CCE Career & College ExplorationsIrving ISD · Grade 7

Six Weeks 6 · Week 5 · Tuesday

Day 2: Tailored Cover Letter

Students will write appropriate business correspondence by tailoring a fictional cover letter to a posting, using supplied evidence, and making one visible revision.

Daily Learning Contract

  • Topic: Business Correspondence
  • Objective: Students will write appropriate business correspondence by tailoring a fictional cover letter to a posting, using supplied evidence, and making one visible revision.
  • TEKS: d(7)(B)
  • Demonstration of Learning: Three-page fictional cover-letter plan, draft, evidence audit, and final revision.

Before Class

Post the private Assignment, three-page cover-letter packet, and two-page Major rubric. Keep the fictional posting and Jordan evidence card visible. The letter is not sent.

50-Minute Flow

  1. Bellringer - 5 min. Decide which three statements belong in a resume, cover letter, or neither.
  2. Model - 8 min. Show the four jobs of the letter: name the position, connect evidence, explain fit without invention, and close courteously.
  3. Plan - 9 min. Match two supplied Jordan facts to two posting needs and name one gap that must remain honest.
  4. Draft - 13 min. Write three short paragraphs. Students may use the complete sentence frames, then revise the wording into Jordan's plain voice.
  5. Audit and final - 10 min. Check every claim against the evidence card, remove generic or inflated language, and make one before/after revision visible.
  6. Exit - 5 min. Explain why the revision made the letter more accurate, specific, or useful.

Monitor, Key, and Trim Point

A strong simulation letter names the role, uses two accurate evidence links, stays concise, acknowledges no false credential or work history, and includes a courteous next step. Requirements vary: a real applicant follows the posting about whether a cover letter is required. Trim peer exchange before planning, final-writing, or revision time.

Supports and Access

Keep requirement/requisito, evidence/evidencia, tailor/adaptar, qualification/cualificación, and revision/revisión beside the plan. Use the frame: “Your posting asks for [need]. Jordan demonstrated [skill] when [action and result].” Accept typing, annotation, dictation, enlarged print, or paper. Score evidence and meaning, not formulaic enthusiasm or perfect English mechanics.