Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Bad News Letters

I really liked this demonstration today. I loved the introductory writing activity and am thinking of how to adapt this in both of my classes when teaching tone in writing. I think it might be good to tie in Letters from a Nut when I do this. I already have read some of the letters to my students and after today, I think they may like doing something with this in class. My sophomores struggle with letter writing and my AP students struggle with incorporating tone in their essays. This will help them.

I liked the style of introducing a random letter about anything with only one rule: it has to be negative. This allows students to focus on their thoughts and work out any kinks in their writing before tackling a more professional letter.

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