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Forthisassignmentyouwillbecreatingalettertemplatethatcanthenbemergedwithadata
sourcecontaininginformationaboutstudentssothattheindividualletterswilleachhave
informationuniquetoeachstudent.
Inclass,Ihavedemonstratedhowthisisdoneandweevenpracticeddoingadatamergeto
createmailinglabelstogether.
Usethesesameskillsandmethodswepracticedtocreatetheletter.
1. YouwillcreateaspreadsheetinMicrosoftExcelthatcontainsaminimumofthefollowing
fields:first_name,last_name,genderpronoun,subject,grade.Youmayusemorefields
ifyoulike,butthesemustbepresent.
2. Inthespreadsheetyouwillenterdataforatleast10imaginarystudents.
3. InMicrosoftWord,youwillwritealettertotheparentsofyourstudents,giving
informationaboutyourclass.Includedintheletter,youwillusethestudentsname,and
inplaceswhereitisappropriate,youwillusethecorrectgenderpronoun.Also,
somewhereintheletter,youwillmentionthesubjectandthestudentsgradeinthe
class.
4. Thelettermustbeaminimumoftwoparagraphsinlength.
Whenyouarefinished,youwilluploadboththeExcelSpreadsheetandtheWordDocumentto
theappropriateDropboxinPilot.
Pleaseremembertoobservetheestablishednamingconventions.Forexample,myfileswould
benamed:
moore_k_student_info.xlsx
and
moore_k_parent_letter.docx