WI567 Class 35

 

Today’s Agenda

·      Attendance

·      Test4 – Paragraph - opinion/persuasive writing

·      Business letters

·      Continue adjective clauses-

 

Tuesday

·      Business letters

·      Continue adjective clauses-

 

Wednesday

·      Quiz5- adj cl

·      Begin essay

 

Thursday

·      Essay work

 

Friday

·      Essay work

 

Final week

Thursday

·      Optional replacement quiz and/or test.

 

Friday- last day

·      One-on-one meets

·      Final marks and comments

*You will be able to see you final marks. You will be get a report card from the office the following week.

 

Coming up in the final two weeks

·      Sentence combining

·      Essays – five-paragraph model

·      Essay types        compare/contrast

persuasive

literary?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test4

Pen

Doublespace

Phones and devices away

Write a persuasive/opinion paragraph of at least 150 words on one of the topics.

Pass in by 1:06

Choose one topic:

1.    Which make better pets: dogs or cats?

2.    Should college and university be free for Canadian residents?

 

Break until 1:15

 

 

 

traditional business letters – practical writing skills, not academic, not school writing

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

 

People take your wriitng  more seriously when it is a nice format.

 

-official writing, more formal, not casual writing

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

 

REASONS TO WRITE A BUSINESS-TYPE LETTER

1. interdepartmental letters (within a company)

2. cover letter for a resume (special style)

https://ca.indeed.com/career-advice/resumes-cover-letters/cover-letter-format?aceid=&gclid=CjwKCAjwtuOlBhBREiwA7agf1jzuMU7oPQn0MdB3uQ7m8e0xCgYSZHHYoRE3fMHtGdp7iK1vYl9rdRoCsTYQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

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.

5. employer/manager/boss (e.g. promotion, transfer, raise, personal leave, quit)

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

 

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.

photo filter-

 

 

 

FORMAT OF A BUSINESS LETTER

·      Distribute “Business Correspondence” p.c.

Use A4 paper, 8 ½ X 11” unlined paper

 

WRITE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS

AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE

 

Mei Zhou

Mei (Sarah) Zhou

Mei “Sarah” Zhou     “Sarah” not legal name, the name that you prefer

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

 

Double-barreled names

Julia Castillo-Rodriquez

 

Allan, Haley

Haley, Allan

 

MIddle name – Allan Garnet Haley. I go by Allan.

 

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, 2023

 

SKIP A LINE

 

THE NAME, TITLE AND ADDRESS OF THE PERSON YOU ARE WRITING TO

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:

 

Hui Yu Chen

 

 

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

 

If you don’t know who you are writing to:

LAST RESORT/ last option for the salutation:

To whom it may concern,

-very impersonal, not very friendly

MY ADVICE: Call the place and ask.

 

 

Hi there, WAY TOO VERY CASUAL AND FRIENDLY

 

Dear Sir or Madam,

-quite impersonal, not the best first choice

 

GOOD SUGGESTIONS: Call and ask. Find them on LinkedIn.

LinkedIn is like Facebook for professionals

 

 

 

Dear Grandma,        comma for a personal letter ,

                                         comma- friendly, casual, not formal, not business

 

Dear Sarah Chen:                   colon for a business letter :

                                                   more formal, not friendly, business

 

You can decide     , OR :

 

CONTINUE TOMORROW