Alexandria McLendon, Carrie
Varnadore, Lynsey Drew
ECED 4300 B
Dr. Tonja Root
Fall, 2008
Grade Level: 2nd
Business Letter
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
•Alexandria McLendon
•Prewriting
•GPS- ELA2W2 The student writes in
a variety of genres, including
narrative, informational, persuasive,
and response to literature.
•The student produces a persuasive
piece of writing that
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
a. Captures a reader’s interest by
stating a clear position/opinion.
b. Begins to sustain a focus.
c. Includes the appropriate purpose,
expectations, and length for audience
and the genre.
e. Uses appropriate formats (letter, list
of pros and cons, advertisement).
f. Develops a sense of closure.
g. May include pre-writing.
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
PLO
The students will complete a
business letter graphic organizer.
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
• Form of WritingA business letter is a professional
form of writing:
–request information
–order a product
–make a complaint
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
–share your opinion with
businesses and organizations
–written in formal language
–specific format
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
Prewriting
• Stage of Writing- Prewriting
–Decide what you are writing
about
–Who is your audience
–Gather business information
–Complete a graphic organizer
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
APA Citation for Organizer
• (2004). Business Letter
Organizer. Retrieved October 30
2008, from Time for Kids Web
site:
http://www.timeforkids.com/TF
K/media/hh/pdfs/ideaorganizers/
business_letter_ideaorg.pdf
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Graphic Organizer
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
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APA Citation for Business Letter
• (2004). Sample Business Letter.
Retrieved October 30 2008, from
Time for Kids Web site:
http://www.timeforkids.com/TF
K/media/hh/pdfs/samplepapers/b
usinessletter_sample.pdf
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
Business Letter
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
•Business letter Characteristics
• Specific Format
•Heading with your address
•The day’s date
•Inside address
•Getting
•Introduction
•Body Paragraphs
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
•Thank you sentence
•Closing
•Signature
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
Practice Activity
• Teacher will provide audience
and purpose for writing.
• Students and teacher will
complete Graphic Organizer
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
Assessment Activity
• Students will complete a graphic
organizer
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
•Lynsey Drew
•Drafting Stage
•GPS- ELA2W2 The student writes in
a variety of genres, including
narrative, informational, persuasive,
and response to literature.
•The student produces a persuasive
piece of writing that
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
a. Captures a reader’s interest by
stating a clear position/opinion.
b. Begins to sustain a focus.
c. Includes the appropriate purpose,
expectations, and length for audience
and the genre.
e. Uses appropriate formats (letter, list
of pros and cons, advertisement).
f. Develops a sense of closure.
g. May include pre-writing.
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
PLO
The students will write a draft of
their business letter using the
graphic organizer in which they
completed.
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
Form of Writing
•Professional form of writing
•Used to request information, order a
product, make a complaint, or share
your opinion with businesses and
organizations
•Written in formal language
•Has a specific format to follow
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
Stage of writing
•Use the graphic organizer
•Use those ideas to form complete
sentences for the letter
•Skip every other line while writing
•put an x on the right hand side of the
margin of our paper.
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
•Does not matter if you misspell words
•Circle words you don’t know how to
spell
•Get the letter written paper
•Correct spelling and grammar comes
later in the letter writing process
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
APA Citation
•(2006). Sample Business Letter.
Retrieved October 30, 2008, from
Environmental Literacy Council
Web site:
www.enviroliteracy.org/.../samplel
etter.gif
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
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Example
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
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•Business letter Characteristics
• Specific Format
•Heading with your address
•The day’s date
•Inside address
•Getting
•Introduction
•Body Paragraphs
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
•Thank you sentence
•Closing
•Signature
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
Practice Activity
• Teacher and students compose a
letter together
• Will use the shared pen
technique
• Go over the form of a letter
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
Assessment activity
• Students write their own letter
using their graphic organizer
• Write to someone or a company
• Teacher can specify whom to
write the letter to
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
• Carrie L. Varnadore
• Revising/Editing Stage –
Business Letters
•GPS- ELA2W2 The student writes
in a variety of genres, including
narrative, informational, persuasive,
and response to literature.
•The student produces a persuasive
piece of writing that
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
a. Captures a reader’s interest by
stating a clear position/opinion.
b. Begins to sustain a focus.
c. Includes the appropriate purpose,
expectations, and length for audience
and the genre.
e. Uses appropriate formats (letter, list
of pros and cons, advertisement).
f. Develops a sense of closure.
g. May include pre-writing.
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
PLO
The students will revise and edit
their business letter using the
check list provided.
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
Revising/Editing Business Letters
• Form of Writing –
A business letter is a professional
form of writing:
- request information,
- order a product,
- make a complaint,
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
-share your opinion with
businesses or organizations
- written in formal language
- specific format to follow.
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
Revising/Editing Business Letters
• Stage of Writing – Revising/Editing
–reread your business letter
–look for corrections as you read
–misspelled words
–run-on sentences
–sentence fragments
–capitalization errors
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
•errors in the sequencing of
events,
•punctuation errors, etc.
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
APA Citation
•(2008). Business Letter Checklist.
Retrieved October 30, 2008, from
Time for Kids Web site:
http://www.io.com/~hcexres/textb
ook/genlett.html
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
APA Citation
•(2008). Business
Correspondence: Overview.
Retrieved October 30, 2008, from
Online Technical Writing Website:
http://www.io.com/~hcexres/textb
ook/genlett.html
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
Example
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
•Business letter Characteristics
• Specific Format
•Heading with your address
•The day’s date
•Inside address
•Getting
•Introduction
•Body Paragraphs
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
•Thank you sentence
•Closing
•Signature
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
Practice Activity
• Students will dictate revisions
that need to be made in the first
paragraph of the letter
• Will use the shared pen
technique to revise and edit the
rest of the letter
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008
Assessment activity
• Students revise and edit their
own letter using the check list
provided
McLendon, Drew, Varnadore ECED 4300 B
Fall 2008