Writing a Business Letter 

Purpose:

Teach the basics of a business letter and write a business letter to Nabisco

1. Review the parts of a business letter using the Business Letter Basics guide below.
2. Have the students create their own letter to the Nabisco Company.  Included at the bottom of this page is a Sample Letter to Nabisco.

 

 
 







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There are five parts of every business letter:

HEADING:

where you put your address and the date.

INSIDE ADDRESS:

where you put the name and address of the company you are writing to.

SALUTATION:

where you put the greeting, usually Dear Sir or Madam:

BODY:

where you write your message.

SIGNATURE:

where you sign your first name and family name and also type it underneath.

 

(The letter should be in the center of page, from top to bottom)  HEADING  18 Maple St. (street address or postal box number) Brome, Québec (city/town name comma province) Canada (use only if writing to another country) J0E 1R0 (write your postal code) June 18, 1996 (month date comma year) (skip a line)  INSIDE ADDRESS  Bo Industries (name of company you are writing to) 1000 Main St. (street address or postal box number) Montréal, QC (city/town name comma province) J0E 1V0 (postal code) (skip a line) SALUTATION  Dear Sir or Madam: (replace with person's name if known) (skip a line) BODY I am an avid mountain bike rider and would like your latest catalogue on bike accessories. I saw in your advertisement in Mountain Biker. Enclosed is $1.00 to cover the cost of shipping and handling. (skip a line between paragraphs) Thanking you in advance. (Skip a line)  Yours truly, SIGNATURE (sign your name) John Smith (type your name)

The above guide is directly quoted from: http://www.qesn.meq.gouv.qc.ca/project/letter/guide1.htm

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        Sample Letter to Nabisco:

PS#14 311 Avenue E Bayonne, NJ 07002 September 1, 2000 NABISCO 100 DeForest Avenue East Hanover, NJ 07936 Dear Sir: Our fifth grade class has completed an activity using your cookies, Chips Ahoy.  Our project was taken from a teacher made web site.  We broke up a chocolate chip cookie and counted the chips.  Your cookies do have pretty much the same amount of chocolate chips in each one of them.  We did a lot of calculations and measurement activities. The best part was eating your delicious chocolate chip cookies with milk. Thank you. Yours truly, (Sign your name here) (Type your own name here)

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