and company and the address of person receiving the letter
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Drafting: Parts of a business letter• Greeting, Salutation:o“Dear”, person’s nameoAlways place colon (:) after
• Body: main purposeoWhy you are writingoMain part, Keep short
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Drafting: Parts of a business letter
oExplain what you are requesting and your concern
oThank the person
• Closing:oWhere you are sending the letteroYours truly,… or Sincerely,…
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Drafting: Parts of a business letter
• Signature:oLast part of letteroSign first and last name
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Published Piece
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Practice Activity• Use cluster web from
prewriting practice• Draft persuasive
business letter to math company
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Assessment Activity• Use business letter
graphic organizer from prewriting stage• Draft a business
letter