Read It, Get It: Make Sense of Your Mail

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What you will be able to do

• Find who sent a letter, what it asks, the deadline, and the next step.
• Use three strategies for hard words: the words around it, a phone dictionary, and read aloud.
• Sum up a one page notice in two or three sentences in your own words.
• Tell must do, can do, and just so you know lines apart, and handle must do mail first.
• Know when and where to get free help with a hard document.

Syllabus

Read the full course syllabus: outcomes, schedule, time, tests and how to get help.

Course glossary: key words from the lessons, A to Z.

Before you start: take the pretest (10 min, not graded) to see your starting point.

1. Read the mail with a plan13 min
2. Hard words, easy tricks13 min
3. Skim first, then read close12 min
4. Kinds of mail: must do, can do, just so you know13 min
5. Say it in your own words, and get help17 min

After the wrap up: take the posttest (10 min). Pass at 80% to unlock your certificate, then answer an optional 2 minute survey.