Business Letters By: Artia Nelson & Brittney Mitchner

Business LettersBy: Artia Nelson & Brittney Mitchner

ECED 4300 ADr. Tonja RootSpring 2011

4th GradeMitchner, Brittney & Nelson, Artia

Mitchner, Brittney & Nelson, Artia

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.


PLO:A. Students will model the

prewriting stage of a business letter by completing a graphic organizer


Prewriting• 1st stage of the writing processoPlanningoResearchingoOutliningoClusteringoBrainstorming•Grammar, punctuation, and perfection are important during this process


Business Letter• letter dealing with business• Request information• Make a complaint• Request permission• Give an opinion• Make a suggestionFormat

Block Modified block Semi-block


Block


Modified Block

The date and closing should be tabbed to the center point

Body, sender’s, and recipient’s addresses are left justifiedsingle-spaced


Semi-Block• Like modified block• Each paragraph is indented instead of left justified


Organizing Your Business Letter

•Heading• Inside address•Salutation•Body•Closing•Signature


Published Piece


Practice Activity• Complete cluster web

• Persuading company to donate math manipulative to the class


Assessment Activity• Complete a business letter graphic organizer


Artia Nelson Drafting Stage


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.


PLO:A. Students will use the

completed graphic organizer from the prewriting stage to draft a business letter.


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!


Drafting: Parts of a business Letter• Six main partsoThe headingoInside addressoGreetingoBodyoClosing osignature


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


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


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,…


Drafting: Parts of a business letter• Signature:oLast part of letteroSign first and last name


Published Piece


Practice Activity• Use cluster web from

prewriting practice• Draft persuasive

business letter to math company


Assessment Activity• Use business letter

graphic organizer from prewriting stage• Draft a business

letter

Business Letters By: Artia Nelson & Brittney Mitchner

Documents

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