NICOLE GARZA
DARIA MCCOMBS
ECED 4300 C
DR. TONYA ROOT
5th Grade
Business Letter
ELA5W4 The student consistently uses a writing
process to develop, revise, and evaluate writing.
The student
a. Plans and drafts independently and
resourcefully.
PLO: The students will complete the pre-writing
and drafting stage of the writing process, while
writing a formal business letter.
A business letter is a letter written in formal language,
usually used when writing from one business organization
to another, or for correspondence between such
organizations and their customers, clients and other
external parties. The overall style of letter will depend on
the relationship between the parties concerned.
Business letters (in the United
States) usually contain the
following information (in this
order):
•Date of writing
•Return address
•Recipient's address
•Salutation or Greeting
•Message (body of the letter)
•Closing
•Signature, printed name, and
position of sender
•Choose a topic.
•Considerer the function.
•Considering the audience.
•Consider the form.
•Decide on a graphic organizer.
•Model the pre-writing strategy.
•Do class collaboration of the pre-writing strategy.
•Have students complete their own graphic
organizer.
Brainstorm
The purpose for writing
the business letter. Ex.
Job offer, complaint,
contract, confirmation,
and arrangements.
Pre-Writing
Graphic Organizer
For practice we will
use the shared pen
strategy. We will
have the students
complete a blank
graphic organizer on
the smart board.
The student will create their on business
letter graphic organizer.
•Explain that the emphasis is on
content of writing.
•Explain to students how to skip lines
while drafting.
•Model your own draft to students.
•Write a class collaboration draft using
the class collaboration graphic
organizer.
•Have students use their pre-writing
strategy to develop their own draft.
•Do not spell words.
•Provide support and encouragement
while students write.
Drafting
Drafting
Business Letter
The structure of the business
letter. Try to include as much
information as you can on what
you will discuss within the letter.
Ex. Of the structure of a drafted
business letter.
e
Date
Address
Salutation
Introduction
Main Body
Closure
The students will use a
graphic organizer from the
pre-writing stage to create a
draft of a business letter.
The teacher will check to see if each
student has developed a draft from
their pre-writing graphic organizer
onto their business letter template,
before going onto the editing stage.
Business
Letter
Graphic
Organizer
(2008). The owl at the purdue. Retrieved November 06, 2008, from Writing the
basic business letter Web site:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/653/01/
D.Williams, James (2002). Language arts handbook. Columbus, OH:
SRA/McGraw-Hill.
Root, T. The Writing Process- A Brief Outline of Instructional and Planning.
Retrieved May 22, 2007, from Dr. Tonja Root’s Web
site:http://coefaculty.valdosta.edu/troot/eced4300/writing_process.htm
Talibiddeen Jr., (2008). Talibiddeen, jr.. Retrieved November 06, 2008,
from Talibiddeen jr. islamic and home education resources Web site:
http://www.talibiddeenjr.com/la_writing_expository_businessletter.htm
Tamra Brice, Valdosta State University, ECED 4300 A, Dr. Root, F 03
Tammy Pirkle, Valdosta State University, ECED 4300 OWA, Dr. Root, F03