June+26,+2009

Know and be able to define the meanings/spellings of 8 different vocabulary words.
Outline the steps to write a business letter and begin practicing those steps.

Week #1, Day #5 Warm-up Sentences: 1. my favorite restaurant is burger king 2. please tell me your phone number i will call you tonight

Today's Agenda: 1. 2 Sentence Warm-up. (Write 2 sentences on the board and teach students that each day they will come in and copy the sentences, then correct any mistakes. Today, have students underline nouns, circle verbs and put a box around any adjectives. 2. Students should take out a piece of paper and number it 1-8. Students must spell each word correctly and write a short definition for each word. You can give them a point for each...however you want to do it is fine. 3. Finish all stories, assignments from this past week first. Then, have students turn to page 580-581 in their textbooks and begin the discussion of a business letter. Write the steps on the board and discuss each step with students (translate if necessary). Give students examples of ways to begin and end a business letter as well as the reasons people may need to write a business letter. Also, show them some non-professional letter examples as a way to compare and discuss how these letter are similar and different when compared to a business letter. Finally, if time, brainstorm a reason or two a person would write a business letter and model the steps as you write a class business letter before students complete their own.