Writing for Careers 11 and 12 grade English Elective Course ...
Writing for Careers 11 and 12 grade English Elective Course ...
Writing for Careers 11 and 12 grade English Elective Course ...
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<strong>Writing</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Careers</strong> <strong>11</strong> th <strong>and</strong> <strong>12</strong> <strong>grade</strong> <strong>English</strong> <strong>Elective</strong><br />
<strong>Course</strong> Description: This course focuses on preparing high school students with<br />
technical writing skills used in various professional <strong>and</strong> business applications that require<br />
specific style, language <strong>and</strong> competences.<br />
Units of Instruction:<br />
Defining professionalism<br />
a. how to act in business<br />
b. not a high school student<br />
c. tone in business writing<br />
Technical writing skills<br />
a.. editing <strong>and</strong> proofreading<br />
b. commas, sentence structure, questions marks, quotation marks, hyphens<br />
c. peer editing<br />
d. 100 tough spelling words<br />
Workplace writing<br />
a. business proposal<br />
b. press release<br />
c. writing email<br />
d. fax writing<br />
e. 10 principles of good business writing<br />
Presentation skills<br />
a. Building professional powerpoints<br />
b. Making presentations<br />
Marketing <strong>and</strong> advertising<br />
a. br<strong>and</strong>ing writing<br />
b. writing <strong>for</strong> radio <strong>and</strong> television advertising<br />
c. graphic design<br />
d. research <strong>and</strong> write a marketing case study<br />
Finding a job<br />
a. interviewing<br />
b. resume writing<br />
c. cover letter writing<br />
d. job applications<br />
Letter writing<br />
a. complaint letter<br />
b. letter of inquiry<br />
c. thank you letter<br />
d. bad news letter<br />
Business Ethics<br />
Case studies in ethics<br />
Novel: Bartelby the Scrivner<br />
<strong>Writing</strong> personal code of ethics<br />
Planning an event—persuasive writing<br />
a. write an event flyer
. write proposal<br />
c. planning speakers <strong>and</strong> hotels<br />
d. brochures<br />
Grading Scale:<br />
Final 5%<br />
Projects 50%<br />
Quizzes 15%<br />
Group Projects 20%<br />
Participation 10%
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