A movie that always makes feel happy and hopeful.
Harvey, 1950, main actor Jimmy Stewart
Hilary and Jacquie
The Green Mile
12 Angry Men
TV- sitcom - situation comedy Everybody Loves Raymond
Life is Beautiful 1997, Italian actor Roberto Beningi
A Clockwork Orange Stanley Kubrick
The Color Purple star Whoopi Goldberg
I responded to your emails.
Allan Haley (he,him)
Joe Chen(they, them)
Today’s Agenda
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Attendance
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Begin business letter writing
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Test paragraph – opinion (last 50m)
You can take the article out if you want
to.
Don’t copy from it.
“ “,
phrase 2-3 words, not a sentence
Friday
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“Self-Assessment Reflection” Week 7
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Vocabulary
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Business writing
traditional business letters – practical
writing skills, not academic, not school writing- not high school, college
different modes of writing, different purposes,
different intentions
-school/academic writing – writing a paragraph
or essay, writing about a short story, poem, novel, narrative, definition,
descriptive, process, opinion/persuasive
-business letters- living in Canada, everyday
useful writing - practical writing for work, writing for business, writing for
government issues, writing for immigration, writing for tax, writing for job
applications (cover letters), writing for complaints, writing advocacy letters
People take your writing more seriously when
it is a nice format.
-official writing, more formal, not casual
Even emails can benefit from using the more
formal style of a business letter
–sets a professional tone, serious tone, courteous
tone, respectful tone, mature tone
e.g. Student emails to teachers.-
What!!!????
what day the class end
im gonna miss class today what u gonna do in
class?
Very unprofessional looking.
We can do better.
A more professional and more formal tone and
structure is advised.
I tend to err on the side of formality.
-polite
-not too casual
-sets a good tone
-respectful
-sounds mature
REASONS TO WRITE A BUSINESS-TYPE LETTER
1. interdepartmental letters (within a
company)
2. cover letter for a resume (special style)
WorkBC https://www.workbc.ca/search-and-prepare-job/job-application-tips/resume-and-cover-letter
MOSAIC workshops
ISS workshops
VPL workshops https://vpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events?q=resume
3. application letters to colleges and
universities
In the Fall and Spring, many of our Grade 12
students are frantic about getting applications in to colleges and
universities. The letters that they write are very important. I remember
spending about two hours cowriting a letter with an English 12 student for her
application to UBC.
4. letter to a government agency, Canadian
government or the government of another country (e.g. Canada Revenue Agency
(CRA), Immigration Canada, Canada Pension, City Hall)
NOTE: Communicating with Canada Revenue Agency
(CRA) is really difficult.
VOCAB Last Will and Testament, name your
beneficiaries
beneficiaries- the people who get your $ and
estate when you die, usually spouse or children
*It’s very important to have a will.
5. employer/manager/boss (e.g. ask for a promotion,
ask for a transfer, ask for a raise, ask for a personal leave, intention to quit)
IDIOM Don’t burn bridges!
6. business person
7. court (e.g. jury duty)
8. lawyer
9. writing to your child’s teacher
10. report to a supervisor
11. incident report (e.g to police or insurance,
ICBC)
12. getting airline tickets refunded
13. medical insurance
14. writing to your MLA or MP (government representative)
15. compliant letter to a company
Have you ever written a letter like that?
FORMAL, not
casual like a personal letter
Formal – organized
(clear structure), official-looking, appropriate tone, appropriate language,
unemotional, a little bit of emotion can be effective (less is more)
ChatGPT is a
great tool to create a first draft. You can personalize it.
FORMAT OF A
BUSINESS LETTER
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Distribute “Business Correspondence” p.c.
Use A4 paper,
8 ½ X 11” unlined paper
WRITE YOUR COMPANY
NAME AND ADDRESS
AT THE TOP
OF THE PAGE
Mei Zhou
Mei (Sarah)
Zhou (brackets)
Mei “Sarah”
Zhou “Sarah” not legal name, the name
that you prefer
Real estate
ads
Wing “Eddie”
Chan I go by Eddy.
Allan Haley
GIVEN NAME FIRST
NAME FAMILY NAME LAST NAME
Zhou, Mei
“Sarah”
Haley, Allan
Zhou, Ming
FAMILY NAME,
GIVEN NAME – I would not do it this way in a letter
Allan Haley
Double-barreled
names
Julia Castillo-Rodriquez
Clara Ling
Haley Lo Yan
She goes by
Clara Haley
Shira Haddad
Apt#23, 666 Maple
Street
Vancouver,
BC
Canada
V5P 2B6
Keiko
Nishizawa
2001 Hizume
Nagano-shi
Japan
12345
SKIP A LINE
July 25, 2025
SKIP A LINE
THE NAME,
TITLE AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON YOU ARE WRITING TO
THE
RECIPIENT
Mary
Williamson, director
Shaw
Communications
123 Cordova
Street
Vancouver,
BC
V5R 2D2
Re/RE: Client/Reference/Case/Account/Purchase # 4722859
(Re-regarding)
OPEN YOUR LETTER WITH A GREETING, SALUTATION
CHOOSING THE TITLE CAN BE TRICKY: Mr? Mrs? Ms?
Mr? Mrs? Ms? Robin Smith
Dear Robin Smith:
Dear Hui Yu Chen,
Dear Toni Campbell:
Dear Tony Campbell:
Sikh religion
Singh- man
Kaur- woman
NEW THING- gender pronouns
Allan Haley (he/him) - state your pronouns
she/her they/them
they/them – singular pronoun
LGBTQ+
If you don’t know who you are writing to:
LAST RESORT/ last option for the salutation:
To whom it may concern,
Dear Sir or Madam,
-very impersonal, not very friendly
MY ADVICE: Call the place and ask.
Hi there, WAY TOO VERY CASUAL AND FRIENDLY
CONTINUE TOMORROW
Test 4
Devices and notes away.
You can have the article out.
Write an opinion paragraph of at least 150 words on the following
topic.
Should credentials from foreign-trained immigrants be
recognized by Canadian employers?
Paragraph- opinion
(150-200ww)
Grabber
Topic sentence
3-4 points
Concluding sentence
