email: ebutler@riversideunified.org

phone: (951) 788- 7185

Extension: 68035

What is the source?

Who is the creator or sender?

Who is the audience or receiver?

What is the topic or subject?

What is the register, tone? (formal/informal; serious, frustrated, humorous, assertive, friendly, encouraging)

Language Objectives:

1) Identify, categorize, and explain common uses of the internet for communication (e.g. email, blogs, social media, etc.).

2) Identify acronyms and other conventions commonly used in online communication (e.g. emoticons, LOL etc.).

3) Identify and analyze email elements (e.g. greeting, signature, sender, recipient/format, style, tone, register,).

4) Demonstrate the ability to write an email, blog posting or social media posting using appropriate style, tone and register.

5) Analyze and evaluate online information (e.g. language learning website, podcast, social media, etc.)

1) identify self and relationship or title or school

2) identify reason for writing (concern or problem)

3) request assistance from and/or action from the recipient of the message.

Adult Career Education: Digital Literacy study pack