Dates

Topic

Required Reading

Due Dates
(Deadline--Next Class, Unless Otherwise Noted)

Jan 4 to
   Jan 15

Chapter 13
general career planning, resumes, cover letters, interviews, portfolios, job shadowing, web pages, new trends
PPT:  Searching for Employment and Writing Employment Messages

Friday, January 4:
Resumes:  Header and Objectives
Word Resume Templates:  In MS Word V7  "File" / New / Installed Templates
Optional Tutorial on using Templates:  Using Templates

Tuesday, January 8:
Resumes:  Experience Section, Education Section, etc. 
     - Advanced Techniques for Work Search (supplied)
     - Monster.ca
Bring your current resume--class time to work on it

Thursday, January 10:
Application Letters:  Bring your current application letters--class time
     - Advanced Techniques for Work Search (supplied)
     - Monster.ca
Application Forms
Application Follow-Ups
     - Advanced Techniques for Work Search (supplied)
     - Monster.ca

Friday, January 11:
Class time to work on your employment messages

Tuesday, January 15:
Class time to work on your employment messages
Hand-in Assignments: 
     Your Resume and one Application Letter
     Your Resume in ASCII format
     Test Your Knowledge, Text Pages 379 and 380, keyboarded

Evaluation:
Details

Major Assignment:
Employment Interviews, Part 1 of 3

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Jan 24 to
   Feb 1

Unit 2 
Working in Teams; Preparing, Conducting, and Attending Meetings; Listening to Others; Using Telephones and Voice Mail; Understanding Nonverbal Communication

PowerPoint

NOTE:  The text, pages  23 to 31, will not be presented in a lecture; however, the the unit quiz will include this material. 

Thursday, January 24:
Video--Meetings, Bloody Meetings (John Cleese)
Lecture

Friday, January 25:
Take up Video--Meetings, Bloody Meetings
Lecture

Tuesday, January 29:
Lecture on Robert's Rules Handout
Online Tutorials:  (unit quiz partly based on these)

•  - FAQ's
•  - Order of Business
•  - Handling Motions
•  - Order of Precedence
•  - Tutorial
•  - Quiz
•  - Very Readable Reference Optional

Thursday, January 31:
Class time to work on your employment messages

Friday, February 1:
Hand-in Assignments: 

• Resume, References, Scanable Resume, and Covering Letter
  Marking Key
• Test Your Knowledge, P 32 and 33, keyboarded
• Apply Your Knowledge, P 33, Q1, keyboarded (Unit Written Assignment). 
  • 250 words, at a business level.
  • Marking Key
    • Comma after a dependent clause
    • Two independent clauses joined by a semicolon

Quiz Tuesday, February 4, on Chapter 2
Quiz will cover the text, handouts, and Robert's Rules materials

Unit 2

Handouts provided by instructor

Feb 5 to
   Feb 28

Principles of Business Writing:  Direct requests, good news messages, bad news messages, persuasive messages, sales letters

Major Assignment:
Draft Formal Report

Tuesday, February 5:
 - Quiz from Chapter 2
 - Chapter 6--Letters, Memos, E-Mails
      - PowerPoint
     - Lecture
      - Assignment:
         - Test Your Knowledge (sample marked)
         - Apply Your Knowledge (sample marked)
         - Activities, pg 134, #1 (writing marked in detail)

Thursday, February 7:
 - Chapter 6 material due at end of class.
    - (Activities, pg 134, due later.)
 - Quiz at beginning of next class
 - Assignment Key


Friday, February 8:
 - Quiz from Chapter 6 (delayed to next class)
 - Chapter 7--Writing Routine, Good-News, and Goodwill Messages
      - PowerPoint
     - Lecture
     - Assignment:
         - Test Your Knowledge (sample marked)
         - Apply Your Knowledge:  #1, #2, #3 only (sample marked)
         - No writing this chapter--until we get caught up.


Tuesday, February 12:
 - Quiz from Chapter 6
 - Chapter 7 material due at end of class.
 - Quiz at beginning of next class


Thursday, February 14:
 - Quiz from Chapter 7
 - Class time for assignments


Friday, February 15:
 - Class time for assignments, due at end of class
 - Answer Key

 

Unit 3

Chapters 6 to 9

Feb 18 to
  Feb 22

Midterm Break
 

Feb 26 to
Feb 28

Major Assignments:
  -  Resumes, Employment Interviews 3 of 3  Due March 6, deadline March 13

Chapter 10

Due Today:

Ch 9 Due

Quiz
 

Thursday
March 6

Thursday, March 6:

Chapter 10--Writing and Completing Business Reports and Proposals
      - PowerPoint
     - Lecture Notes
     - Class time

     - Assignment:  (sample marked)  Due Mar 7. 28, deadline Mar 13
         - Test Your Knowledge:  pg 262, all questions
         - Apply Your Knowledge:  pg 263, #1, #3, #4
         - Practice Your Knowledge: 
           pg 264, #3 only  REVIEW ONLY, DO NOT HAND IN!
                ( http://www.learnerassociates.net/proposal/ )
         - Cases:  pg 268, #6--Staying the Course
            Marking Key

     - Writing Assignment #2:  (Marking Key)  Due Mar. 7, Deadline Mar. 13
         - Page 201, #6 "Teamwork" do this independently not as a group
            Only hand in step 3, the rewrite
         - Comma FANBOYS joining two independent clauses
         - Two independent clauses joined by a semicolon


 

Chapters 10

Due Today:

Resumes, Employment Interviews 3 of 3

Home Depot Writing Assignment


 

Friday
March 7

Writing Assignment #2

Ch 10, All Assignments

Ch 10 Quiz

Monday
March 10
 

Class time to work on major assignments

Tuesday
March 11
 

Class time to work on major assignments

Thursday
March 13

Business Meeting Assignment

Writing Assignment #3
 - Marking Key

Friday
March 14

Chapter 11, Assignment

Ch 11 Quiz

Business Meeting Assignment

Writing Assignment #3
 - Marking Key
 

Ch 12 Quiz

Friday
March 21
 

Good Friday, College Closed

Tuesday
March 25

Major Assignments:
     - Apply techniques to Business Conference report
       - Due Thursday, April 10
     - Create project (Christmas Newsletter?)
       - Details to follow
       - Due Friday, April 11
    

Thursday
March 27

Friday
March 28

Tuesday
April 1

Thursday
April 3

Friday
April 4

Interviews:
Lindsey P.
 

Tuesday
April 8

 - Images for Business Conference

Interviews:
Brian G.
Cameron W.
Lindsay L.
Sarah C.
Derek D.
Meaghan R.
Manfred C.

 

Thursday
April 10

Interviews:
Josh V.
Angela C.
Juston C.
Kyle G.
Roberto L.
Ashley H.
 

Business Conference
(Accepted until April 16)
 

Friday
April 11

Interviews:
Melissa M.
Adrienne C.
Brittni B.
 

Publisher Projects
(Accepted until April 16)