Tuesday, April 5th- 7th Grade- 9 Parts of a Letter

Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 04-05-2016

Teacher:	Witkowski
Lesson/Unit Topic:	Understanding Word formatting skills- Business Letters
Standards:	Understanding Word formatting skills- Business Letters

“I Can…” Statement	Criteria for Success-Formative/Summative Assessments
I can format a business letter. Test next Monday.

Literacy/Vocabulary Strategies (Word Wall)
Personal—Business Letter  A personal-business letter is a letter that is sent from an individual using their home address to a person or business/organization. If you have a complaint against a company, you would send them a personal business letter about why you are upset.   :( http://www.sampleletterpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/letter-of-complaint.jpg
Bell-Ringer/Connecting Strategy
1. Go to wclassroom.blogspot.com 2. Go to Student Docs then Witkowski folder then Word Processing folder then open 5 Letters PowerPoint
Lesson-Instructional Strategies & Procedures for Teacher and Students (Detailed Plans Including Best Practices, Researched Based Strategies)
Guided Lesson: @ Go to Student Docs then Witkowski folder then Word folder then open 5 Letters PowerPoint  @ Miss W will explain the 9 different parts of a business letter (see slide 18) @ Students will write 2 inch margin on the top of their letter chart @ Students will write 1 inch margin on the sides and bottom of their letter chart. @ Students will write DS for double space and QS for quadruple space in the appropriate areas.  (See slide 19) Independent Exercise @ Exit Activities 2 through 5 @ Candy challenge- parts of a letter If time discuss letter project: nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTvtmGFWR8g
Higher Order Thinking Questions
How are business letters formatted?
Student Technology/Differentiation
Students will review how to format a business letter.
Closure Strategy
Exit Activity 1   Parts of a Letter (6 items) https://www.quia.com/rd/236522.html?AP_rand=473995650 Exit Activity 2   Parts of a Letter (9 items) https://www.quia.com/rd/281779.html?AP_rand=1210802607 Exit Activity 3 Matching  https://www.quia.com/mc/2140159.html Exit Activity 4  Rags to Riches easy https://www.quia.com/rr/1008037.html?AP_rand=16414573 Exit Activity 5 Rags to Riches (hard) https://www.quia.com/rr/638700.html?AP_rand=805747047