Summer Bridge: Email

Summer Bridge Day 2:

Digital Communication​

Open Ended

What are you most excited about for high school?

Open Ended

Reflect on a time you’ve communicated with a teacher outside school hours. It could be through email, remind, etc. What did you say? How did it go?

Poll

How often do you personally use email to communicate with non-family members?

• Almost never

• Rarely

• Occasionally

• Frequently

As a B-TECH student, you'll use email fairly often to contact your professors and industry partners.

In the business world, email is the primary form of communication.​

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Multiple Choice

When you're contacting someone you've never met before via email, what is one of the first things they'll see (& potentially judge) about you?

• the tone & content of your email

• the subject of your email

• your email address

Poll

Do you have a personal Gmail account that you know the password to & can log into easily?

• No

• Yes

Open Ended

According to the video & the image, what should you avoid including in your email address? Why?

Open Ended

If you already have a personal Gmail account that meets these criteria, type it in!

If you don't already have a personal Gmail account, review the criteria & come up with 1 idea for a professional email address.

Multiple Choice

What do we call the part of the email highlighted in the image?

• the greeting

• the subject

• the recipient

• the closing

tells your reader what the email will be about.

Your email MUST include a subject line!

Subject line should be ​short & specific.

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The

Subject Line

Multiple Choice

Which of these emails correctly follows the rules of professional emailing with the correct use of a subject line?

Open Ended

What do you notice about this email?

What's not quite right here?

EVERY email (new conversation) should have an opening & closing.

Open Ended

What are some strong professional openings or closings to an email other than the 2 in the image?

If you're emailing an adult (esp someone you've never met), you should use the most polite & formal language.

Tone & Formality Matter

Open Ended

How could you rephrase this request to be more respectful?

I was wondering if…

Would you please…

Would it be possible...

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INSTEAD TRY:

I need/I want...

You should…

Can you…​

AVOID:

Be sure to phrase your questions & requests respectfully.

A short, specific subject line

An appropriate greeting

A respectful question or request

A “thank you” and sign off

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A good professional email should include...

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Poll

Do you have a professional email address?

• No, I need to create one now.

• Yes, I will log in to it now.