We
will get started at 8:30.
Cameras
on. Mics muted.
Tuesday
– begin essay work
Wednesday-
continue essay work
Thursday
– Write an essay (worth 10 points)
Friday
– Begin review of sentences, paragraphs, essays, literary work
Next
week is our final half a week:
Monday-
Continue review of sentences, paragraphs, essays, literary work
Tuesday
– Final test – paragraph (worth 6 points)
Wednesday-
Marks day. You can email during class time and I will send you back your final
mark.
Today’s
agenda:
1.
Go over some examples of business letters
2.
Essay module
3.
Leftover grammar – parallelism, sent comb
Example of business letters
Example#1
Joanna Xu
3333 Seymour ST
Vancouver, BC
V7M 0K5
June 21 2021
Robin Smith
Principal, Happy Kids School
4568 Meadowlark Lane
Burnaby, BC
V7J 1F8
To Principal Smith:
I would like to request an
interview for the job that you posted for a teacher for kids age 4-6. I can be
available any workday to the interview.
I graduated from preschool
education major and I have worked in kindergarten for ten years. I’m very eager
to work at Happy Kids School in the future.
Best regards,
Joanna Xu
14-16 point font is a pretty good choice for font size
Example#2
May Shi
1234 Happy
Drive
Burnaby, BC
V6V 6V6
June 21, 2021
Ms. Robin
Smith,
Principal,
Happy Kids School
4568
Meadowlark Lane
Burnaby, BC
V7J1F8
RE: Request an
interview for a teacher for kids aged 4-6.
Dear Ms.
Smith:
I saw the open
position adversing posted by you on bcjobs for a teacher for
kids aged 4-6. I am very interested in this job, so I am requesting an
interview for it.
I used to work
in the Butterfly Kindergarten in Toronto
for five years.
My work was
highly praise by the school and parents. I also have a certificate of Early
Childhood Education from Toronto Community College six years ago.
I am looking
forward to hearing from you. Thank you!
Your
sincerely,
May Shi
RE: regarding
: business
, personal
Example#3
Vivian
Duarte
1256
Granville Street
Vancouver,
BC
V6Z
1M4
June
21, 2021
Robin
Smith, Principal
Happy
Kids School
4568
Meadowlark Lane
Burnaby,
BC
V7J
1F8
Dear
Robin Smith:
I
am writing to express my interest in the teacher position at Happy Kids School.
I was excited after reviewing the position requirements when I stumbled across
the job posting on X. I am a happy, self-motivated, strong woman with more than
5 years of classroom experience, and I am confident that I will be able to meet
and exceed your expectation. For work references, please feel free to ask me,
and I will provide them.
I
would welcome the chance to discuss further the work at Happy Kids School. I am
excited to move ahead with an interview to discuss the possibility of me
joining the teacher team. I am available to interview at your convenience.
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Best,
Vivian
Duarte
ADVICE:
You can use this more formal format for any kind of important letter.
I
use a more formal style even for important emails relating to work or business.
A
formal style make you sound organized and professional. You can always get
casual later.
IMPORTANT
ADVICE: Get somebody else to proofread your letter before you send it. Fresh
eyes can see things that you missed: grammar, spelling, tone, word choice. It
is good to have a friend or teacher who you can ask to proofread.
One
piece of dark chocolate – my price.
**
IMPORTANT ADVICE: If at all possible, keep a business letter to one page. I
often spend a lot of time editting a long business letter down a single page.
Email
correspondence:
**
Subject Line is very important**
Yours
truly,
Al
Haley
604
817 1234
Essays- I emailed you some documents this morning. Check
your email.
Sentences – paragraphs – essays
Essay – (French ‘to try’) –
multiparagraph – several paragraphs, at least three, up to six
or seven?
-most basic kind of essay is a five-paragraph essay, most
recognizable kind of essay
Three section in a essay:
Introductory paragraph
Body paragraphs – 1 big body paragraph, 2,3,4 smaller body
paragraphs
Concluding paragraph
From the
old English 12 Provincial exam: “a
coherent, unified,
multi-paragraph (3
or more paragraphs) composition of at least 300
words”
paragraph – 150-200 words
essay – 300+ words (35 minutes)
You will get faster and more efficient with practice.
Practice makes perfect.
Different formats, different purposes:
Essay writing (school
writing) – indent paragraphs, don’t put
spaces between paragraphs
Business letter
writing (official– don’t indent
paragraphs, put space between paragraphs
Journalism (newspaper writing) - totally different style of writing
Songwriting -another
different style
Poetry -
different formats and styles
HOMEWORK: Review the documents I emailed to you. We will talk
about PREWRITING and WRITING tomorrow.
1.PREWRITING – planning your essay, making a little plan to
organize what you want to say in each paragraph in your essay
2.WRITING- actually writing the sentences and paragraphs
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