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Email Writing

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Students review rules of writing emails for letters, informal to a friend and formal.  In this writing activity, students sort email strips into these categories and then review examples of good and bad semi-formal emails. Students work in pairs to compose an email to city information center asking for information about the city. Students exchange and proofread classmates emails. A list of "do's" and "don'ts" for writing is included.

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5th - 7th
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English Language Arts
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