NAME:___________________________________________________________________________________________________
TEACHER:__________________________________________ SCHEDULE:______________________
Writing Project
Level 3
Universidad de Guadalajara
January 2018
Created and designed by:
Bridget Sanchez Mireles, Vanessa Noemi Medina Castro,
Luis Fernando Moreno Vargas
Updated June 2022 by:
Bridget Sangez Mireles, Amanda Nonomura
*WARNING: DO NOT PRINT DOUBLE-SIDED, YOU WILL NEED THE BACK OF THE SHEETS FOR NOTE TAKING. *
Overview
In this manual, you will learn how to write a formal email, a summary, a cover letter,
and an essay. In pages 4-7 you will find a series of exercises to practice the topics. In
order to be able to complete them you will work using the following procedure.
Lesson 3.1 Types of Business Writing
Activity: Collaborative Research
Step 1: Get into groups of three.
Step 2: Each person must choose one of the following topics. TOPICS SHOULD NOT BE
REPEATED WITHIN YOUR GROUP.
● Formal emails
● Cover letter
● Essay
Step 3: For your UAAL hour this week, investigate your topic using two different resources
(links and books). Use the questions below to guide your research and write helpful notes on the
back of the page. You will be explaining your topic to your group and presenting one printed
example (not the information, just the example). You should provide enough information for your
team to answer the exercises and/or write an example of their own.
On page 3 you will find suggested links to search for the information and at UAAL there
will be a section with suggested books.
1. What is it?
2. Format (structure, parts or template) that shows the process and what to
include when writing it.
3. Useful information such as what to do or what not to do.
*The following are suggestions of links you can use but remember you have to search
for the information using books at UAAL too.
Formal Email Formal Email Formal Email
https://bit.ly/2Cj3qJX https://bit.ly/2l8wOYs https://bit.ly/2KxGWoH
Cover Letter CV Essay
https://bit.ly/2Mq02Pj https://bit.ly/1QGrmZf shorturl.at/dHQT5
If you need extra information on the topics, there is a Writing Composition you can
find in the following link: shorturl.at/ceNUX
Activity: Collaborative Research (continued)
Step 4: You will need to have your notes and printed example ready in class to share what
you found with your group and do the exercises together.
Step 5: As homework, write an example different from the one you investigated about and
bring it to class (your teacher will tell you when to bring it so you do peer correction).
Step 6: Exchange your essay with a partner and answer the peer correction questionnaire in
page 10. Afterwards, you will give feedback to your partner and as homework you will rewrite
your work using the feedback given.
Step 7: Turn in your final work.
Formal email components investigated by:
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Task 1. Formal email
Instructions: Name the parts of the email.
https://www.yesware.com/blog/formal-email/
∙ Write three more examples of salutations and three closing words for formal emails.
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Cover letter components investigated by: ______________________________________________
Task 2. Cover Letter
Instructions: Complete the chart with what you should write and shouldn’t write in a
cover letter.
SHOULD SHOULDN´T
Essay components investigated by: ______________________________________________________________
Task 3. Essay
Instructions: Complete the following chart.
Paragraph Part of the essay Description
3
Final Task
Instructions: Choose one of the topics practiced in this manual and write an example
of it. Do not write about the topic you investigated. (You must write 180-230 words)
● Formal email - Confirm an appointment, meeting or interview.
● Cover letter - Applying for a job of your major.
● Essay - Describe your ideal job. Explain why you would like to have this job.
Include details and examples to support your explanation.
Draft. You can use the back of this sheet to continue.
Corrected by: ___________________________________
Instructions: Choose a partner and exchange your writing. Read your partner's first
draft and use the following questionnaire to evaluate each other’s writing.
Peer Correction Questionnaire
“Everyone needs an editor. An editor looks at a writer's work and makes suggestions
for changes. Even the best writers need editors because it is difficult to find mistakes
in your own work.” (Pavlik, C. & Segal, M., 2002)
1. Does it follow the appropriate _____ Yes _____ No
format? (check one)
1. Does it follow the appropriate _____ Yes _____ No
format? (check one)
2. Is the writer’s message clear? Easy to Somewhat A bit difficult Difficult to
(circle one) understand easy to to understand understand
understand
3. What did you like the most about your partner's writing?
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4. Do you have any suggestions for improving this draft?
FINAL DRAFT: you can use the back of this sheet to continue.
INSTRUCTIONS: check the boxes you can answer yes to under student´s self-evaluation.
Final Evaluation
Student´s Teacher´s
DID I…. ? Grading
Self- evaluation evaluation
1. Investigate on time what I needed
1 POINT
to?
2. Answer all the tasks? 1 POINT
3. Write my draft on time? 1 POINT
4. Do peer correction? 1 POINT
5. Make sure my final draft
responds to the task presented and 1 POINT
use the indicated word count?
6. Correct my spelling mistakes? 1 POINT
7. Use punctuation correctly? 1 POINT
8. Write my final draft clear
1 POINT
and well organized?
9. Correct my grammar mistakes? 2 POINTS
TOTAL
