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Handout
Rice University

Rice University: Writing Research Papers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site presents information about the necessary parts of a scientific research report. It also contains a sample abstract and introduction.
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Activity
Other

Designing a Readable User Manual

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article with information and strategies for technical document writing. More article under "Resources".
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Activity
Other

Use the Correct Business Letter Format

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives information on the format, layout, and content of a business letter. Also includes examples of business letters.
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Activity
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Academic Writing: Reverse Paramedic Method

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explanations and examples of the Reverse Paramedic Method used to edit scientific writing.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Model for an Acceptance Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief example of an job acceptance letter. Good resource to use as a guide.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Model for Writing a Rejection of a Job Offer

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief guide to writing a polite business letter in which one rejects a job offer.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Model for Writing a Request for Further Negotiations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief guide to writing a formal business request for further communication/negotiation with a potential employer.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Sales Letters: Four Point Action Closing

For Students 9th - 10th
A good resource for effective sales writing skills. Describes a four-point system of attracting and convincing customers to order the product.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: High Order Concerns (Ho Cs) for Business Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A great reference when writing business messages or letters. Discusses the most important issues involved in business writing and an organizational system for them.
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Handout
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Parallel Structure in Professional Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A good reference to consider when writing professionally (as in business/technical writing). Includes brief structural examples.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Snail Mail or E Mail Blast!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will use business letters and email to recruit professional members for the Career Technical Student Organization (CTSO) using the Chamber of Commerce member listing. This lesson plan is targeted toward Future Business Leaders...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Do You Know How?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will write in a technical genre. "Technical writing conveys specific information about a technical subject to a specific audience for a specific purpose. The words and graphics of technical writing are meant to be practical:...
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Software Documentation

For Students 9th - 10th
A Wikipedia description of software (or source code) documentation.
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Website
Other

Technical Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides style and grammar rules for technical writing.
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Handout
Other

Technical Writing: The Conjunction Or

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Intended as a grammar reference for electrical engineers, this site addresses many of the technical issues of writing, including distinguishing between the inclusive and exclusive definitions of "or."
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Handout
Other

Writing Business Letters: Business Letter Sample

For Students 9th - 10th
A helpful example of what a business letter should look like. Also includes some general guidelines for the letter-writing process.
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Unit Plan
Other

Writing for Business and Pleasure: Eliminate Wordiness to Write With Power

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This how-to site gives writing tips for business writing. Brief explanations are provided for how to revise writing to ensure that redundant pairs, redundant modifiers, redundance categories, meaningless modifiers, and wordy expressions...
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Handout
Letter Writing Guide

How to Write a Business Letter

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This student-friendly site contains the purpose of business letter writing. In addition, the article discusses the elements of good business letter writing.
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Handout
Letter Writing Guide

Business Letter Format

For Students 9th - 10th
This user-friendly site for teachers and students provides a business letter format.
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Handout
Letter Writing Guide

Sample Request Letter

For Students 9th - 10th
This student-friendly site provides a well-written letter of request exemplar.
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EL Education

El Education: Fourth Grade Tumbler's Manual

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This manual was created by 4th grade students at the Alice B. Beal Magnet School in Springfield, Massachusetts, during a learning expedition on rocks and minerals. The expedition included fieldwork to local geological sites and to...
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EL Education

El Education: Instruction Manual for the Gh Monoscope

For Teachers 1st - 5th
This instruction manual for a GH Monoscope was created by 4th grade students. Students created this manual as a way to introduce other students in the school to this new piece of equipment. Although the equipment did come with...