Lesson 20 — Activity 1: Assignment
Completion requirements
In this assignment, using the information from the activity page and the example in the Flash Activity, write a letter to a company to express either your happiness or unhappiness with one of their products.
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
You may use a computer or paper to complete this assignment.
1. You can type your work directly into the assignment box on the next
page by clicking the "add submission" button under the orange box at the
bottom of this page.
2. If you typed your work in a separate Word document, save your document, and either send it to your teacher as an e-mail attachment or print it off and hand it in to your teacher so it can be marked.
3. You can also choose to complete a hand-written assignment on a piece of paper. If so, please hand in your assignment to your teacher so it can be marked.
See the Marking Guide below to see how your teacher will grade this assignment.
In this assignment, using the information from the activity page and the example in the Flash Activity, write a letter to a company to express either your happiness or unhappiness with one of their products.
For
example, if you recently bought a piece of music and really like it,
you might want to write to either the recording company or the music
group to express how happy you are with their recording.
Remember to use the
Your Mailing Address (Do NOT place your name here on any business letter!)
Your Community, Your Province
Your Postal Code
The Date You are Writing the Letter
The Employer's Name — Find out exactly who you should send the letter to.
The Employer's Position or Job Title
The Name of the Business or Company
The Street Address or Box Number
The Community, The Province
The Postal Code
Dear Mr. <Employer's Last Name>: or Dear Ms. <Employer's Last Name>:
Tell why you are writing the letter in the first paragraph. Indicate your purpose in writing the letter — you want to apply for a job, or you may want to order something, or you are requesting that some product be repaired, for example.
In the second paragraph, explain the reasons the person you are writing to should consider your request.
(In a cover letter, this is a summary of your strong qualities. In a
letter of complaint, you may include the details about why your widget
no longer performs satisfactorily.)
In the third paragraph, include any other related information. (You may not need this paragraph).
In your closing paragraph, thank the person for listening to what you have written and tell precisely what action you expect.
You might indicate that you can be reached at a certain phone number in
the case of a job application, or you might request a replacement of
that widget in a letter of complaint, for example.
Sincerely,
Leave a space for your signature. (Hit your enter key four times.)
Your Name
When done, review using the
Your Mailing Address (Do NOT place your name here on any business letter!)
Your Community, Your Province
Your Postal Code
The Date You are Writing the Letter
The Employer's Name — Find out exactly who you should send the letter to.
The Employer's Position or Job Title
The Name of the Business or Company
The Street Address or Box Number
The Community, The Province
The Postal Code
Dear Mr. <Employer's Last Name>: or Dear Ms. <Employer's Last Name>:
Tell why you are writing the letter in the first paragraph. Indicate your purpose in writing the letter — you want to apply for a job, or you may want to order something, or you are requesting that some product be repaired, for example.
In the second paragraph, explain the reasons the person you are writing to should consider your request. (In a cover letter, this is a summary of your strong qualities. In a letter of complaint, you may include the details about why your widget no longer performs satisfactorily.)
In the third paragraph, include any other related information. (You may not need this paragraph).
In your closing paragraph, thank the person for listening to what you have written and tell precisely what action you expect. You might indicate that you can be reached at a certain phone number in the case of a job application, or you might request a replacement of that widget in a letter of complaint, for example.
Sincerely,
Leave a space for your signature. (Hit your enter key four times.)
Your Name
Your Community, Your Province
Your Postal Code
The Date You are Writing the Letter
The Employer's Name — Find out exactly who you should send the letter to.
The Employer's Position or Job Title
The Name of the Business or Company
The Street Address or Box Number
The Community, The Province
The Postal Code
Dear Mr. <Employer's Last Name>: or Dear Ms. <Employer's Last Name>:
Tell why you are writing the letter in the first paragraph. Indicate your purpose in writing the letter — you want to apply for a job, or you may want to order something, or you are requesting that some product be repaired, for example.
In the second paragraph, explain the reasons the person you are writing to should consider your request. (In a cover letter, this is a summary of your strong qualities. In a letter of complaint, you may include the details about why your widget no longer performs satisfactorily.)
In the third paragraph, include any other related information. (You may not need this paragraph).
In your closing paragraph, thank the person for listening to what you have written and tell precisely what action you expect. You might indicate that you can be reached at a certain phone number in the case of a job application, or you might request a replacement of that widget in a letter of complaint, for example.
Sincerely,
Leave a space for your signature. (Hit your enter key four times.)
Your Name
Checklist Items: Read through each item and review your work.
I read my written piece aloud to see where to stop or pause for periods, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas.
I checked for capitals at the beginning of sentences.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
My sentences are complete thoughts and contain a
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
and a
a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
I checked spelling and fixed the words that didn’t look right.
a word that is used to name a person, place, thing, or idea
a word that expresses "action," events, or states of being
You may use a computer or paper to complete this assignment.
Please do one of the following:
1. You can type your work directly into the assignment box on the next
page by clicking the "add submission" button under the orange box at the
bottom of this page.
2. If you typed your work in a separate Word document, save your document, and either send it to your teacher as an e-mail attachment or print it off and hand it in to your teacher so it can be marked.
3. You can also choose to complete a hand-written assignment on a piece of paper. If so, please hand in your assignment to your teacher so it can be marked.
See the Marking Guide below to see how your teacher will grade this assignment.
Marking Guide:
This assignment is worth 15 marks. Marks will be awarded as follows:
- Student's Address — 2 marks
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Date — 1 mark
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Company Name and Address — 2 marks
-
Salutation — 1 mark
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Letter contains at least two paragraphs — 2 marks
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Closing and Signature — 2 marks
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Overall content of letter — 5 marks
This assignment is worth 15 marks. Marks will be awarded as follows:
- Student's Address — 2 marks
- Date — 1 mark
- Company Name and Address — 2 marks
- Salutation — 1 mark
- Letter contains at least two paragraphs — 2 marks
- Closing and Signature — 2 marks
- Overall content of letter — 5 marks