Letters Be empowered!. Letters Before, letters were  Written or typed on paper  Sent in the mail  Took days to travel Now  Typed online  Sent through.

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Letters Be empowered!

Letters Before, letters were  Written or typed on paper  Sent in the mail  Took days to travel Now  Typed online  Sent through or internal system  Arrive immediately

This is one format for a formal letter.

What Stays the Same? Good Writing!  Strong opening sentence  State your ideas clearly  Give specific examples to support your ideas  Correct grammar, spelling, sentence structure  Clear conclusion

Contact an Elected Official  For elected officials in NJ ate.nj.us/Rep . asp ate.nj.us/Rep . asp  For the Governor ct/ ct/  You can still write a formal letter and mail it. ate.nj.us/legislative pub/contact.asp ate.nj.us/legislative pub/contact.asp

Have a Complaint? Before you would look up the company address from the package and write a letter to explain why you were dissatisfied with the product.

Today You look up a company online cola.com/ cola.com/ And then look for the Contact Us link colacompany.com/co ntact-us/ Contact Us Overview FAQs Ask Coca-Cola Our Virtual Agent Ask Coca-Cola, our virtual agent Coca-Cola: Hi, I'm your virtual agent. What can I do for you?

Your Assignment Pick a topic that  you feel strongly about  Know something about  And can be changed or influenced by your elected official Research  Find a website that gives you facts about your topic  Evaluate the website  Take notes to use in your letter

Need some help to start? Try Ebsco Username: S Password: password Both Points of View and Student Reference Center have good ideas. If you search Google, try different search terms to find what you want.