mvc

how to retrieve a list from database and displaying it in view page using mvc 4 architecture without using ado.net connectivity ?
Controller.cs
Email ed = new Email();
var model = ed.sendemail(Session["username"].ToString()).ToList();
return View(model);
model
email.cs
public List sendemail(string username)
{
List tt = new List();
using (var cn = new SqlConnection(@"Data Source=localhost;Initial Catalog=master;Integrated Security=True"))
{
try
{
string query = @"select receiver1,receiver2,subject,message,dofsen,status from send_email where receiver1='" + username + "' or receiver2='" + username + "'";
cn.Open();
var cmd = new SqlCommand(query, cn);
var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
while (reader.HasRows)
{
if (reader.Read())
{ // to , cc, message, subject, sendingdate, status
Email ed = new Email(reader.GetString(0), reader.GetString(1), reader.GetString(2),reader.GetString(3) ,reader.GetDateTime(4), reader.GetString(5));
tt.Add(ed);
}
}
return tt;
}
catch (Exception er)
{
string t = er.ToString();
return null;
}
finally
{
cn.Close();
}
}
}


home.cshtml

@model email.Models.Email

@{

    ViewBag.Title = "SentMail";

    Layout = null;

}

@using (Html.BeginForm())

{

   

        @Html.ActionLink("BACK", "Home")

        |

        @Html.ActionLink("COMPOSE MAIL", "ComposeMail")

        |

        @Html.ActionLink("CHANGE PASSWORD", "uchangePassword")

        |

        @Html.ActionLink("UPDATE SECURITY ANSWER", "UpdateSecurityAnswer")

        |

        @Html.ActionLink("Sign Out", "Logout")

   

   

       

           

MESSAGE SENT

           

           

               

                   

                   

                   

                   

                   

                   

               

            @for (int i = 1; i <= ViewBag.tt.Count();i++)

            {

               

               

                   

                   

                   

                   

                   

                   

               

            }

           

@Html.LabelFor(u => u.To)	@Html.LabelFor(u => u.Cc)	@Html.LabelFor(u => u.Subject)	@Html.LabelFor(u=> u.Message)	@Html.LabelFor(u=>u.SendingDate)	@Html.LabelFor(u => u.Status)
@Html.TextBoxFor(u=>u.To[i])	@Html.TextBoxFor(u => u.Cc[i])	@Html.TextBoxFor(u=> u.Subject[i])	@Html.TextBoxFor(u => u.Message[i])	@Html.TextBoxFor(u => u.SendingDate)	@Html.TextBoxFor(u => u.Status[i])

       

         

}