Lesson Plan
Unit: 2 Word Processing
Framework: CBA 2.2 Open/Create and edit one-page and multipage documents
ELA Standards: W.5.9.8, W.5.9.9
CCSS: RST 9.1, RST 10.1
Author: Lynn Gross
 What concept within the framework is to be developed? What is the specific objective of
the lesson?
2.2.1 Review business document formats: Letter, Memo, Report, and Table
 What do students probably already know about the content? What prior knowledge
needs to be activated?
They will be able to recognize the different business document formats but will have to be
reminded how to format them.
Will know how to preview, save and print a document, just need to be told where you want
them saved.
 What don’t they know?
Where files are located, where to save files, where to turn in, etc.
 Is there potential for misconception?
Yes; they always seem to have trouble saving the file in the U: drive.
 What should students be able to do at the end of the lesson?
Recognize a letter, memo, report, and table and be able to save them, preview them and print
them.
 What resources are available to develop the concept?
 Examples of a letter, memo, report, and table.
 Microsoft Office 2007 Introductory book by Pasewark and Pasewark.
 Computer
 What questions will focus students’ thinking on the concept and help guide learning?
If you need to get information to a person who works at the same company that you do what
means of communication might you use?
If you want to communicate formally with a person to get permission to use a copyrighted
picture what might you use?
What type of information will a table convey?
When do you use reports?
 How will I assess students’ understanding of the essential concepts and major details?
Give them some information and have them determine whether to use a letter, memo, report,
or table to convey it and have them create the one they think is correct.
Description of Lesson
Part of
Lesson
Before
Strategy
What Students Will Do
What Teacher Will Do
Brainstorm
Students will write down what they
know about when they should use a
letter, memo, report or table.
(Worksheet provided)
Page will be provided for the
brainstorming that it divided into 4
rows and 3 columns.
Getting the board set up for students
feedback.
During
After
Brainstorm
Quiz
Students will listen, watch and take
notes. (Using the same worksheet as
above)
Teacher will discuss letters, memos,
reports, and tables. (using examples
on screen)
Will compile a list questions to use
to determine when you would use a
letter, a memo, a report, or a table.
Determination will be made as to
when you would use a letter, a
memo, a report, or a table.
Student will read and analyze the
information, using the list of
questions they created to determine
which type of communication they
should use and then create it.
Teacher will give students some
information and have them
determine, using their list of
questions, which type of format they
should use to communicate this to
someone else.
Brainstorming
Write down what you know about each one of the following:
What I know
Questions I should ask to
determine when I should
use it
Letters
Memos
Reports
Tables
Brainstorming
Write down what you know about each one of the following:
What I know
Questions I should ask to
determine when I should
use it
Letters
Parts of a Business Letter Does this need to be sent
Return Address, Date,
outside the office?
Inside Address, Salutation, Does this need to be in a
Body, Closing
formal format?
Memos
Small amount of
information.
Inside the office.
To: From: Date: Regarding:
Is this to someone inside the
company?
Is it just a small amount of
information?
Reports
MLA Document
Research
Citations
Tables
Columns
Rows
Data
Information detailed and
compared
Is this a large amount of
information?
Is it research?
Will more than one person
be reviewing it?
Is it the type of information
that needs to be detailed?
Did your boss ask for a
report?
Do comparisons need to be
made?
Will putting the information
in a table make it show up
better?