Write to impress!
Thursday, May 21, 2009 // 2:20 PM
For the summative, the quality of your project is vital for the success of your grade. The finished product should be put into binders with good copies of works that look professional & organized.
MLA - modern language association
typically, a business letter uses arial or times new roman 10-12 size
first thing on the top of your business letter is the date, on the left hand side. Use a consistent format the whole way through. Next is the senders' address.
However there are times when you don't put it such as when you already have a letterhead. After the senders' address is the recipients' address. Afterwards is the salutations (e.g Dear ____, To Whom It May Concern, etc). Be as specific as possible. Sometimes you can put the senders' address on the bottom after your closing regards (Sincerely,) to personalize the letter further but its up to you.
Body of your letter has 3 parts: Introduction, Middle, Conclusion.
Introduction: introduces why you are writing the letter. This has to be important and convincing so that they will continue reading your letter. It tells the reader why you are writing to them.
Middle: convincing them. Supporting your points.
Conclusion: ends off the letter.
Everything is left justified.
For more information, go to this site: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/653/01/
Many samples on the internet so be sure to check them out. Make sure they are in MLA format.
Signature block will have your phone number & perhaps, also your address.
Letterhead is seperate, it can be any font & creative. letterhead should not have a date.
Proper MLA format you either indent each paragraph or you put a space in between each letter but
NEVER BOTH. (usually better if you put a space between)
Assignment :
Writing a business letter in mail merge format
- 5 potential people you want to solicit your business to
- convince the people (e.g. offer them first product half price, etc)
- conclude by thanking them for the time that they took to read the letter
Final Product:
1 Printed Letter
Electronally handing in the data set, the original letter and the five letters sent are among these files too.
Goal for summative:
- prove to Mr. Case that you can use all the tools that we've learned
- convince him that the business will succeed because of your knowledge that you learned this year in BTT
- sell the business, prove that you're serious
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Guys let's do good things for this summative and impress Mr. Case so that we can be proud of our accomplishment!
Goodbye,
- Serena
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