Weekly Syllabus

 

Module 1 BUSINESS COMMUNICATION FOUNDATIONS

WEEK 1 8/22-8/24

Course orientation; introductions; establish teams Read: chapter 1 
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WEEK 2 8/29-8/31

Team assignment; Business Writing Process Read: chapter 2

chapter 1

Textbook Quiz 1

Test

Assigned

08/30/17
5:00am

09/05/17
11:55pm

 

Grammar Quiz 1

Test

Assigned

08/30/17
5:00am

09/05/17
11:55pm

 

 

 

MODULE 2 THE THREE STEP WRITING PROCESS

WEEK 3 9/5-9/24

Business Writing Process Read: chapters 3 & 4 

chapter 2

Textbook Quiz 2

Test

Assigned

09/06/17
5:00am

09/24/17
11:55pm

 

Grammar Quiz 2

Test

Assigned

09/06/17
5:00am

09/24/17
11:55pm

 

Week 4 9/12-9/28

Memorandum Writing Assignment Read: chapters 5 & 6

chapters 3, 4

Textbook Quiz 3

Test

Assigned

09/13/17
5:00am

09/28/17
11:55pm

 

Grammar Quiz 4

Test

Assigned

09/13/17
5:00am

09/28/17
11:55pm

 

Grammar Quiz 5

Test

Assigned

09/13/17
5:00am

09/28/17
11:55pm

Memo 1 Outline

Memo Design

Memos Rubric

Dangling Modifiers

Sentence Fragments

 

MODULE 3 BRIEF BUSINESSS MESSAGES

WEEK 5 9/19-10/5

Bad News Letter Assignment; Persuasive Letter Assignment Read: chapters 7 

chapters 5, 6

Textbook Quiz 4

Test

Assigned

09/20/17
5:00am

10/5/17
11:55pm

 

Grammar Quiz 6

Test

Assigned

09/20/17
5:00am

10/5/17
11:55pm

 

Grammar Quiz 7

Test

Assigned

09/20/17
5:00am

10/5/17
11:55pm

WEEK 6 9/26-10/12

Due:  Memo 1

chapter 7

Textbook Quiz 5

Test

Assigned

09/27/17
5:00am

10/12/17
11:55pm

 

Grammar Quiz 8

Test

Assigned

09/27/17
5:00am

10/12/17
11:55pm

 

Grammar Quiz 9

Test

Assigned

09/27/17
5:00am

10/12/17
11:pm

Letter 1 Outline

Business Letter Rubric

WEEK 7 10/3-10/19

MODULE 4 LONGER MESSAGES

 

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Grammar Quiz 10

Test

Assigned

10/04/17
5:00am

10/19/17
11:55pm

 

 

 

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WEEK 8 10/10-10/26

Due: Letter 1

Read: chapter 11

chapters 8, 9

Textbook Quiz 6

Test

Assigned

10/11/17
5:00am

10/26/17
11:55pm

 

WEEK 9 10/17-10/26

Read: chapter 12

chapter 10

Textbook Quiz 7

Test

Assigned

10/18/17
5:00am

10/26/17
11:55pm

Memo 2 Outline

MODULE 5 EMPLOYMENT MESSAGES & JOB INTERVIEWS

WEEK 10 10/24-10/31

Read: chapter 13

chapter 11

Textbook Quiz 8

Test

Assigned

10/25/17
5:00am

10/31/17
11:55pm

Memo 3 Outline

Due: Memo 2

WEEK 11 10/31-11/7

Read: chapter 14

chapter 12

Textbook Quiz 9

Test

Assigned

11/01/17
5:00am

11/07/17
11:55pm

Letter 2 Outline

Due: Memo 3

WEEK 12 11/7-11/9

Letter 3 Oultine

Resume Outline

WEEK 13 11/14-11/16

Team presentations

WEEK 14 11/21-11/23

Team presentations

Week 15 12/5-12/6 Due: Letter 3 and Resume

chapters 13, 14

Textbook Quiz 10

Test

Assigned

11/29/17
5:00am

12/09/17
11:55pm