Kamryn Herrington

Brittany Henderson

Kayla EthridgeCorrespondenceBusiness Letters

3rd Grade

ECED3400CDr. Tonja RootSpring/2009

Brittany Henderson

PrewritingELA3W1 The student

demonstrates competency in the writing process. m. The student

prewrites to generate ideas, develops a

rough draft, rereads to revise, and edits to

correct.PLO: The students will

complete a graphic organizer

Form of WritingCorrespondence

A business letter is written in

professional form.

Form of WritingIt may include:• A complaint• A compliment

• Supply an opinion• Request information• Product information

• Etc…

Stage: Prewriting

•Who are you writing to?•What are you writing

about?•Gather information about

the recipient/ company•Complete the

correspondence writing graphic organizer

APA Citation for Graphic organizer

Time for Kids (2004). Time for kids homework helper. Retrieved April 6, 2009 from Time for kids website http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/media/hh/pdfs/

ideaorganizers/business_letter_ideaorg.pdf

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APA Citation for Business Letter

Time for Kids (2004). Time for kids homework helper. Retrieved April 11, 2008, from Time for kids website: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/mediahh/pdfs/ideaorganizers/business_letter_idea.org.pdf

Practice Activity

The practice activity will be to complete the Business Letter graphic organizer

using the book: In The Bank. The graphic organizer will be for a business letter in which

we will write from a student’s perspective to

Bank of America.

Third Grade

Assessment Activity

Third Grade

The assessment activity will be to complete the Business Letter graphic organizer individually. Each student will complete this as if they are a consumer requesting information about a cookie company . Each student will inquire about many aspects of the company (type of cookies, prices, special orders, delivery rates, delivery time, sizes of cookies, etc…)the company.

Kayla Ethridge

Drafting

ELA3W1 The student demonstrates

competency in the writing process. m. The student

prewrites to generate ideas, develops a

rough draft, rereads to revise, and edits to

correct.PLO: The students will draft a business letter using the completed graphic organizer.

Form of WritingCorrespondence

A business letter is written in

professional form.

Form of WritingIt may include:• A complaint• A compliment

• Supply an opinion• Request information• Product information

• Etc…

Stage: Drafting•Second Stage of the

Writing Process•Develop a draft using the graphic organizer

from prewriting.•Do not worry about

spelling or punctuation.

Business Letter Parts•Return Address: Writer’s

address(header)•Date: Month, day, year• Inside Address:

Who the letter is to(name, title, and company) & address of that

person • Greeting, Salutation: Professional

Business Letter PartsContinued

•Body of the Letter: (purpose and details)

•Closing: (Sincerely, F rom, Thank Y ou, etc.) •Your Signature

•Your Printed N ame

APA Citation for Finished Business

Letter(2008). Scholastic. Retrieved on April 22, 2009 from Scholastic

website: http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/lessonplan.jsp?id

Business Letter FormatYour Street AddressYour City, State ZipDate

First and Last Name of the Person to whom you are writingTheir Street AddressCity, ST Zip

Dear Mr./Ms. Full Name:

You do not want to indent when you are using this format. This is the best format touse when you are writing a persuasive letter. You want to introduce yourself andthe topic you are writing about to the reader. Remember that the first rule of writingis to know your audience. In a persuasive letter, you state your opinion or yourfeelings about something that is important to you after you have introduced yourself.You must sound as professional and passionate as possible. You do not want tobelittle the reader or they will not finish reading your letter. Your letter needs tohave the facts, reasons, and examples to support your position. Address issues thatyour reader may have in their argument.In a second paragraph, you must have solutions. Without solutions, you are onlycomplaining. Offer assistance in solving the problem. Remind the reader where theycan contact you.

Sincerely yours,

A. Student

Citations for

Drafting

• Read Write Think (2003). Students Materials: Letter Generator. Retrieved April 5, 2009 from Read Write Think website:http://readwritethink.org/materials/letter_generator/

• Money Instructor (2005). Writing a Business Letter. Retrieved April 5, 2009 from Money Instructor website: http://www.moneyinstructor.com/docs/pdf/busletexample.pdf

Practice Activity

The practice activity will be to draft a business letter using the Business Letter

graphic organizer from the prewriting stage. This draft will be related to the book read in class: In the Bank.

The students will use wide-ruled paper and place an “X”

on every other line for revisions.

Third Grade

Assessment Activity

Third Grade

The assessment activity will be to draft a business letter individually. Each student will complete this activity using the graphic organizer from the prewriting stage. The graphic organizer used will be related to the cookie company. They will use wide-ruled paper and put an “X” on every other line of the paper for revisions.

Kamryn Herrington

Revising ELA3W1 The student

demonstrates competency in the writing process. m. The student

prewrites to generate ideas, develops a

rough draft, rereads to revise, and edits to

correct.PLO: The students will revise their drafts of a

business letter.

Form of WritingCorrespondence

A business letter is written in professional form.

Stage: Revising

When revising, add details4 verbs of revision:

AddChangeDeleteRearrange

APA Citation for Revision Checklist

Herrington, K. (2009, April 6). Revision Checklist. Valdosta, GA, United States of America.

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Correspondence Writing

Revision ChecklistDid you delete unnecessary sentences?

Did you make any changes to enhance the quality of your

letter?

Did you add details to vague sentences?

Did you rearrange your letter in any way?

APA Citation for Finished Business

Letter(2009). University of Wisconsin-Madison. Retrieved

April 22, 2009, from The University of Wisconsin-Madison website: http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/BusLetterBlock.html

5 Hill Street Madison, Wisconsin 53700 March 15, 2005 Ms. Helen Jones President Jones, Jones & Jones 123 International Lane Boston, Massachusetts 01234 Dear Ms. Jones: Ah, business letter format-there are block formats, and indented formats, and modified block formats . . . and who knows what others. To simplify matters, we're demonstrating the block format on this page, one of the two most common formats. For authoritative advice about all the variations, we highly recommend The Gregg Reference Manual, 9th ed. (New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001), a great reference tool for workplace communications. There seems to be no consensus about such fine points as whether to skip a line after your return address and before the date: some guidelines suggest that you do; others do not. Let's hope that your business letter succeeds no matter which choice you make! When you use the block form to write a business letter, all the information is typed flush left, with one-inch margins all around. First provide your own address, then skip a line and provide the date, then skip one more line and provide the inside address of the party to whom the letter is addressed. If you are using letterhead that already provides your address, do not retype that information; just begin with the date. For formal letters, avoid abbreviations where possible. Skip another line before the salutation, which should be followed by a colon. Then write the body of your letter as illustrated here, with no indentation at the beginnings of paragraphs. Skip lines between paragraphs.

After writing the body of the letter, type the closing, followed by a comma, leave 3 blank lines, then type your name and title (if applicable), all flush left. Sign the letter in the blank space above your typed name. Now doesn't that look professional? Sincerely,

John Doe Administrative Assistant

Practice Activity

Revise the drafted business letter created as a class.

Third Grade

Assessment Activity

Third Grade

Revise your OWN drafted business letter to the cookie company.-Remember the 4 Verbs of Revising:

-Add-Delete-Change-Rearrange