why is it important to follow e-mail etiquette?

This is a Connect module - which means we'll be focusing on developing a targeted skill. Our skill focus this week is writing proper e-mails, which we will do by immersing ourselves in Dead Poets Society.

Module summary:

• be exposed: learn about proper e-mail etiquette
• practice: watch Dead Poets Society and respond to prompts by e-mail (and discuss e-mail evaluations)
• create: write a final reflection e-mail about effective e-mail etiquette
• reflect: revise reflection e-mail as needed

The Captain says to seize the day with proper e-mails.

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essential questions

1. How do we adapt our communication skills to fulfill an intended purpose?
2. How can electronic publishing change the way we share ideas?

goals

1. Students will understand that we adapt our communication based on purpose or context through our word choice, voice, and sentence and paragraph structure.
2. Students will understand that electronic publishing gives us a plethora of sources to link to our work, allowing us to make deeper and more creative connections between ideas - but that it also opens us to an uncontrolled audience, so we must be careful in how we present our ideas.​

activities

INTRODUCE

• Complete warm up: Write an e-mail to Christine about your day so far
• Review syllabus and module expectations

EXPOSE

• Read and annotate article: "I'm not LMAO at ridiculous e-mails from my students"
• Discuss professional e-mail etiquette
• Review common punctuation and capitalization rules
• Create a signature for your school e-mail

PRACTICE

• Discuss e-mails sent in warm-up
• Evaluate a peer's e-mail with rubric

CREATE

• Watch Dead Poets Society
• Respond to e-mail prompts (related to characters, themes, and events) while watching

REFLECT

• Conference one-on-one with Christine about e-mail evaluations
• Write a final reflection e-mail: what does professional e-mail etiquette include, and why is it important to follow this etiquette?
• If needed, revise final reflection e-mail

c-tachs

Writing

• Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience
• Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in flexible and dynamic ways (open to feedback, link to other information)

Language

• Demonstrate command of standard capitalization and punctuation​

resources

E-mail Etiquette syllabus
​E-mail evaluation

Refer to your Reading and Writing Handbook for mechanics rules and guidelines