Topic: Business Writing - Business Correspondance Application

Learning Objectives:

1.1 Apply business communication theory in written communication.

1.3 Use appropriate patterns of organization to meet the needs of given business communication situations.

1.4 Use Standard English and plain language in workplace documents.

4.1 Review and apply Standard English rules and norms.

4.2 Review and apply plain language style.

4.3 Practice and apply a variety of editing and proofreading strategies.

Scenario:

You have been assigned a group presentation. Your group has 5 members and during your first meeting, you all decided who would do what. This means you distributed the work fairly and evenly to each member of the group. Knowing what everyone is responsible for you all left and agreed to meet again the following week to check on the progress each group member has made with the work they had to complete. During the next meeting, you learn that 2 group members did nothing to prepare for the meeting and for the group presentation. Your presentation is due in 3 days and your group does not have enough time to complete the work and to prepare a good presentation. WHAT DO YOU DO!!?? You decide to email your instructor, Kristy Matthews, to ask for an extension.

Instructions:

1. Read the scenario above, very carefully. Identify the key information to know the situation completely.
2. Compose (create/encode) an email to your instructor. The purpose of your email is to ask for an extension for your group presentation. Remember you must include details that help your instructor to know what the situation is and why you should be given an extension. *Your email must contain the 5 parts of an email that we covered in the week-3 learning materials. (Subject line, Greeting, Message, Closing, and Signature) *Remember the guidelines for contacting an instructor from your orientation materials posted in week 1.
3. Before sending your email, make sure you read it, review it, and correct any mistakes.