Business Writing
Business Writing Worksheets and Lesson Plans for Teachers
Classroom-ready lessons for teaching the writing and communication skills every workplace expects — business letters, preparing to write, professional writing guidelines, persuasive writing, and effective communication. Grades 6–12.
About This Section
Clear writing and communication are among the most valued skills in any workplace. This section gathers MoneyInstructor business-writing lessons that teach students to write professionally — formatting a business letter, preparing before they write, following writing guidelines, and making a persuasive case — plus the communication skills behind effective messages.
The lessons suit middle and high school business, English, and career classes. Each card shows the resource type and what’s included free vs. with a MoneyInstructor membership.
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Business writing lessons for the classroom
Printable lessons and worksheets from the MoneyInstructor business-writing library — the core writing skills, then the communication skills behind them.
Business Writing
Writing a Business Letter
The parts of a formal business letter — salutation, inside address, body, closing — and how to format one.
Grades 6–12 · Worksheet + Answer Key · Free Lesson / Member Worksheet
Preparing to Write
Why business writing matters and the questions to ask about your goal and audience before you write.
Grades 9–12 · Lesson + Worksheet · Free Lesson / Member Worksheet
Effective Business Writing Guidelines
Guidelines for professional writing — accuracy, correct grammar, and thinking about how words are read.
Grades 9–12 · Lesson + Worksheet · Free Lesson / Member Worksheet
Persuasive Writing
Making your opinion count — building an argument with factual support to persuade your reader.
Grades 9–12 · Lesson + Activity · Free Lesson / Member Worksheet
Effective Writing Skills for Business
The process behind clear, concise business writing — reader, aim, organization — plus an error-correction exercise.
Grades 9–12 · Lesson + worksheet · Free Lesson / Member Worksheet
Correcting Business Grammar
A practical proofreading guide to the grammar errors that trip people up most — commas, apostrophes, agreement, tense.
Grades 9–12 · Lesson + worksheet · Free Lesson / Member Worksheet
Research Writing
What research writing is and how to plan a project by choosing a focused, workable topic with quality sources.
Grades 9–12 · Lesson + worksheet · Free Lesson / Member WorksheetCommunication
Effective Communication
How messages are encoded, sent, received, and confirmed — and the huge role of body language.
Grades 9–12 · Lesson + Activity · Free Lesson / Member Worksheet
Understanding Audience Psychology
Why a good speech is audience-centered — egocentrism, frame of reference, and identification.
Grades 9–12 · Lesson + Activity · Free Lesson / Member Worksheet
Making Effective Presentations
Prepare and deliver an effective presentation — audience, objective, logical sequence, and handling questions.
Grades 9–12 · Lesson + worksheet · Free Lesson / Member Worksheet
The Communication Process
How public speaking mirrors everyday conversation, the steps a message moves through, and reading audience feedback.
Grades 9–12 · Lesson + worksheet · Free Lesson / Member Worksheet
Ethics in Public Speaking
Why ethics matter in public speaking — the difference between ethics and morals, and a speaker’s responsibilities.
Grades 9–12 · Lesson + worksheet · Free Lesson / Member WorksheetPunctuation & Grammar
Commas
Part 1 — the comma rules that fix the most common business-writing mistakes, including comma splices.
Grades 9–12 · Lesson + worksheet · Free Lesson / Member Worksheet
Hyphens & Punctuation
Part 2 — hyphens, dashes, colons, and semicolons for precise business writing.
Grades 9–12 · Lesson + worksheet · Free Lesson / Member Worksheet
Commonly Misused Words
Part 3 — the word pairs that slip past spell-check: their/there/they’re, its/it’s, affect/effect.
Grades 9–12 · Lesson + worksheet · Free Lesson / Member WorksheetGrade Level Guide
Business writing resources by grade level
The parts of a business letter and how to format one correctly.
Preparing to write, professional writing guidelines, and persuasive writing.
Effective communication and writing for a specific audience.
Workplace-ready writing and communication skills employers expect.
These resources are part of the full MoneyInstructor library
Members get unlimited access to worksheets, lesson plans, and teacher resources across every financial literacy topic — business writing, entrepreneurship, accounting, and more.