Work Day

Today you have time to work on your presentations. Ask questions!

Homework:

Tomorrow, Thursday Dec. 14, your final report and presentation are due.

1.  Have a hard copy of the Letter of Transmittal and Final Report. 

2. Email the PowerPoint slides of your presentation to me.

3. Have a hard copy of the outline to give me before you present.

Presentation Assignment

You get feedback on revisions for your report in Turnitin.

I hand out the assignment sheet for the presentations.

Reynolds, Garr. "Top Ten Slide Tips" from garrreynolds.com

Draft #2 Due

You print your draft and submit to Turnitin.

Formatting for Business

I show you how to change the formatting of your report to a more business-like style.

Homework:

Draft #2 is due on Monday.

Looking at Drafts in Moodle

I've posted comments on your draft in Turnitin in Moodle.

If you make big changes, please post again using the Part 2 section of Turnitin.

We practice turning the textbook's citations into MLA style.

Homework:

1. Be revising your report.

Draft #1 Due

Today you read each others' drafts.

You will upload your draft into Turnitin. I will provide feedback there; I'll show you how to access the Turnitin report.

Homework:

1. Look over your feedback and consider what revising/ completing you need to do.

EasyBib

You make a Works Cited page for what you have so far.

Homework:

Your Draft #1 is due tomorrow. Create a letter of transmittal addressed to the class. The purpose of the letter is to introduce us to your report and topic, and invite us to read it -- politely.

 

CRAAP Test Quiz

You take a quiz over the CRAAP Test.

Homework:

Be writing you report. Draft #1 due Wednesday. You should have your sources on a Works Cited page for this draft -- formatting doesn't matter yet, but indicate where information has come from, both in-text and at the end.

Plagiarism and Paraphrasing

We look at what constitutes plagiarism, using the online quiz in Moodle.

Homework:

Be writing your report.

Citation?

Here's a quote/footnote from Bovee and Thill:

 For example, three-dimensional bar chart, cones, and pyramids can look appealing, but the third dimension usually adds no additional information and can be visually deceiving as well. 16

16 "Pyramid Perversion -- More Junk Charts," Stubborn Mule blog, 12 March 2010, www.stubbornmule.com.


 For example, three-dimensional bar chart, cones, and pyramids can look appealing, but the third dimension usually adds no additional information and can be visually deceiving as well (             ).


I want to quote this in my paper. Which source do I use?

" For example, three-dimensional bar chart, cones, and pyramids can look appealing, but the third dimension usually adds no additional information and can be visually deceiving as well" (            ). 

  For example, three-dimensional bar chart, cones, and pyramids can look appealing, but the third dimension usually adds no additional information and can be visually deceiving as well.

Taking notes? Be careful about paraphrasing and quoting -- be clear for yourself which you are doing.

More About Sources

You finish assessing Bovee and Thill.

Then you have time to start looking for sources about your topic.

Homework:

1. Post in the Pre-Writing forum in Moodle with links to sources. The directions are in Moodle.

Using the CRAAP Test

Today you apply the CRAAP test to Bovee and Thill's sources.

Finding a Topic

We practice active vs. passive voice one more way: http://www.businesswriting.com/tests/activepassive.htm.

I show you my example progression of research (in Moodle).


Your assignment is to complete a post in the Prewriting forum in Moodle.

Final Report Assignment

I return your Social Media reports.

Then I hand out the assignment sheet for the final project -- an MLA style informative report.

We look at an example.

More About Change

You practice active/passive voice more.

On the topic of change....jobs in manufacturing in the USA? http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2010/10/instead-of-legislating-appreciation-of.html

Have you seen these guys?

4 years ago

1 year ago

Yesterday


Go to Moodle and read/ post in the How About Your Job? forum. This forum requires replies as well as the initial post.

Active vs. Passive Voice and Change

We look at taking responsibility in grammar -- active and passive voice.

Then generations in the workplace.

Homework:

1. Post and reply in the Change in Your Industry forum.

Work Day

Your persuasive email is due before class tomorrow.

You have class time today to work on it. Use the assignment sheet to help you revise your draft.

The Hard Sell

We discuss the hard sell.

You look at getcoleman.com 

Fill out a worksheet. Then post in the ad forum in Moodle.

I hand out the assignment sheet for your persuasive writing assignment.

Homework:

1. Finish posting in the ad forum in Moodle.

2. Start writing your persuasive email.

The Three Appeals

We look at ethos, pathos, and logos in being persuasive.

You have a forum post to create in Moodle

Homework:

1. Complete the scenario forum (Being Persuasive) from Friday if you haven't.

2. Create a post in the Pathos vs. Logos Practice forum.

Being Persuasive

The next type of writing we're practicing is persuasive writing, pages 212-215.

This leads to http://www.lettersofnote.com/2013/03/the-outsiders.html


You're going to do something similar.


Homework:


1. Finish posting in the Being Persuasive forum in Moodle.

Writing About Yourself

Good start. Open yesterday's paragraph.

1. Turn every sentence that mentions you in positive terms blue (your values or goals).

2. Turn every sentence that talks about money yellow.

3. Turn every sentence that talks about something you have DONE, green.

We look at page 341 in the text.

Start work on creating a similar document for yourself. You are working to make statements about yourself that are true and show possible strengths. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect)

When you are done with that document, create a revised paragraph. Make it a general introduction to yourself -- there is no audience. It is a paragraph explaining who you are, what you value, and what your strengths are. Make sure it includes something that would be colored green -- something you have done that illustrates a strength.

When this is done, post it in a reply to yesterday's post.

Social Media Reports Due

You turn in your reports.

We look at another use of writing about professionalism.

Homework:

1. Finish posting in the Application forum in Moodle.

Works Cited

I return your quizzes.

We create a Works Cited page for your report.

Then you begin work on formatting assignment in Moodle in order to practice the design elements we discussed yesterday.

Homework:

1. Complete and post the readability assignment in Moodle.

2. Finish your report, due tomorrow.

Social Media Report Draft

You post your draft in a forum in Moodle.

We discuss the design aspects of readability.

Homework:

1. Be revising your draft. The final version is due Wednesday Nov. 8.

FB Details and a Quiz

We look more closely at your chosen sites.

Then you take a quiz.

Time for working on your draft?

Homework:

1. The draft of your social media report is due on Monday.

Social Media and Bad News

On the back of your assignment sheet:

Your thesis answers the question, "What are the traits of  an effective business FB/Twitter/Instagram account?"

Provide evidence for your thesis (point), using the two business sites you've chosen. As you do this, you are comparing the effectiveness of these two business's use of the site.

Note: you should use screen shots as you discuss details.

Now we need to move on in the book, as you are working on this project outside of class.

We look at delivering bad news,  Ch. 8.

Homework:

1. Be working on your social media report.

2. Tomorrow there will be a quiz over CX/CD comma use.

Social Media Report Assignment

We look at the Red Sox sentences.

I hand out the assignment for the next writing project.

We discuss criteria....

Homework:

1. Choose two business accounts on a social media platform.

Business and Social Media

We discuss effective communication and social media.

Homework:

1. Finish the Red Sox assignment in Moodle.

Hello Social Media

We look at your sentences.

Then we find out about social media.

Homework:

1. Re-read page 133 in Bovee and Thill so that you can use the information in class tomorrow.

Drafts Due

Your draft nomination letters are due.

The final version is due Friday,  tomorrow.

Homework:

1. Class will not meet tomorrow. You may turn the hard copy of your letter in at Mrs. Loden's office, 126 (just off the main hallway by autobody at the north end) during any time of the day Friday. [Do NOT send me an e-copy because you don't know if it will print correctly on the page until YOU do it.]

2.  Go to http://prezi.com/kivylhim8stb/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share    and read through the prezi.

3. When you are done, write some sentences. Five of them should be examples of compound sentences; five of them should be examples of complex sentences. [ You can use the same clauses with different conjunctions, like the examples in the Prezi, if you wish.] Bring these to class on Monday.

Effective Sentences

As you are creating a draft of your nomination letter, we're going to look at ways to revise sentences and paragraphs. See page 111 and pages 93-94.

You'll look up your letter of introduction that is in the forum in moodle.
Analyze your letter for patterns of sentence and paragraph length. We compare.

Next, read about compound and complex sentences.

We look at a Prezi (in our class in Moodle) and here: http://prezi.com/kivylhim8stb/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy&rc=ex0share 

 Homework:

1. Complete your draft of the nomination letter due tomorrow. 

Letters Again

We review how business letters need to look.

New assignment.

Homework:

1. Create the draft of your letter of recommendation.

Ethics Narrative Due

Your final version of the ethics narrative is due.

I return the graded Lego items and discuss.

We look at quotation marks.

Narratives in business?

Homework:

1. You fill out the brainstorming sheet using p. 6 in the textbook.

Looking for Stories

The goal of any time we spend on grammar/punctuation is for you to have the opportunity to find and fix any weaknesses you have. We ALL have weaknesses -- professionals work to improve in those areas.

Any proofreading questions from yesterday's drafts? Proofreading advice: this weekend, after you've forgotten the paper, print it out and read it slowly OUT LOUD. This will help you see it with new eyes.

You correct your apostrophe quiz:  http://chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/apostrophes01.htm

 Let's talk quotation marks -- see handout. Go to Moodle for an exercise.

 Now, yesterday we discusses vivid words: how many ways are there to say "run"?

Go to Moodle, and find out how many words you know (sort of) and post in the forum.

Homework:

1. Be revise and then proofread your Ethics Narrative.  The final version is due Monday.

2. ON the apostrophe quiz, write which rule from the rule sheet handout that applies to the ones you missed.

3.  Do the quotation marks practice and print a hard copy for Monday.

4. Post in the Examples of Business Narratives in Moodle.

Draft Due

We talk about vivid writing.

You read each other's drafts.

Apostrophe quiz.

Homework:

1. Look at the feedback on your draft, and begin revising.

2. If you'd like Mrs. Loden's feedback, you can attach the draft to an email, or come by my office (126).

Composing Your Narrative

How did your apostrophe practice go?

Analyzing an ethical lapse-- see the video in our Moodle shell.

Now look at pages 90-93 in Bovee and Thill.

If there's time...how many words do you know?

Homework:

1. Work on the draft of your Ethics Narrative, due tomorrow. Have a hard copy ready for class.

Digging Into Narrative

We discuss Geoff Dyer's "My Secret Life of Crime."

Homework:

1. Begin writing your Ethics Narrative. Draft 1 is due on Thursday.

2. Complete the worksheet on possessive nouns for tomorrow.

Narrative = Telling Stories

What did you find for examples of poor business ethics?

Here's a collection of situations....
www.jeffreyseglin.com


We  discuss your next writing assignment -- and reading!

Homework:

1. Read Dyer's narrative. Be prepared to discuss in class.

2. Be thinking about what you can write your own narrative about.

Ethics Violations?

You turn in your Legos. I hand out the last Lego-related assignment.

We look at your proofreading paragraphs.

Review of yesterday's discussion -- forum assignment.

Homework:

1. Write and send the last Lego email (see handout).

2. Post in the Moodle forum  Ethical Lapses in Business.

Ethics in Business Communication

Reading quiz over pages 15-17.

We discuss.

You do an exercise.

Homework:

1. Finish p. 54 Level 3 exercise for tomorrow. 

2. Finish Lego project. 

3. If needed, revise the hard copy of your Lego directions that Mrs. Loden will grade for effectiveness. 

4. All Lego parts will be handed in tomorrow.

More Tips

You look at Bovee and Thill on the subject of email.

Homework:

1.Read pages 15-17 in Bovee & Thill. Be ready for a quiz.

2.  Continue to communicate for the Lego Project.

3. Read and reply to 3 letters in the Letters of Introduction forum in Moodle.

More About Email

Your email signature -- what, how, where?

Email tips -- how to be as effective as possible?

Homework:

1. If you need to, finish the classroom email tips project, and have a hard copy ready for class tomorrow.

2. You now have a bag of Lego parts with an email address. You need to request the directions; remember to cc Mrs. Loden.

3. Remember to read 3 Letters of Introduction and reply to each in the forum in our class in Moodle.

Letter of Intro Due, Lego Project Begins

You hand in the hard copy of your Letter of Introduction.

I show you how to post a copy of your letter in the forum in Moodle.

We look at letterhead templates.

I hand out the assignment sheet for your next project.

Homework:

1. Plan and write the directions for your Lego object. Create a Word file; have a hard copy to hand in to Mrs. Loden Tuesday.

2. Take pictures of your Lego object as an answer key, and send them to Mrs. Loden by email. (You will never share these pictures with a builder; they are a record for you and Mrs. Loden. And this is practice so we know you can share pictures via email.)

Draft of Letter of Introduction Due

How giving feedback will work.

You each read two drafts.

Homework:

1. Create the final version of your draft, and print the hard copy before class starts. 

2. Also bring an e-copy of your letter so that you can post it in a Moodle forum. I will show the class how to do this on Monday.

The Three-Step Writing Process

Quiz.

Your first writing assignment -- Letter of Introduction handout.

Homework:

1. Create a draft of your letter. Follow the directions for formatting and content. You will give each other feedback on your drafts during class Friday.

Professionalism

What makes business communication effective?

What is professionalism?

Homework:

1. Read pages 60-67 in the text. Be prepared for a quiz over those pages. Pay special attention to the Three-Step Writing Process.

Welcome

Getting to know the course:

I will hand out the course information sheet and calendar. Copies are also available in the Moodle version of this course.

A. On paper, write the answers to these questions about the yellow handout:
 
1. Copy down my name. (You may call me Mrs. Loden, Ms. Loden, or Ms. Kate. Not a professor.
2.  Read the "Course Objectives" section at the top. Summarize the four goals of this class.
3.  Which goal in #2 do you think is the most important for you to practice this quarter?
4.  How much is the Formal Report worth to your grade?
5.  What's one way to fail this class?
6.  Calendar: What's due on Nov. 20?
7. How many days a week will this class meet?
8. Thought question ( you may consult your phone): what's the difference between a professional and an amateur?

Homework:
 
1. Get textbook for course.
2. Read pages 4-8.
3. After you do the reading, on the card I give you today, write down your name and three different types of people/audience (p. 8) you will be communicating with in your future job. (You can classify them by their job description or role.) This is your ticket to class tomorrow.