Allan Celik, Stephanie Hunter, and Desiree Baker ECED 4300-C, Spring 2010 Dr. Tonja Root 2 nd Grade - Correspondence Business Letters

GPS: ELA2W1-The student begins to demonstrate competency in the writing process. e) Begins to use appropriate formatting conventions for letter writing (e.g., date, salutation, body, closing). PLO: Students will complete a business letter graphic organizer using words and phrases. 2 nd Stephanie Hunter – Prewriting

Business Letters: Communication between businesses Different from personal letters: – Strict rules – Formal written messages

Business Letters: Made up of: Writer’s Address Business Address Date Company name Greeting Body Closing Signature

Internet Activity (April, 2001). Letter generator. Welcome to Second Grade. El Cajon Elementary School, California. [Electronic version] Received from website iting.htm iting.htm Business Letters:

Prewriting: 1 st Stage of Writing Process Form – Business Letter Audience – Who? Topic – What? Purpose – Why? Fill out graphic organizer No complete sentences Use words and phrases

Example: (2004). Sample business letter. TIME for Kids – TFK Homework Helper. Received from website /f/businessletter_sample.pdf

In your groups complete the graphic organizer by: – Writing a letter to a business – Only use words and phrases – No complete sentences Each group will present their graphic organizer to the class Practice Activity:

Pick one of the businesses listed below: – McDonalds – Pizza Hut – Burger King – Chick Fil A Practice Activity:

Everyone will correctly complete the graphic organizer individually. Each student will write a letter to one of the businesses listed below. Assessment:

You will be graded on: – Using only words and phrases No complete sentences – All 8 parts must be correctly filled out – Must stay on one topic – Written to one of the four given businesses Assessment:

Desiree Baker - Drafting GPS – ELA2W1-The student begins to demonstrate competency in the writing process. i. Uses planning ideas to produce a rough draft. PLO – Students will write a business letter draft while using their graphic organizer. 2 nd

Business Letters Business letters: – Formal and professional – Must assume that the reader has limited time Drafting: – Drafting will help us put our ideas from our graphic organizer into sentences.

Drafting Put your ideas into complete sentences Skip every other line – Write an X in the middle of each line Label the paper Draft at the top of the page

Example (2010). Sample friendly letter. Retrieved from sonPlans/Format.pdf

Practice Write your draft using your graphic organizer to help *Remember to skip lines* 1 st write the addresses, company name, and date 2 nd write the body

Practice 3 rd write the closing and signature Write your X’s in the spaces *Remember: do not worry about making mistakes just write* Write Draft at the top of the page

Assessment Each student will write their draft independently. What you will be graded on: – How your draft relates to your graphic organizer. – Skipping lines and writing an X in between lines.

Allan Çelik- Editing GPS: ELA2W1 The student begins to demonstrate competency in the writing process. g. May include a draft that is revised and edited. PLO: Students will edit a business letter for comma splices, sentence fragments, and run-ons

Business Letters Business letters are written by people every day they have an introduction, body, and closing, Editing helps make our letters look better to help our readers understand.

Editing This is a process that improves our grammar and mechanics of our writing. We edit to make our writing clearer and neater for our readers to understand.

Example Gordon, Bill(2009.) Student Writing Samples. Retrieved from n.edu/dolls/letters/american /braeburn/index.htm

Example Dear Mrs. Akamizu, Thank you for Akiko. Everyone loves her and admires her. We think she's pretty with her kimono and everything she has on. Mrs. Noriko put her in a very special place in our classroom. We are going to put her in another second grade classroom for more kids to look at her. Then we will put her in the library for everyone to see. We will treasure her. Sincerely, Signed by 2nd grade girl

Practice-2 nd Grade Share your work in our writing groups. In our groups practice editing on the drafts Make marks on mistakes

Practice-2 nd Grade Make a note on the rough draft beside the mistake so the author may see it and fix it. In your writing groups of 3 only!

Assessment Allow students to edit when their papers are returned to the original authors. Students will graded on how well they edited their letter.