Personal E-mail

Write a personal e-mail to the audience of your choice. This is not just any e-mail, it has a few academic requirements. Utilize your text, Pocket Keys for Writers Pages 214-235 to help you compose and include the listed components:

1.    Write and organize this e-mail like a written letter. Include a subject heading, greeting, and a closing with your name.

2.    Your e-mail must be at least 250 words, but no longer than 500 words.

3.    Appropriately insert at least ONE (you may use them multiple times) of each of the following punctuation marks: period, exclamation point, question mark, colon, semi-colon, apostrophe, comma, quotation marks (see pages 214-235).

4.    Include the use of at least ONE capitalized proper noun for a person, and one capitalized proper noun for a place. Bold these. (page 231-232)

5.    Include TWO different types of abbreviation. Bold these. (first using the terms in full, see page 232-233)

6.    Include the use of a date, and spelled out numbers. Bold these. (pages 233-234).

Here are a few scenarios, or you may be creative and think of your own! 

Ø  Write to a family member with plans for next year’s family reunion.

Ø  Write to a group of people interested in a book study you plan to lead. 

Ø  Write to a group of friends to plan a local day outing to a museum/theme park, etc.