Instructions: Look ahead to Assignment #5. Identify the type of letter you plan to write for the assignment. Then compose two to three paragraphs in response to the following questions:
What type of letter are you planning to write?
To whom will the letter be addressed?
Why did you make these decisions?
What do you need to know about this person before writing?
Will you address the issue from a community, local, state or national level?
Will you include individual stories, research in the form of data and facts, or a combination to convince your audience?
Will you propose a plan to resolve or reduce the negative impacts of that issue? If so, consider the complexity of the issue and the various communities that are impacted
Criteria:
Respond to questions by composing two to three paragraphs (no bullets or numbers)
Include MLA style in text citation with the author’s last name and page number in parentheses when integrating a source (Last name #).
Include an MLA style Works Cited list with the assigned learning resources included at the end of the post
INSTRUCTIONS FOR MCP DISCUSSION BOARD ASSIGNMENT 5
Instructions: For this assignment, you will compose a letter about a topic related to your major and career path interests. The letter should reflect the genres that were explored in the learning unit and may take one of the following forms:
Letter to an editor of a newspaper
Letter to a leader in a company, organization, or other institution
Letter to an elected official
Consider the following questions prior to composing the letter. These questions will be explored throughout the unit learning activities:
What have you learned about your selected topic throughout the unit?
What is your motivation for writing the letter?
Who will you write to and why?
What do you need to know about the person or organization before writing?
Will you address the issue from a community, local, state or national level?
Will you include individual stories, research in the form of data and facts, or a combination to convince your audience?
Will you propose a plan to resolve or reduce the negative impacts of that issue? If so, consider the complexity of the issue and the various communities that are impacted
