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Writing Business Letters – Grade Nine• Use the Internet to research contact names and addresses.Research Connections:Arter, Judith and Jay McTighe. Scoring Rubrics in the Classroom: Using Performance Criteriafor Assessing and Improving Student Performance. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Corwin Press, 2001.An analytical trait rubric divides a product or performance into essential traits or dimensions sothey can be judged separately—one analyzes a product or performance for essential traits. Aseparate score is provided for each trait.Analytical rubrics manage to:• Judge complex performances involving several significant dimensions;• Break performances into traits in order to more readily grasp the components of quality and• Provide more specific feedback to students, parents and teachers.Lyman, F. (1981). "The responsive classroom discussion." In Anderson, A. S. (Ed.),Mainstreaming Digest, College Park, Md.: University of Maryland College of Education.Think-Pair-Share is one of the most common cooperative learning structures. It is extremelyversatile because it can be used for higher-level thinking as well as basic review and recall. It isimportant to follow the steps exactly to avoid "group work" pitfalls. In this structure, the teacherwill ask students to think about a topic, have them pair with a partner to discuss it, and finallyhave them share their ideas with a group.General Tip:Providing models, as well as making the purpose of the writing real to the students, is the bestway to ensure quality results. The writing must be purposeful and meaningful or else it’s justanother assignment.Attachments:Attachment A, Generic Four-Point Analytic ScaleAttachment B, Establishing GoodwillAttachment C, Elements of a Business LetterAttachment D, Graphic OrganizerAttachment E, Sample LetterAttachment F, Three General Types of Business LettersAttachment G, Establishing Goodwill Through Positive ToneAttachment H, Getting Started on LettersAttachment I, Generic Revision Checklist for Business Letters5