Email Basics
What should you include at the beginning of a professional email to your teacher?
A professional greeting.
You are emailing your teacher to ask a question. Where should the teacher's email address go?
TO.
Make this professional:
“Hey, I need you to tell me what I missed.”
Example: “Hello Mr. Casey, I was absent yesterday and was wondering if you could please let me know what assignments I missed.”
Before emailing a teacher because something isn't working, what should you try first?
Basic troubleshooting/trying to solve the problem yourself.
Name the interesting fact Mr. Casey mentioned in his About Me powerpoint on the first day of school:
Mr. Casey and his wife had a youtube channel.
What part of an email tells the recipient what the email is about before they open it?
The subject line.
You email your teacher about an assignment, but you want your parent to receive a copy of the conversation. Where should your parent's address go?
CC.
Make this professional:
“My computer isn't working. Fix it please.”
Example: “Hello Mr. Casey, I am having an issue with my computer and was wondering if you could please help me troubleshoot it.”
You forgot to submit an assignment yesterday. What should you NOT do in your email: make excuses, take responsibility, politely ask for permission, or acknowledge consequences?
Make excuses.
Name two of Mr. Casey's hobbies outside of school:
Working out and video games
Give an example of an appropriate closing for an email to a teacher.
Sincerely, Thank you, Best, etc.
A teacher sends the same announcement to 30 students and doesn't want students seeing each other's email addresses. Where should the students go?
BCC.
Make this professional:
“I don't get the project directions. What am I supposed to do?”
Example: “Hello Mr. Casey, I am having trouble understanding part of the project directions. Could you please clarify what I am supposed to complete?”
Your Google Classroom document won't open. Name two troubleshooting steps you could try before emailing your teacher.
Refresh the page, reopen Google Classroom, restart the computer, etc.
Name 3 of the 4 movies Mr. Casey said were his favorites on the first day of school:
1) Remember the Titans
2) Coach Carter
3) Rocky
4) Spiderman Into the Spiderverse
Name four parts that should appear in a professional email.
Greeting, subject line, message/body, closing/name. Accept TO/CC as additional parts.
You and two classmates are doing a science project. You're emailing your teacher with a question, but your partners need to see the response. Who goes in TO and who goes in CC?
Teacher = TO; group members = CC.
Create a professional subject line for someone who accidentally submitted the wrong science-project file.
Example: “Science Project – Incorrect File Submission.”
You forgot to submit an assignment. Give three things your email should communicate.
Explain what happened, take responsibility, politely ask to submit it, and/or acknowledge a possible late penalty.
Name Mr. Casey's favorite team for each sport:
Major League Baseball
NBA (Basketball)
NFL (professional football)
NCAAF (college football)
1) New York Yankees
2) New York Knicks
3) Pittsburgh Steelers
4) Ohio State Buckeyes
Jake sends his teacher an email with the subject “HELP!!!!!!!!!”
Name three reasons this is not a good subject line.
It is vague, uses unnecessary punctuation/capitalization, and doesn't explain what he needs help with.
Explain the difference between CC and BCC and give one situation when you would use each.
CC sends a visible copy to additional recipients; BCC sends a copy while hiding those recipients' addresses from one another.
Create a professional subject line AND opening sentence for a student who was absent and needs to find out what work they missed.
Answers vary, but both must clearly explain the purpose and use professional language.
EMAIL EMERGENCY: Your teacher receives this:
Subject: assignment
hey
i forgot to submit my work yesterday but i did it. can u reopen it for me??? thx
Teams have 30 seconds to identify as many email-etiquette problems as possible.
Weak/vague subject, poor greeting, capitalization errors, informal abbreviation (“u”), overly casual language, excessive punctuation, poor closing/no closing, no full name, could take greater responsibility, etc.
Name each sport Mr. Casey played in high school and name the position he played at in each sport:
Football - Quarterback
Basketball - Center
Baseball - Pitcher