Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Wednesday, March 23 (E9)

Today's Objective: Students will discuss and analyze structure and organization of their Q3 persuasive letters.


Today's SAT Word: Recipient (n.): a person who receives something

"For our next class, we will need to bring in the official title and mailing address of the recipient of our persuasive letter."


Today's Warm-Up Question: Is it ever RIGHT to tell a lie? Defend your answer!


Today's Lesson Notes: Click here.

ONLINE BONUS CONTENT: Click here to view a sample business letter format online!

Remember: Every single business letter opens with the following elements:

Your address (on two lines)
[skip one line]
Month Date, Year
[skip one line]
Recipient's contact information (Name on line one, official title on line two, street address on lines three and four)
[skip one line]
Salutation - ("Dear Mr. " or "Dear Ms. " etc.)
[skip one line]
Body of letter


Tonight's Homework:

STAGE FIVE of your persuasive projects is due on Friday, March 25.

You will need to bring your ROUGH DRAFTS to class with you. We will take part in a series of "instructional islands" to walk through each step of the writing process.

ROUGH DRAFTS for students who are still at the drafting stage.

PEER REVIEWING for students who have completed a rough draft and would like feedback.

TEACHER EDITING for students who have completed all prior steps.

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