This activity has students exploring the variation within closing an email.
Learning objectives:
Students will be able to identify commonly appropriate forms of ending an email.
Students will be able to compare their common email closings with other options.
Students will be able to evaluate the appropriateness of different email endings.
Modes: Interpersonal communication; presentational writing
Materials needed: YouTube video
Procedure:
- Have students think about closing emails. Have them write down 3-5 ways a person generally “should” end an email. Discuss/share answers as a class.
- Now have students watch this video about someone who believes email closings aren't necessary.
- After watching the video, have them reflect on what was said and discuss it as a class.
- Now have students open their own email. They should write down the closings they used in their last 10 emails.
- Have students discuss with a partner or group the following questions: How do they compare? Are they similar? Different? What do you notice? There will most likely be a large variation when comparing all the different endings they came up with and that they used in their own emails. Discuss again as a whole class.
- To close have students make a list of 5 closings they can use that are generally going to be appropriate in most situations.
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