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CONNECT, Canada’s Resource Publication on Technology and Adult Literacy Lesson Plans Lesson Plans for the Literacy Lab OBJECTIVES: Students will learn how to write and type a business letter. PREPARATION: Because of the preciseness required in writing an address, this sometimes becomes the most difficult part of a letter for students. First, have them practice writing their own address. It is important to also provide them the opportunity to practice typing their address, because on a computer they must pay close attention to capitalization, punctuation and spacing. If you have Internet access you could have them fill out a form on a webpage to send away for free stuff. Here are some websites that will send you free stuff: Seeds - http://gardencrazy.com (before May 30, 2000) Huggies coupons - http:// www.huggies.com/diaperswipes/ specialoffers/ Imperfect T-shirts- http:// www.petrix.com/shirt/index.html Pen, colouring book, golf tees - http://dbdec.nrc.state.ne.us/ cornstalk/form.html Physical Activity Guide to Healthy Active Living - http:// www.paguide.com/english/ onlineorder.html (Just so teachers don't feel left out, here is a website of free stuff for teachers: http:// www.thecanadianteacher.com/) After each student has mastered typing their own address, then have them type other Writing for Free Stuff by Diane McCargar based on an idea from Shiela Trivisonno addresses including business addresses. You may want to provide them with an address written in a paragraph and have students collect the information and write it in the correct format for a letter. For example, Maria Valdez lives in Toronto. She just started working as a nurse at The General Hospital. She works in the Cardiac Care Unit. The hospital is located at 234 Main Street and the postal code is K3N 2J3. What is her business address? PROCEDURE: After students have mastered typing addresses, then they can move on to typing letters. Learning to type letters on the computer is a very practical lesson that you may have used previously, but what about asking students to write a business letter to a company requesting free stuff. This is a great way to motivate students. Many companies will send you free product samples or promotional materials that your students could use. For example, your students could write away for: Egg recipes EGGS 7195 Millcreek Drive Mississauga, ON L5N 4H1 O Canada bookmark and a Paper Canadian flag Public Affairs Citizenship and Immigration 365 Laurier Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1L1 Stop smoking information Quit 4 Life Health Canada Publications Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9 Oceans Day poster National Wildlife Week poster (available in French) Canadian Wildlife Federation Resource Centre 2740 Queensview Drive Ottawa, Ontario K2B 1A2 Map of food production in Canada and I Spy Farm & Food Fun Game (bilingual) Publications, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada 930 Carling Avenue, Rm. B-118 Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C7 Road, family and home safety checklists Safe Kids Canada 180 Dundas Street West Suite 1300 Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8 EXTENSIONS: Students may wonder why companies are willing to send them something for free. They should understand that their name and address may be used by the company to try to sell them products in the future. This is a perfect segway into a unit on shady promotional campaigns. As far as we’re aware, all of the products mentioned above will be sent completely free of charge and do not obligate you to purchase any other products, but consumer beware! Volume 3, Issue 6
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CONNECT, Canada’s Resource Publication on Technology and Adult Literacy
Lesson PlansLesson Plans for the Literacy Lab
OBJECTIVES:Students will learn how to
write and type a business letter.PREPARATION:
Because of the precisenessrequired in writing an address, thissometimes becomes the mostdifficult part of a letter forstudents. First, have them practicewriting their own address. It isimportant to also provide them theopportunity to practice typing theiraddress, because on a computerthey must pay close attention tocapitalization, punctuation andspacing. If you have Internetaccess you could have them fill outa form on a webpage to send awayfor free stuff. Here are somewebsites that will send you freestuff:Seeds - http://gardencrazy.com(before May 30, 2000)Huggies coupons - http://www.huggies.com/diaperswipes/specialoffers/Imperfect T-shirts- http://www.petrix.com/shirt/index.htmlPen, colouring book, golf tees -http://dbdec.nrc.state.ne.us/cornstalk/form.htmlPhysical Activity Guide toHealthy Active Living - http://www.paguide.com/english/onlineorder.html(Just so teachers don't feel left out,here is a website of free stuff forteachers: http://www.thecanadianteacher.com/)
After each student hasmastered typing their own address,then have them type other
Writing for Free Stuffby Diane McCargar based on
an idea from Shiela Trivisonno
addresses including businessaddresses. You may want toprovide them with an addresswritten in a paragraph and havestudents collect the informationand write it in the correct formatfor a letter.For example,
Maria Valdez lives inToronto. She just started workingas a nurse at The GeneralHospital. She works in theCardiac Care Unit. The hospital islocated at 234 Main Street and thepostal code is K3N 2J3. What isher business address?PROCEDURE:
After students have masteredtyping addresses, then they canmove on to typing letters.Learning to type letters on thecomputer is a very practical lessonthat you may have used previously,but what about asking students towrite a business letter to acompany requesting free stuff.This is a great way to motivatestudents. Many companies willsend you free product samples orpromotional materials that yourstudents could use. For example,your students could write away for:Egg recipesEGGS7195 Millcreek DriveMississauga, ON L5N 4H1O Canada bookmark and aPaper Canadian flagPublic AffairsCitizenship and Immigration365 Laurier AvenueOttawa, Ontario K1A 1L1
Stop smoking informationQuit 4 LifeHealth Canada PublicationsOttawa, Ontario K1A 0K9Oceans Day posterNational Wildlife Weekposter (available in French)Canadian Wildlife FederationResource Centre2740 Queensview DriveOttawa, Ontario K2B 1A2Map of food productionin Canada and I Spy Farm &Food Fun Game (bilingual)Publications, Agriculture &Agri-Food Canada930 Carling Avenue, Rm. B-118Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C7Road, family and homesafety checklistsSafe Kids Canada180 Dundas Street WestSuite 1300Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8EXTENSIONS:
Students may wonder whycompanies are willing to send themsomething for free. They shouldunderstand that their name andaddress may be used by thecompany to try to sell themproducts in the future. This is aperfect segway into a unit on shadypromotional campaigns. As far aswe’re aware, all of the productsmentioned above will be sentcompletely free of charge and donot obligate you to purchase anyother products, but consumerbeware!
Volume 3, Issue 6
