Guidelines for E-mails:
The following guidelines must be followed when e-mailing Mrs. Beheler at [email protected].
E-mails not following these guidelines will NOT receive a reply.
1. E-mails should always be written with grammatically correct sentences and correct punctuation. Think of them as short essays you are handing in to be scored for English class. THEY ARE NOT TEXTS OR INSTANT MESSAGES; DO NOT WRITE THEM THAT WAY.
Good e-mail message:
Mrs. Beheler,
As I was studying for our DNA & Protein Synthesis test, I realized that I don’t quite understand how transcription and translation work together to make a protein. I understand that transcription involves DNA rewriting the instructions on how to make a protein into a strand of mRNA, and I know that translation is actually making the protein, but I’m not sure how the two are related.
Can you help me, or is there a video on YouTube that you would recommend I watch to understand this better?
Any insight you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Fantastic Science Student
Bad e-mail message:
Heyyyyyy I had a ? about tonight’s assignmnt I wuz having troble getting to the site and then my compter wouldn’t open the file so cn I hv 2 more days 2 do it??? I am sooooo confuzed about what 2 do even tho the directions r on ur site I need help k thnx.
Worst e-mail message:
????? I don’t get ne thing we hv talked about and using the macbks is too hard. Can u plz go over it with me thru email?
2. E-mails should always have a subject in the subject line that gives the reader a clear idea of what the message will be about.
Good e-mail subject lines: Cell Structure Quiz, How to Study Tests, etc.
Bad e-mail subject lines: Biology, Project, Stuff we’re doing in class, Question, Hey, ???, !!!, etc.
Worst e-mail subject line: [No subject]
3. When e-mailing a file as an attachment OR sharing a file with Mrs. Beheler in Google Docs, the name of the file should be clear and to the point, and preferably have your name in it somewhere. See the class website for more tips on file naming and organization.
Good file name: Cell Structure Study Guide.docx or Cell Structure Review.pages or Cell Transport Review Fantastic Student.pdf
Bad file name: sttuuudddyyyy guiiiiddddeeee!!!!!!!!!.docx or Celllllllllllls.doc or Bio stuff.docx
Worst file name: Untitled document
4. As a general rule of thumb, you should always be as professional as possible in an e-mail. Never write anything in an e-mail that you wouldn’t want shown to someone else OR forwarded to someone else. E-mails can also be traced back to IP addresses, so keep all e-mail contents appropriate. Your student email is to be used appropriately for education-related purposes. All school email is monitored.
5. E-mails about technological issues (files won’t open, downloads won’t work, website issues, etc.) will not be answered by Mrs. Beheler; please direct those e-mails to Mr. Conner at the Help Desk.
E-mails not following these guidelines will NOT receive a reply.
1. E-mails should always be written with grammatically correct sentences and correct punctuation. Think of them as short essays you are handing in to be scored for English class. THEY ARE NOT TEXTS OR INSTANT MESSAGES; DO NOT WRITE THEM THAT WAY.
Good e-mail message:
Mrs. Beheler,
As I was studying for our DNA & Protein Synthesis test, I realized that I don’t quite understand how transcription and translation work together to make a protein. I understand that transcription involves DNA rewriting the instructions on how to make a protein into a strand of mRNA, and I know that translation is actually making the protein, but I’m not sure how the two are related.
Can you help me, or is there a video on YouTube that you would recommend I watch to understand this better?
Any insight you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Fantastic Science Student
Bad e-mail message:
Heyyyyyy I had a ? about tonight’s assignmnt I wuz having troble getting to the site and then my compter wouldn’t open the file so cn I hv 2 more days 2 do it??? I am sooooo confuzed about what 2 do even tho the directions r on ur site I need help k thnx.
Worst e-mail message:
????? I don’t get ne thing we hv talked about and using the macbks is too hard. Can u plz go over it with me thru email?
2. E-mails should always have a subject in the subject line that gives the reader a clear idea of what the message will be about.
Good e-mail subject lines: Cell Structure Quiz, How to Study Tests, etc.
Bad e-mail subject lines: Biology, Project, Stuff we’re doing in class, Question, Hey, ???, !!!, etc.
Worst e-mail subject line: [No subject]
3. When e-mailing a file as an attachment OR sharing a file with Mrs. Beheler in Google Docs, the name of the file should be clear and to the point, and preferably have your name in it somewhere. See the class website for more tips on file naming and organization.
Good file name: Cell Structure Study Guide.docx or Cell Structure Review.pages or Cell Transport Review Fantastic Student.pdf
Bad file name: sttuuudddyyyy guiiiiddddeeee!!!!!!!!!.docx or Celllllllllllls.doc or Bio stuff.docx
Worst file name: Untitled document
4. As a general rule of thumb, you should always be as professional as possible in an e-mail. Never write anything in an e-mail that you wouldn’t want shown to someone else OR forwarded to someone else. E-mails can also be traced back to IP addresses, so keep all e-mail contents appropriate. Your student email is to be used appropriately for education-related purposes. All school email is monitored.
5. E-mails about technological issues (files won’t open, downloads won’t work, website issues, etc.) will not be answered by Mrs. Beheler; please direct those e-mails to Mr. Conner at the Help Desk.
adapted (slightly) from @mrsebiology
Click here to view these guidelines in the Biology Rules and Expectations
Click here to view these guidelines in the Biology Rules and Expectations