BUSINESS LETTER WRITING LESSON PLAN

 

Teaching Materials

• Lesson - Business Writing Introduction (see below for printable lesson)

• Commas editing article drill worksheet

 

Prerequisite:

Understand basic usage conventions such as the way parts of speech function in sentences, etc.

 

Procedure:

Teachers may either print out the lesson and have students read it themselves, or use the lesson for giving your own business writing lesson.

 

Important points to highlight:

• Language and usage conventions change over time – use the comma before “and” at the end of a list as an example.

• Why it’s important to have error-free business writing (the fact that business documents and correspondence reflect back on the company as well as the writer).

• The general rule of thumb.

• Places commas shouldn’t go.

• Places commas must go.

• The three most common ways to correctly connect complete sentences.

• What is restrictive vs. non-restrictive information.

• Each of the rules listed.

 

 

 

 

Lesson Printable Materials - Worksheets

Print out the teaching lesson pages and exercise worksheets for use with this lesson:

 

1. BUSINESS WRITING INTRODUCTION LESSON - COMMAS USAGE
	Business Writing Lesson - Commas Usage This is an introduction to business writing --  a lesson on comma usage.
2. BUSINESS WRITING - COMMAS STUDENT EXERCISE
	Business Writing - Commas Student Exercise * The following article has been modified, though, and has also had all it’s commas removed. Students need to edit the article by placing commas in all the right places. Note, in order to achieve this, they will have to consider the content – by making assumptions about what the writer is trying to say. Just make sure you can back up your choices with the rules in the lesson. (Hint – there is at least one place in the article for each rule where commas SHOULD go.)
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