Facultad de Ciencias y Artes

Departamento de Inglés
Inglés V

Task: Writing a Cover Letter

Write your Cover Letter according to the recommendations given in class/digital class.

Your cover letter must:

a) include three Paragraphs:

1. Introduction: with the purpose of the letter, job to apply for, how you learned
about the job, a brief idea of the company’s mission and how you will help the
company in one sentence.
2. Argument: containing at least 2 skills and abilities of yourself with well-supported
evidence of past jobs, and a connection with how they can help the company to
achieve its mission.
3. Closing Paragraph: with a brief re-statement of your abilities or interests, thanking
the reader, invite the reader to see your enclosed résumé and information about
when/how you can be reached.
b) use friendly, formal language. Use an appropriate language and the expressions given in
class/ digital class by your teacher in weeks 1 and 2 (Cover letter and résumé useful
phrases document and Digital Class/ PPT).
c) include the heading provided in the Cover Letter Models: Check cover letter models in
week 2.
d) have at least 325- 350 words: a cover letter fulfilling all the sections given contains at least
this amount of words.

Any attempt to copy content of different sections from partners or the models given will void your
task, and you will automatically receive 0 in your assignment.

PLEASE, COPY & PASTE THIS RUBRIC AT THE END OF YOUR

RÉSUMÉ.

Cover Letter
Evaluation instrument (to copy paste in students’ work)
Content Grammar Style /Register Structure/ Formatting Total
Cohesion

/7 /6 /2 /3 /2 /20