Supporting performance objective 65 of the V-TECS (Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States) Secretarial Catalog, both a set of student materials and an instructor's manual on preparing parcels for mailing are included in this packet. (The packet is the eighth in a set of eight on performing mail activities--CE 016 912-919.) The student materials include information on preparing parcels for mailing, packaging tips, a postal zone chart and a rate chart, a self-test with answer key, and a check-out activity. The instructor's manual includes directions for administering the packet activity, sample addressed parcel labels (with various parcel weights indicated) for duplicating, an answer form, and an answer key. The materials are designed for self-paced individual instruction and may be adapted for use with large groups. (A separate booklet--CE 016 911--lists contents for the eight packets in this set along with those in several other sets--seventy-eight packets in all--based on the same V-TECS catalog.) (JT)