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Webfoot: A Beginner's Guide to Effective E Mail

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An article about effective E-mail use. Includes links to an introduction, what makes E-mail different, context, format, and acronyms and jargon.
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Sharpening Your Writing Skills

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This handbook provides step-by-step modules to help you develop an appropriate business writing style. It also gives you rules for punctuation and "plain English." Answers are provided for exercises. PDF document.
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A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email: Intonation

For Students 9th - 10th
A good site as a resource for changing tone and voice in the written medium of email. Discusses asterisks, capital letters, punctuation, whitespace, and lower-case letters.
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A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email: Acronyms & Jargon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An interesting and fairly detailed list of many of the acronyms that are used in email. Also discusses some unique internet/email "jargon," such as "spam."
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Tonya Skinner: Web Page Evaluation Rubric

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This is a good example of an evaluation rubric for a student created web page. Categories include content, page layout, graphics, navigation, design, information, and advanced features.
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Webfoot.com: A Beginner's Guide to Effective Email Page Layout

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This website focuses on page layout and more specifically the length of paragraphs and lines as found in emails.