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LIFE SKILLS

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LIFE SKILLS WRITING

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Contents UNIT 1 —LISTS, OUTLINES, and SUMMARIES.4 1. MAKING LISTS.5 2. LISTS WITH CATEGORIES .8 3. OUTLINES.11 4. ALPHABETIZING.16 5. WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY—The 5 W's .18 6. SUMMARIES.21 UNIT 2—MESSAGES, NOTICES, and ADS .24 7. WRITING MEMOS, Part 1 ..25 8. WRITING MEMOS, Part2 .27 9. TELEPHONE MESSAGES, Parti .29 10. TELEPHONE MESSAGES, Part 2.32 11. BULLETIN BOARD NOTICES .34 12. BULLETIN BOARD ADS.37 13. CLASSIFIED ADS . 40 14. RECEIPTS.42 15. INSTRUCTIONS.45 UNIT 3—LETTER FORMATS .48 16. POSTCARD FORMAT.49 17. ADDRESSING ENVELOPES.53 18. PERSONAL LETTER FORMAT.56 19. BUSINESS LETTER FORMAT .62 UNIT 4—PERSONAL LETTERS.66 20. POSTCARDS .67 21. THANK-YOU LETTERS .71 22. INVITATIONS.75 23. LETTERS OF SYMPATHY.79 24. FRIENDLY LETTERS .83 UNIT 5—BUSINESS LETTERS.87 25. BUSINESS LETTERS & The 5 W’s.88 26. LETTERS OF REQUEST .92 27. LETTERS OF COMPLAINT .97 28. ADJUSTMENT LETTERS.101 29. FOLLOW-UP LETTERS.105 UNIT 6—FORMS .109 30. FILLING OUT FORMS—INTRODUCTION.110 31. UNDERSTANDING ABBREVIATIONS ON FORMS ....114 32. FILLING OUT FORMS—INSTRUCTIONS .116 33. SAMPLE FORM A—Warranty Registration.119 34. SAMPLE FORM B—Learner’s Permit .120 35. SAMPLE FORM C—Application to a Community College.121 36. SAMPLE FORM D—Bank Check .122 37. SAMPLE FORM E—Buying by Mail .124

UNIT 1 LISTS, OUTLINES, and SUMMARIES Making lists, putting things in alphabetical order, making short outlines and summaries—these are all common writing tasks. You will be doing these at home or on the job throughout most of your life. This kind of writing is not hard to do, once you know how. And when you have learned how to do these easy writing tasks, you’ll be on your way to doing more complicated types of writing. Lists, outlines, and summaries all give you practice in putting your ideas and thoughts in a clear, logical order. And putting down your thoughts clearly so that someone else can understand them is the basic task of all writing.

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1. MAKING LISTS You are having a party. You want to buy some food for your guests. How will you remember everything you need when you go to the store? A good way is to make up a list. A list may be written up and down (in a column) or across the page (in a row). Here’s a list of food to buy for the party that is written up and down in a column: \

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