12th Grade Business English

In a time when writing and communication skills rank high on recruiters’ wish lists, this class helps students develop job-readiness for the 21st century.

We will highlight best practices and strategies backed by leading-edge research to help students strengthen professionalism, expert writing techniques, workplace digital savvy and résumé-building skills.

We will learn how writing is central to business success, regardless of the communication channel.

We will discuss best practices for social media and mobile technology while equipping students with skills using grammar exercises, documents for editing and grammar practice.

10th-12th Grade Professional Communications

This is a speech class. In this class we cover the Communication Process, Interpersonal Communication, Group Communication and Presentation Communication. Students will receive high school credit for the professional communications trimester. We will cover

–Communication Process

–Perception

–Listening Process

–Kinds of Listening

–Levels of Communication

–Verbal Communication

–Nonverbal Communication

Grading Policy for both classes:

50% Daily Grades

50% Speeches, Projects, Tests

Grade book Codes:

• 0 for students that cannot make up an assignment
• 1 for students that work is incomplete, potentially could turn into a zero or a 50.
• X for students that are exempt from the assignment
• Z for students that were absent and can get full credit

Late work will be accepted 1 day for a deduction of 30%.