BUSINESS COMMUNICATION 2211

TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE-FALL 2015 MW

(Subject to change at the discretion of the instructor)
The assignments listed are due at the beginning of the next class.

(Absolutely no late activities of any kind will be accepted.)

Day/Date
M 8/24
W 8/26

M 8/31

W 9/2

M 9/7
W 9/9

Activity/Points
Orientation
Chapter 1
Activities Due (85 points) (Please submit as ONE keyboarded document.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question
numbers):
Critical Thinking Questions 1, p. 32 (5 points)
Critical Thinking Question 5 (Ethical Issue), p. 32 (5
points)
Activity 1.5 (Introducing Yourself), p. 34 (Submit as a
paragraph only, not as an email or a memo.) (20 points)
Activity 1.12 (Oral or Written Communication: How Rich
Must the Media Be?), pp. 35-36 (35 points; 5 pts. each)
Grammar and Mechanics Skills C.L.U.E. Review 1, p. 37
(10 points)
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 2, p. 77 (10
points)
Chapter 3
Activities Due (50 points) (Please submit as ONE keyboarded document.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Activity 3.3 (Mastering International Time), pp. 109-110
(20 points; 4 pts. each)
Activity 3.9 (Negotiating Traps), p. 111, (20 points; 4 pts.
each)
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 3, p. 115 (10
points)
Chapter 4
Activities Due (20 points) (Please submit as ONE keyboarded document.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Writing Improvement Exercise 4.1 (Audience Benefits and
the You View), p. 146 (8 points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 4.2 (Conversational but
Professional), p. 146 (6 points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 4.3 (Positive and
Courteous Expression), p. 146 (6 points)
No class. Holiday.
Chapter 4
Activities Due (31 points) (Please submit as ONE keyboarded document.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
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W 9/16

M 9/21

W 9/23

Writing Improvement Exercise 4.4 (Bias-Free Language), p.

146 (5 points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 4.5 (Plain Language and
Familiar Words), p. 146 (4 points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 4.6 (Precise, Vigorous Words),
p. 146 (5 points)
Activity 4.8 (Channel Selection: Various Business Scenarios),
p. 147 (7 points)
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 4, p. 148 (10
points)
Chapter 5
Activities Due (15 points) (Please submit as ONE keyboarded document.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Critical Thinking Question 2, p. 170 (5 points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 5.1 (Sentence Types), p. 170 (5
points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 5.2 (Sentence Faults), p. 170 (5
points)
Chapter 5
Activities Due (33 points) (Please submit as ONE keyboarded document.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Writing Improvement Exercise 5.4 (Active Voice), p. 171 (5
points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 5.5 (Passive Voice), p. 171 (5
points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 5.6 (Parallelism), p. 171 (8
points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 5.7 (Dangling and Misplaced
Modifiers) p. 172 (5 points)
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 5, p. 174 (10
points)
Chapter 6
Activities Due (25 points) (Please submit as ONE keyboarded document.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Critical Thinking Question 2, p. 197 (5 points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 6.1 (Flabby Expressions), p.
197 (5 points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 6.2 (Long Lead-Ins), pp. 197198 (5 points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 6.3 (There is/are and It is/was
Fillers), p. 198 (5 points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 6.4 (Redundancies), p. 198 (5
points)
Chapter 6
Activities Due (33 points) (Please submit as ONE keyboarded document. Include
your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):

M 9/28

W 9/30

M 10/5

W 10/7

Writing Improvement Exercise 6.5 (Empty Words), p. 198 (5

points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 6.7 (Trite Business Phrases),
pp. 198-199 (5 points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 6.8 (Cliches, Slang, and
Wordiness), p. 199 (5 points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 6.9 (Buried Verbs), p. 199 (6
points)
Writing Improvement Exercise 6.10 (Lists, Bullets, and
Headings), p. 199 (12 pts; 3 pts. each)
Appendix B
Activities Due (30 points) (Please submit as ONE keyboarded document.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 6, p. 202 (10
points)
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 7, p. 218 (10
points)
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 8, pp. 254-255 (10
points)
Chapter 7 (pp. 205-217); Chapter 8 (pp. 245-257)
Activities Due (110 points) (Please submit as TWO keyboarded documents.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Critical Thinking Question 4, p. 234 (10 points)
Activity 8.9 (Direct Request: Planning a Winter Retreat in
Jackson Hole, Wyoming), p. 275 (Use block style and mixed
punctuation. Assume you are using letterhead paper. Center
the letter.) (100 points) (Eligible for revision)
Chapter 8 (pp. 257-271)
Activities Due (40 points) (Please submit as ONE keyboarded document.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Critical Thinking Question Topic 1 (see Chat About It), p. 281
(10 points)
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 9, p. 324 (10
points)
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 10, p. 369 (10
points)
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 11, pp. 416-417 (10
points)
Chapter 9
Activities Due (200 points) (Please submit as TWO keyboarded document.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Activity 8.16 (Instruction Memo: How to Copy Pictures and
Text from PDF Documents), p. 278 (Use memo format as
shown on p. 212; Figure 7.3) (100 points) (Eligible for revision)
Activity 8.25 (Adjustment: We Can Restretch but Not
Replace), p. 280 (Use modified block style and open
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M 10/19

W 10/21

punctuation. Assume you are using letterhead paper. Center

the letter.) (100 points) (Eligible for revision)
Chapter 9
Activities Due (100 points) (Please submit as ONE keyboarded document as
detailed in the Activity instructions)
Activity 9. 19 (Bad News to Customers: Picking Perfect
Stepper for Fit Power Gym) p. 321 (Use block style and mixed
punctuation. Assume you are using letterhead paper. Center
the letter.) (100 points) (Eligible for revision)
Chapter 9
Activities Due (110 points) (Please submit as TWO keyboarded documents.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Critical Thinking Question 5, p. 316 (10 points)
Activity 9.22 (Bad News to Customers: Stuck in Berlin
Without a Credit Card), p. 321 (Use modified block style and
mixed punctuation. Assume you are using letterhead paper.
Center the letter. (100 points) (Eligible for revision)
Chapter 10 (pp. 326-344)
Activities Due (110 points) (Please submit as TWO keyboarded documents.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Critical Thinking Question Topic 2 (See Chat About It), p. 368
(10 points)
Activity10.10 (Persuasive Request: Making a Case for Tuition
Reimbursement), p. 362 (Use memo format) (100 points)
(Eligible for revision)
Chapter 11
Activities Due (31 points) (Please submit as TWO keyboarded documents.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Critical Thinking Question 5 (Ethical Issue), p. 411 (10 points)
Activity 11.1 (Report Functions, Strategies, and Format), p.
411 (21 pts.; 3 pts. each

M 10/26

Chapter 11
Activities Due (50 points) (Please submit as TWO keyboarded documents.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Activity 11.15 (Selecting Graphics), pp. 414-415 (Use memo
format; Figure 7.3) (50 points)(Not eligible for revision)

W 10/28

Chapter 12
Activities Due (60 points) (Please submit as TWO keyboarded documents.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Critical Thinking Question Topic 4 (See Chat About It), p. 462
(10 points)
Selection Activity for Investigative Report: Each student must
select one of the two possible topics for an Investigative Report
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W 11/4

M 11/9

W 11/11
M 11/16

W 11/18

due on the day of the scheduled final. The two possible topics
(Act 12.14 or Act 12.15) are located in Chapter 12, p. 455.
Review the information provided about the investigative
report and the oral presentation.
Activity 12.3 (Distinguishing Between Conclusions and
Recommendations), p. 415 (Memo; Figure 7.3)(50 pts.)(Not
eligible for revision)
Chapter 12
Activities Due (50 points) (Please submit as ONE keyboarded document.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Activity 12.6 (Organizing Data), p. 454 (40 points; 5 pts. each)
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 12, p. 462 (10
points)
Chapter 13
Activities Due (20 points) (Please submit as TWO keyboarded documents.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Critical Thinking Question Topic 5 (See Chat About It), p. 498
(10 pts.)
Executive Summary Assignment: Using the article found
under the Chapter 13 file (Harvard Business Review article
(Whos Got the Monkey?) or provided by your instructor write
an executive summary using the memo format shown on p.
212 in Ch. 7 (Figure 7.3) . An explanation of what is expected
for the Executive Summary can be found in the file What is
an Executive Summary? in the folder for Chapter 13. Your
summary will not be returned. Feedback, including your
grade, will be returned using the CSCC Critical Reasoning
rubric.
Chapter 14
Activities Due (60 points) (Please submit as TWO keyboarded documents.
Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Critical Thinking Question 5 (Ethical Issue), p. 536 (10 pts.)
Activity 14.1 (Evaluating a Speech), p. 536 (Memo; Figure 7.3)
(50 pts.) (Not eligible for revision) The YouTube video of Jobs
graduation speech to the Stanford graduating class of 2005 is
available on the Angel and/or Bbd shell as is the text of the
speech
No class. Holiday
Chapter 14
Activities Due (50 points) (Please submit as ONE document. Include your
name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Creating a PowerPoint Presentation: Your instructor will
provide you the information for this assignment. It can be
found on the Angel and/or Bbd shell of this class (Submit
using the print selection of 3 PowerPoints to a page) (50 pts.)
Chapter 15

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W 11/25

M 11/30

W 12/2
M 12/7
Final
W 12/9

Activities Due (40 points) (Please submit as ONE keyboarded document.

Include your name and all applicable activity and question numbers):
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 13, p. 455 (10
points)
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 14, p. 492 (10
points)
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 15, p. 535 (10
points)
Grammar and Mechanics C.L.U.E. Review 16, p. 565 (10
points)
Chapter 15
Activities Due (200 points) (Please submit as THREE keyboarded
documents.)
Resume Package, which consists of three documentscover
letter, chronological resume-presentation style, and reference
list(Not eligible for revision) (200 points)
Chapter 16
Activity Due (100 points)(Please submit as ONE keyboarded document.)
Nontraditional resume. Resume must follow the format
requirements for a plain text format resume and show use of
instructor feedback on the chronological resume. (Not eligible
for revision)(100 pts.)
Chapter 16
Activity Due (10 points)(Please submit as ONE keyboarded document.)
Critical Thinking Question 5 (Ethical Issue), p. 614 (10 points)
AND
Revisions Due ((These revisions must be of letters/memos assigned
in Chapters 8, 9 and 10. Each original graded document must be
attached to each revision for the revision to be accepted. You may
receive up to a total of 20 points across the two documents.).
Oral Presentations (Part II) based on Investigative Reports (Part I)
(Chapter 12)(50 pts.)
Oral Presentations (Part II) based on Investigative Reports (Part I)
(Chapter 12)(50 pts.)
Investigative Reports (Part I) Due (Chapter 12) (100 pts.) (Final) Report
is due in by Wednesday, December 9, by beginning of normal class time.

Revised for Fall 2015_5/27/2015