Request to Miss a Class

  • Post category:Writing

Topic: Time

Mode: Presentational

Level: Novice

Students will write an email requesting to miss a class. 

Components of this activity: A sample email

Instruction to the teacher:

  • Show students the email below from Emma Olivea who asked to be absent for a class. Teach students new vocabulary if necessary.
  • Then, ask students to write an email to the course instructor requesting to miss a class. In this email, students need to include the information below.

(1) personal information (e.g., name, program/department).

(2) the date/time of the class that you are asking to miss.

(2) your reason for missing that class.

Email from Emma Olivea

Dear Professor Dunn,
This is Emma Olivea.  I am from the department of Modern Languages. I am writing to request to miss your class. I have a conference presentation in San Diego this November, so, I cannot attend our Writing class at 4:10 pm on Nov. 14. I have attached my conference information in this email. 
Thank you for your support. Let me know if you need any further information.
Best regards,
Emma