Preparations For Next Week

EQ - How can your personal interests lead you to gathering information about a career choice?

1. Activator: Anonomous Response
2. Intro to Careercruising.com
• Login Name: Donegal
• Password: highschool (all one word, all lowercase)
3. Account Setup
4. Matchmaker Surveys
5. Research Organizers
6. Sample Report
7. Preview - Report Guidelines PowerPoint (Will be used next class)
8. PowerPoint Assignment

Tony Vincent's Google Search Tricks

Copy of Google Search Tricks on Prezi

Google Search Tips

EQ - How can I enhance my effectiveness when researching online?

1. Homework Collection
2. Mini-Review - Internet Basics
3. Internet Basics Quiz
4. Activator: My Google Identity
5. Advanced Organizer
6. Prezi – Google Search Tricks byTonyVincent
7. Research your Google Identity
8. Discussion Question – What did you do differently?
9. Advanced Google Search
10. Internet Scavenger Hunt 1
11. Internet Scavenger Hunt 2

DDAP

EQ - How effectively do I summarize and analyze a current event?

1. Mini-lesson - Summary & Analysis
2. Wall Street Journal

DIRECTIONS

1. Choose an article from today's WSJ
2. Read the article for understanding.
3. Summarize the article in MS Word
4. Analyze the article
5. Save your document as DDAP 5

Business Communications Unit Exam

EQ - How accurately can I demonstrate my understanding of the key concepts of the business communication unit?

1. Q & A
2. Unit Exam
3. PSSA Prep - Select one of the links and complete the activity
4. Missing Classwork -or- Microtype -or- Work Quietly at your work station
5. Instant Feedback

Comprehensive Unit Review

EQ – How must I prepare for the Business Communication Unit Exam?

1. Draw a memo
2. Draw a letter (block, modified)
3. Jeopardy Review

Unit Test Tomorrow

Printing Envelopes

EQ - How do I print an envelope?

1. Review PBL Requirements
2. Finalize PBL
3. Setting up the envelope
4. Printing and Folding Letters
5. Review Class Tomorrow
6. Business Communications Exam Friday

Personal Business Letters

EQ – Who am I going to write to regarding my personal business?

1. Review Test
2. Pop-Tarts
3. Outline Letter Content
4. Finding Contact Information (Google)
5. Contact Info Search
6. Outline letter content

Modified Block Style Letters

EQ - What are the differences between a Block Style Letter and a Modified Block Style Letter?

1. Q & A
2. Quiz
3. Activator: Similarities and Differences (So Easy)
4. Intro to Modified Block Style
5. Key a Modified Block Style Letter (Save As: Mod. Template)
6. TOD
1. Name of the style learned today
2. Which 5 parts are modified?
3. How do we make these modifications?
4. Explain the changes in Word terminology.

Letter Races

EQ - Why do we include additional letter parts after the name line?

1. Activator: Letter Races
2. Block Letter Quiz
3. Additional Letter Parts - Enclosure v. Attachment

EQ - What is letter punctuation and how do we punctuate properly?

1. Examples of Salutations and Complimentary Closes
2. Letter Punctuation - Open v. Mixed
3. Putting it together
4. TOD

March 14 - Block Letter Practice

EQ – How do I format a block style letter?

1. Activator: Draw a block style letter from memory (Without notes)
2. Partner up and compare their work.
3. Partners should create a NEW block style letter that is perfect (You may review your notes)
4. “Great Locker Debate”
5. Please follow all directions and Save As – Locker Letter
6. PLEASE DO NOT PRINT
7. If time remains, you should work on MicroType

Error Analysis

EQ - Where have I made mistakes in my memo composition?

1. Finalize About Me
2. Print
3. Trade with a Partner & Proofread
4. Write your errors on a sheet of paper
5. Correct memo and print a final version
6. Submit to the drop box

Become an Expert

EQ – What is the proper format of a Standard Memorandum and how acccurate can I be when formatting and composing a memo?

1. 2 minutes to refresh your minds about yesterdays lesson material (Collaborative Pairs)
2. Drawing a memo (TPS)
3. About Me Memo - Directions
4. About Me Memo – Rubric

Intro to Business Communication

Essential Question – What are the 2 key parts of a Standard Memorandum and what components make up each part?

1. Activator: The Chain Game
2. The Communication Model
3. Intro to Memorandum – AO
4. Key a Standard Memo
5. Quarter sheet
6. Microtype if time permits

DDAP 2

EQ - How do I summarize an article?

1. Mini-Lesson - Summarization Strategy
2. Article - Consequences of Sleep Deprevation for Teenagers

DIRECTIONS: 

1. Read the article for understanding.
2. Summarize the Article in MS Word
3. Save your document as DDAP 2

Study Guide Creation

EQ - What concepts regarding MS Word 2007 will I need to study for my upcoming exam?

1. Keyboard shortcuts quiz
2. Mini-Lesson - The Show/Hide Button
3. You will be creating a study guide for your exam. The topics for review include the following: – Parts of the Ribbon – Parts of the Opening Screen – Tab Commands (Home, Insert, Page Layout) – Show/Hide Button – Keyboard Shortcuts – Navigation Shortcuts – Cut, Copy, Paste
4. Create an outline and include ALL information learned regarding these topics. You may type this outline or write it by hand.
5. You may print your study guide
6. MicroType when finished

Using What You Know

EQ – How do I use the Cut/Copy/Paste features of MS Word?

1. Navigation and 10 Keyboard Shortcuts Quiz
2. AO – Cut/Copy/Paste
3. Nursery Rhymes
4. Show/Hide Button Symbols
5. 10 Additional Keyboard Shortcuts Quiz Tomorrow