“It’s a ‘Mind Your Manners’ Monday!May 17, 2010Mr. Houghteling

Email etiquette mini-lesson.Moving forward with the poem and vignette: Discuss the sample poem.Time to write.Time to peer conference.

Since this is an English class and you are all getting ready to move forward into other parts of your lives, we must take a few minutes and consider how to best communicate through email.

This may seem self-explanatory, but it’s important that you all consider how to write in a professional setting.

TONE does not come through in emails. Or, more specifically, TONE often comes through in a manner in which the writer doesn’t necessarily intend. Therefore, you should remain professional and formal when emailing people such as bosses, professors, or teacher’s assistants.

Remember who you are and what your role in any situation is: student, employee, etc.

NO TEXT TALK. IDCWYAOWYAE.

Write a brief email that reflects TWO of the following scenarios. Keep issues of tone, punctuation, diction, and syntax in mind.

You should have two “emails” total.

Write them on a separate sheet of paper.

Scenario One: You are a student emailing a professor regarding why an assignment has been counted late.

ORScenario Two: You are a student emailing

a professor to find out why you received a certain grade on a final assignment.

ANDScenario Three: You are an employee

emailing your boss to ask for a change in your schedule.

Rough drafts of your VIGNETTE and your POEM are due Wednesday, May 19.

This will give us ample time to focus on PROM, and also enough time for revisions beginning next week.