1. Jessica Ring & Maegan Carter Section B Dr. Root Fall 2010 Grade level: 4 th Form of Writing: business letter

2. Jessica Ring Stage of writing: prewriting ELA4W1 The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. The student a. Selects a focus, an organizational structure, and a point of view based on purpose, genre expectations, audience, length, and format requirements. PLO: Students will plan a business letter by completing a graphic organizer.

3.  Form of writing: business letter return address of the letter writer the date of the letter complete name, title, and address of the recipient salutation with a colon body of the letter Closing  Stage of writing: prewriting graphic organizer phrases or words Ideas audience Topic purpose

4. Return address of the letter writer The date of the letter Complete name, title, and address of the recipient Salutation with a colon Body of the letter Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Closing Business Letter Ring, J., Carter, M. (2010). Business Letter. Unpublished graphic organizer, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA

5. Career Tools.(2010). business letter example. Retrieved October 21,2010 from http://www.career-tools- hq.com/images/blockstyle.jpg

7. Practice Activity The students and I will complete a graphic organizer together. Call on individual students for information to complete the graphic organizer. This activity is for 4 th grade.

8. Assessment Activity Each student will complete a graphic organizer with information that will used in the drafting stage for writing a business letter. This activity is for 4 th grade. Remind students to use words or phrases.

9. Maegan Carter Stage of writing: drafting GPS:ELA4W1 The student produces writing that establishes an appropriate organizational structure, sets a context and engages the reader, maintains a coherent focus throughout, and signals a satisfying closure. The student b. Writes texts of a length appropriate to address the topic or tell the story. PLO: Students will use information from their graphic organizer to compose their business letter.

10.  Form of writing: business letter return address of the letter writer the date of the letter complete name, title, and address of the recipient salutation with a colon body of the letter closing signature  Stage of writing: drafting double space X phrases/words to sentences ( graphic organizer) content rough draft/ sloppy copy

11. Business Letter. (2010). Business Letter Sample & Templates. Retrieved October 21, 2010 from http://www.business-letter.org/

13. Practice Activity Students and I will compose a draft of a business letter using the information on the graphic organizer. This activity is for 4 th grade

14. Assessment Activity Each student will compose a draft using the information in their graphic organizer from the prewriting stage. This activity is for 4 th grade. Remind students to skip lines.

15. http://www.writeexpress.com/business- letter-format.html