The Cover Letter

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The Cover Letter Guidelines for Success

• Use Reflective Journals 3 and 5 as a beginning
• Your cover letter needs to be specific.
• Be specific, not general. Dont tell your reader
• I improved my grammar a lot.
• Instead, tell them
• I learned about verb tenses, and was able to
  proofread my essay so that all past-time stories
  used past-tense verbs (took instead of take
  on page 3, for example).
• Dont explain changes with
• because my instructor told me to.

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Formatting Your Letter

• Include the date of submission.
• November 16, 2011
• Address your letter.
• Dear LLD-2 portfolio readers,
• Single-spaced / no more than 2 pages.
• Sign off with a formal closing.
• Sincerely,
• (your name signed)
• (your name typed)

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Body Format
5 paragraphs total. Format 1
Par. 1 Introduction Identify each essay by
title. Why did you rank your essays this
way? Par. 2 4 Body One paragraph
for each essay. Note specific examples of
changes from draft to revision. Par.
5 Conclusion Summarize how you met course
goals and objectives.
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Body Format
Format 2 Par. 1
Introduction Identify each essay by title.
Why did you rank your essays this way?
Par. 2 4 Body Focus each paragraph on one
area of improvement across the three
essays. Possible areas (summary, topic
sentences in response ideas, use of evidence,
etc.) Note specific examples of changes from
Essay 1 to Essay 3. Par. 5
Conclusion Summarize how you met course goals
and objectives.