Written Comm

First Quarter

Modules

Unit 1: Introduction to Our Digital, Social, & Mobile Workplace

Timeframe: Week 1-2

Standards

• Apply audience analysis techniques

• Edit document based on conventions of standard English

Objectives

• I can clearly communicate using complete sentences and avoiding fragments, run-ons, and comma splices.

• I can recognize the appropriate word to used based on context.

• I can select the communication channel that best fits the situation.

• I can distinguish professional vs. unprofessional behaviors in communication.

Essential Question/s

• How can written communication affect overall productiveness?

Unit 2: Developing Audience Oriented & Concise Writing Skills

Timeframe: Week 3-5

Standards

• Apply audience analysis techniques

• Employ rhetorical strategies

• Edit document based on conventions of standard English

Objectives

• I can apply readability techniques and parallelism to making my writing more clear.

• I can capitalize appropriately.

• I can edit and revise writing for a business setting.

• I can organize business messages.

Essential Question/s

• How does understanding the audience's perspective make us stronger communicators?

• How does the visual format of writing affect audience understanding?

Performance Assessment Tasks

• Audience Oriented and Concise Writing Skills Challenge

Unit 3: Email, Text Messaging, & Social Media Use

Timeframe: Weeks 6-9

Standards

• Establish audience and purpose

• Employ rhetorical strategies

• Organize document content

• Utilize the writing process from drafts to final, assessing for revision

• Format a document to meet the purpose, audience, and communication needs.

• Edit document based on conventions of standard English

Objectives

• I can write final texts from drafts.

• I can organize document content.

• I can apply the conventions of standard English.

• I can determine a document's purpose.

• I can analyze a document's situation and audience.

Essential Question/s

• How does document presentation affect communication?

Performance Assessment Tasks

• Digital Literacy

• Final Draft of Email