Name. HUMANITIES Li/ US HISTORY I CLASSWORK #3 WRITING AN EFFECTIVE LETTER Put the date that your letter was written in the upper right hand corner. Then skip aline. Put the name and address of the person you're sending the letter to just above the letter itself, on the left hand side. Don’t forget to put the person’s title before their name (in this case, that would be Professor). After the name and address, skip a line. 3. Under the name and address, write: Dear Professor Brinkley: Then skip a line, 4. Your letter must be polite. You are not attacking Professor Brinkley, you are pointing out that his book, though an excellent textbook in many ways, falls short, in the sort of material you need for the first major assignment in your school district. 5. Your letter must be specific. Talk about why his book falls short in terms of the assignment that you are supposed to complete. After the body of the letter, skip a line. 6. Sign offon your letter by writing “Yours” or “Sincerely” with a comma after it. Below this, skip a line, then write your name, your grade, and our school’s address. It would look something like this: Sincerely, John Doe 10" Grade ‘New Haven Academy 130B Leeder Hill Drive Hamden, CT 06517