Students adjust their use of spoken, written and visual language to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences and for different purposes. Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes. Students conduct research on issues and interest by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. They gather evaluate, and synthesize data from a variety of sources to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their purpose and audience. Students use a variety of technological and information resources to gather and synthesize information and to create and communicate knowledge.
Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes.
To provide students experience with writing tasks used in business. Allow students to create a typed business letter, in a standard format, requesting financial support for their proposed project. Students should know whom they are writing to request financial support. They should know about the corporation as well as personal information about their contact. For instance the number of kids in their family, sports they participate in, and their favorite pet s favorite food.