How to write an

email

Purpose?

ms sklarow

Pls can you take my paper I know its late but I really need the grade so my parents don’t get mad pls pls pls pls thnak ou

And again…

So i was looking on e School today and i saw that my overall average for the class is 85.55. So i scrolled down to see why i didn't have at least a 95 so i was scrolling down and i saw that i got a 50/100 on my first minor assessment. I was a bit angry (It was 27 percentage points below the class average) So i would like to know how i got such a miserable grade because i thought i would get at least 85% since it was our first one and did ok on it. 

Group Challenge

In small groups, talk about the scenarios that appears on the board. Write an email to best address each of the issues brought up!

Scenario 1

• You are a high school student who received a 72% on a paper you worked really hard on. You thought you deserved at least an A or a B and you don’t know where you went wrong. Your teacher said her grades are final, but it is really bringing your overall grade down. Write an email to address this issue.

Scenario 2• You work at a job you really

don’t like. You found another job to switch over to, but you feel bad about quitting because you know your boss needs people. Write an email letting your boss know that you are quitting.

Scenario 3

• A girl or boy at your school gets bullied a lot. In fact, some of your own best friends are the ones doing the bullying. You have a class with this boy/girl and he/she looked really upset today. You don’t feel comfortable talking to him/her in person, but you do want to let him/her know you are not the one saying things. You decide to contact him/her by email instead to work it all out.

Scenario 4

• You are a high school teacher. In class, you are going to be talking about a controversial issue soon. You feel it is important for the student to learn about it. However, you don’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable, so you decide to send an email out to parents.

Different parts of an email

Greeting- Dear, Hi, Hello __________________,

Intro.- Tell us who you are!! This is, my name is…

Purpose- Why are you writing this email?

Explanation- More details and thinking about what’s going on

Closing- Sincerely, Have a great day, Have a nice weekend…

My Model

Your task

•Independently, create your own scenario involving 2 or more people

•Write a chain of AT LEAST 2 EMAILS between people sorting out the issue in the scenario you created

First, the scenario…

• Use the graphic organizer to plan your scenario

• Think about

- Who is involved?

- What is the issue?

- How many email exchanges will there be?

Model Graphic Organizer

Then, start the emails!

•Start drafting your emails, including all of the essential parts of an email. Don’t worry, our anchor chart will be hanging up so you can make sure you aren’t missing anything!

Model Emails