Friday, March 3rd- 7th Grade- Begin Business Letter

Archdale-Trinity Middle School Lesson Plan
Date: 03-03-2017

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 week-  Thursday or Friday

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 review the letter project rubric Review of Letter Parts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTvtmGFWR8g  Independent Exercise @ Students will decide on topic, save letter file, add return address and dateline      5105 Archdale Road      Trinity, NC 27370                                  March 9, 2017 @ Exit Activities 5 through 6 @ Students will make sure Return Address is single spaced. @ Students will include the dateline. @ Students will quadruple space after date. @ Students will research their business/person's name and address. @ Students will type the letter address/inside address @ Students will double space @ Students will type the Saluation @ Students will double space @ Students will type the opening paragraph- Why are you writing
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 Exit Activity 6  Hangman https://www.quia.com/hm/453999.html?AP_rand=1164831821