TEC+546+Module+6+Assignment

__Personal Business Letter Lesson Summary__
__Students__ were taught the parts of a personal-business letter, formatting instructions using block style and special features such as bold, underline, and italics. The lesson took place over a three day period. Students were given a pretest to determine prior knowledge. Students were introduced to the parts of the letter, formatting instructions, and special parts of a personal business letter. I modeled the directions for the students. Students typed a letter that was not graded. I provided students with feedback on their practice assignment. Students were given a personal business letter to format independently.

Attached below are student's sample works and scored rubrics for each __one__. The students sample work and scored rubrics are labeled as Student A, Student B, and Student C.

__Lesson Reflections__
Overall, I am pleased with the results. Students demonstrated significant improvement from the pretest to the final assignment. Most students scored satisfactory or better on the final personal business letter assignment. The rubric is an objective assessment tool that provide students with what is expected of the assignment. Rubrics provide a breakdown of the components of the assignment. Using a rubric as an assessment tool for this assignment gives the student an idea of what area or areas they were deficient. The teacher in turn can reteach or provide remediation to the student in any of the unsatisfactory areas of the lesson. I very rarely use rubrics for assessment but after this lesson I see several areas where this type of evaluation can be very effective. I can use it to evaluate student technique, correct fingering, and other word processing documents.