Today, we’re reading Portwood-Stacer’s “How to Email Your Professor.” Read through her essay and answer the following questions:

1. The first element is the Salutation. Which salutation would you use to one of your professors?
2. Why using the “Professor” honorific your safest bet?
3. Why might Element 5 the “reminder of how they know you” be important to a professor? 
4. Why is it important to tell your professor that you looked at Canvas and the syllabus?
5. Which closing do you think you’ll use in your email to professors?