Writing Essentials Business English Business Management & Administration LessonPlan
Plan
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Performance Objective The student will be able to use and apply appropriate grammar skills (punctuation, spelling, and capitalization) while understanding and practicing the conventions of academic language in both written and verbal form. Specific Objectives  Use and understand the function of different types of clauses and phrases such as adjectival, noun, or adverbial clauses and phrases  Use a variety of correctly structured sentences such as compound, complex, or compound‐complex  Write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation  Spell correctly, including uses of various resources to determine and correct spellings Terms  Organize‐ to systematize  Effective‐ adequate to accomplish a purpose  Logic‐ a particular method of reason or argumentation  Sequential‐ characterized by regular sequence of parts  Interpret‐ to give or provide the meaning of; explain  Distinguish‐ to perceive clearly by sight or other sense; discern; recognize  Communicate‐ to express thoughts, feelings, or information easily or effectively  Fact‐ something that actually exists  Opinion‐ a personal view, attitude, or appraisal  Identify‐ to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing  Key words‐ a word that serves as a key—as to the meaning of another word  Visual materials‐ charts, graphs, pictures, maps, etc.  Precise‐ being exactly that and no other  Concise‐ expressing or covering much in few words  Coherence‐ logical interconnection; consistent  Logical Progression‐ the act of moving forward in a logical way  Support of Ideas‐ to maintain or hold up a thought, conception, or notion  Phrase‐ a sentence of two or more words acting as a unit in a sentence  Clause‐ a syntactic construction containing a subject and a predicate and forming part of a sentence or constituting a whole simple sentence.  Conjunction‐ any member of a small class of words used as a connector between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved.
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Time When taught as written, this lesson should take approximately 240 minutes to teach. Preparation
Preparation
TEKS Correlations This lesson, as published, correlates to the following TEKS. Any changes/alterations to the activities may result in the elimination of any or all of the TEKS listed. Business English  130.116 (c) Knowledge and Skills (1) The student prepares for effective communication skills. The student is expected to: (a) organize ideas logically and sequentially; (b) locate and interpret written information; (c) distinguish communicated fact from opinion by identifying key words; (d) interpret visual materials such as charts, graphs, pictures, and maps and translate the information into textual form; (e) employ precise language to communicate ideas clearly and concisely; and (f) organize ideas in writing to ensure coherence, logical progression, and support for ideas. Interdisciplinary Correlations English‐English IV 
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110.34(b)(1) Reading/Vocabulary Development. Students understand new vocabulary and use it when reading and writing. 110.34(b)(17) Students understand the function of and use the conventions of academic language when speaking and writing. Students will continue to apply earlier standards with greater complexity. 110.34(b)(18) Students will write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions. Students are expected to correctly and consistently use conventions of punctuation and capitalization. 110.34(b)(19) Students are expected to spell correctly, including using various resources to determine and check correct spellings. Occupational Correlation (O*Net – www.onetonline.org/) Job Title: Public Relations Specialist O*Net Number: 27‐3031.00 Reported Job Titles: Account Executive, Public Affairs Specialist, Communications Director Tasks 
Respond to requests for information from the media or designate an appropriate spokesperson or information source. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved.
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Prepare or edit organizational publications for internal and external audiences, including employee newsletters and stockholders' reports. Coach client representatives in effective communication with the public or with employees. Soft Skills: Writing, Critical Thinking, and Coordination Accommodations for Learning Differences It is important that lessons accommodate the needs of every learner. These lessons may be modified to accommodate your students with learning differences by referring to the files found on the Special Populations page of this website. Preparation  Review and familiarize yourself with the terminology, any and all website links, and any resource materials required.  Have materials and websites ready prior to the start of the lesson. References Theatrebam Chicago. (2005). History & Press. In Schoolhouse Rock Live. Retrieved May, 2013, from http://www.schoolhouserocklive.net/history/ Instructional Aids 
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Lesson 1.01 Presentation Instructor Computer/Projection Unit Online Websites listed in the References Section Introduction
Introduction
The main purposes of this lesson are to help students understand the following concepts.  Use and understand the function of different types of clauses and phrases  Use a variety of correctly structured sentences such as compound, complex, or compound‐complex  Use appropriate capitalization and punctuation  Correctly spell and determine various resources to determine and check correct spellings  Ask o Have you ever heard of Schoolhouse Rock?  Say o The original Schoolhouse Rock television series was the brainchild of an advertising executive who noticed his son could remember all the words to popular songs on the radio—but could not remember the multiplication tables. He reasoned that if important educational information was coupled with exciting animation and catchy music, children would be able to learn and remember it. From this simple idea, Schoolhouse Rock was born and quickly adopted by ABC‐TV, which broadcasted the series Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved.
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on Saturday mornings from 1973 to 1985. Twenty years, 41 songs, and four Emmy Awards later, those of us who grew up with Multiplication Rock, America Rock, Science Rock, and Grammar Rock can still sing the Preamble to the U.S. Constitution and know that "and," "but," and "or" all belong in Conjunction Junction. Ask o Do you have an easy time remembering lyrics to songs? Say o Take a moment to write down either a verse or chorus to one of your favorite songs. Ask o Why do you think you can easily remember the lyrics? Ask o Wouldn’t it be nice if we could remember all kinds of information like that? Ask o Do you have a difficult time remembering how to correctly punctuate, spell, and compose sentences (simple, complex, compound, and/or compound‐complex)? Say o The purpose of this lesson is to help you learn and remember some key attributes to effective writing, which will be applied throughout the entire course. We will be reviewing all of the parts of speech, and we will refresh our memories of the different types of sentences we can use in both written and verbal forms of communication. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved.
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Outline
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Vocabulary/Personal Word Walls I. Vo II. Introduction (Ask and Say) A. Conjunction Junction video that students can look up at home. B. Favorite Song Recall Internet to find different , During the first week of school
stuonline resources that help dents will have created personal, poswith learning and sibly electronic, “Word Walls.” Theunderstanding sentence method and location will be established by the instructor. structure, capitalization, and spelling. Review the “Ask and Say” section of thisIntroduce the Frayer lesson and show students the SchMethod of helping oolhouse Rock‐Conjunction Junction Video (if possible). Link‐ students understand *You can skip the advertisement terms/concepts (template after five seconds, so you can get video ready beforehand and theand sample provided). se it so that it is set up when pauHave students set up dents are present. stutheir own (they will need to copy and paste the Postemplate to other pages.
sibly have students write down/type up any of the sentence samples they gave in the video. Share the history behind Schoolhouse Rock, and then have students recall lyrics to a song of their choice they remember from when they were younger. Share aloud, if appropriate and if time is available. You and your students can search the Write a review using a variety of the types of sentences (simple, compound
V. Formal Assessment VI. Questions and Evaluation
III. Discovery Activity IV. Guided Practice and Independent Practice
Multiple Intelligences Guide Existentialist Interpersonal Intrapersonal Kinesthetic/ Bodily Logical/ Mathematical Musical/Rhythmic Naturalist Verbal/Linguistic Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved.
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Visual/Spatial Summary
Application
Discovery Activity You and students search the Internet to find different sources that help with the following concepts:  Sentence Structure  Parts of Speech  Capitalization  Spelling Guided Practice Show students the Frayer Method and example. Independent Practice Complete their own “guide” using the Frayer Method. Review
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Review and Lesson Evaluation Review the lesson’s purpose and evaluate its effectiveness. Evaluation
Evaluation
Informal Assessment Any and all of the following can be used as informal assessments :  Check Personal Word Wall Documents  Favorite Song Recall  Discovery Activity‐Resources Search  Guided and Independent Practice (Frayer Method) Formal Assessment Review of Schoolhouse Rock, using three types of sentences: simple, compound, and complex. Rubric is provided. Extension 
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Enrichment
Enrichment
Have students research the Internet for common spelling/grammar errors on popular websites. Have students come up with their own Conjunction Junction‐like song over a piece of information they found important from this lesson. Copyright © Texas Education Agency, 2012. All rights reserved.
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Schoolhouse Rock Review Lesson Simple Sentence Compound Sentence Complex Sentence Compound‐Complex Sentence Is it Present? Converted to 100 pt. Scale Is it Correct? Average 0 0 0 0 0 Note: As the teacher, you will determine how you want to grade the format (Is this correct?) part of this rubric or you can use the scale below. 100=Perfect (minimal instances of poor structure and and/or no spelling mistakes) 80=Almost perfect (some instances of poor structure and/or spelling mistakes) 60=Needs improvement (many instances of poor stucture and/or spelling mistakes) 0=Not done at all Schoolhouse Rock Review‐SAMPLE Lesson Simple Sentence Compound Sentence Complex Sentence Compound‐Complex Sentence Is it Present? YES NO YES YES Grade Converted to 100 pt. Scale Is it Correct? 20 25 15 25 85 80
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