Communications I Course Schedule
This schedule is tentative and could change based on AS feedback
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Session |
Date |
Agenda/Content |
Homework |
Assignment Due (Check Moodle for Exact times) |
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1 |
1 |
22 Jul |
Course introduction and overview of Moodle Corporate Communication MLA Documentation Watch Wk 1 Videos |
Read eGuide |
Course Opener Essay
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2 |
24 Jul |
Review Five Stages of Writing Intro Business Communications Memo,Pick topics. 15-Min & Grammar Worksheet |
Finish Wk 1 Videos SE1-eGuide Review
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2 |
3 |
29 Jul |
Business Writing Guidelines (BWG) Watch Wk 2 Videos SE2 – AS Centennial Memo Fix Intro Shipyard Email |
Shipyard Email |
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4 |
31 Jul |
Editing & Proofreading Lecture Shipyard Email peer review Intro Just One Minute (JOM) Speech SE3 – Business Writing Guidelines (10 min) |
Finish videos, read JOM docs, JOM PPT Study Using Evidence docs |
Shipyard Email (due at end of class) |
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3 |
5 |
5 Aug |
Return Shipyard Email (me?) Watch Wk 3 Videos Evidence, Purdue OWL, MLA PPT Overview Defining Plagiarism (see link) Group Outline Exercise SE4 – MLA Review |
Study for Test 1 Finish Business Memo |
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6 |
7 Aug |
Intro Scenario Data Summary Memo Test I Review SE5 – Signal Phrases, Using Evidence |
Review for Test 1 Begin Summary Memo |
Bus Memo |
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4 |
7 |
12 Aug |
TEST 1 (90 Min) Watch Wk 4 Videos Intro Analysis Report. Pick topics. SE6 – Sentence Variety (10 Min) |
Read AR Assignment docs Watch AR PPT |
Test 1 |
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8 |
14 Aug |
In-class Summary Memo Drafting/Analysis Report research Practice JOM Speech Delivery Workshop A/R Outline SE7 – Elevate Your Language (10 Min) Finish Videos |
Prep for JOM Speech |
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Session |
Date
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Agenda/Content
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Homework
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Assignment Due Check Moodle for Exact times
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5 |
9 |
19 Aug |
Final/Graded JOM Speech Delivery Watch Wk 5 Videos In-class Analysis Report Drafting MLA Video SE8 – Homophones (10 Min) |
Summary Memo |
JOM Speech (during class) |
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10 |
21 Aug |
Final In-Class workshop final speech Final Analysis Report Topic selection due 10 Tips PPT Template Conducting Interview |
Review AR Topics & Speech Assignment docs Review Wk 5 PPT |
Scenario Data Summary Memo
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6 |
11 |
26 Aug |
In-Class drafting A/R, early feedback Confirmation of topics and sources SE9 – Subject-Verb Agreement |
Study for Test 2 |
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12 |
28 Aug |
Watch Wk 6 Videos – 5 Stages Workshop Outling, Drafting A/R, Peer Review Q&A on MLA, Interviewing, or Outlines Small teams speech practice |
Finish AR Draft Review files and PPTs as needed |
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7 |
13 |
2 Sep |
Watch Wk 7 Videos Discussion of remaining classwork PPT design and A/R rehearsal SE10 – Brevity SE11 – MLA Review II |
Work on AR Outline and PPT |
Analysis Report Graded Draft |
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14 |
4 Sep |
Discussion on sources, Purdue OWL & MLA In-class work on Formal Speech, Outline & PPT SE12 – Run-On Sentences SE13 – Pronoun Agreement |
Review for Test 2 |
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8 |
15 |
9 Sep |
Watch Wk 8 Videos Review for Test 2 In-Class work on A/R Speech/Outline/PPT
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Study the Review - Test 2 Finish AR Draft |
A/R Draft PPT & Outline |
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16 |
11 Sep |
Test 2 – Review SE14 – Prepositional Sentences SE15 – Success Principles |
Review for Test 2 |
Analysis Report PPT & Outline |
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9 |
17 |
16 Sep |
Group A Final Speech
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Submit AR Final PPT & Outline |
Test 2 (90 Min) |
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18 |
18 Sep |
Group B Final Speech |
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