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.