Worth County High School – Business Department Lesson Plans 2013-2014 School Year Business Communication & Presentation 4th, 5th, & 6th Period Teacher: Sonya Davis, Room 102 Textbook: Business Communications EQ: Essential Question Obj.: Objective GP: Guided Practice IP: Independent Practice DG: Daily Grade SEM: Special Ed. Modifications Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 BCS-BCP-1 BCS-BCP-1 BCS-BCP-1 BCS-BCP-1 BCS-BCP-1 BELLRINGER: Week 1/Day 1 BELLRINGER: Week 1/Day 2 BELLRINGER: Week 1/Day 3 BELLRINGER: Week 1/Day 4 BELLRINGER: Week 1/Day 5 EQ: What is communication? (unit 1, day 1) EQ: How do you adapt your message to different audiences? (unit 1, day 2) EQ: How do you communicate across cultures? (unit 1, day 3) EQ: What are the three stages in the writing process? (unit 1, day 4) EQ: What are homophones? (unit 1, day 5) Obj.: Students will be introduced to the Communication Process, the Elements of Communication, and the Stages of Writing. GP: Begin Elements of Communication PowerPoint. IP: Students will use teacher guided notes to fill in parts of the Elements of Communication notes. DG: Teacher Observation Obj.: Students will be introduced to the Communication Process, the Elements of Communication, and the Stages of Writing. GP: Students will continue Elements of Communication PowerPoint. IP: Students will continue with guided notes. Students will complete the handout Adapting Your Message. Obj.: Students will be introduced to the Communication Process, the Elements of Communication, and the Stages of Writing. GP: Students will discuss how you communicate across cultures. IP: Students will complete a handout called Communicating Across Cultures. Students will also complete the handout Communication Vocabulary. Closure: Review today and preview tomorrow. DG: Daily Grade on notes and handout DG: Daily grade on both handouts Materials: Handouts Closure: Review today and preview tomorrow. Closure: Review today and preview tomorrow. Materials: Handouts Materials: Handouts Obj.: Students will be introduced to the Communication Process, the Elements of Communication, and the Stages of Writing. GP: Begin Communicating Messages Effectively PowerPoint. IP: Students will use teacher guided notes to fill in parts of the Communicating Messages Effectively notes. Obj.: Students will be introduced to the Communication Process, the Elements of Communication, and the Stages of Writing. GP: Go over the handout homophones, homonyms, and homographs. IP: Students will complete the handout called The Hoarse Horse and Using a Spelling Checker. DG: Daily grade on notes DG: Daily grade on both handouts. Closure: Review today and preview tomorrow Closure: Review today and preview next week. Materials: Handouts Materials: Handouts SEM: Hearing impaired students will be seated near the front of the class. For students with exceptional needs, teacher will read the information on the slides and problems in the text. Peer tutoring may be used to assist students having difficulty keeping up with the classroom assignment. Students with language barriers will be seated near the front of the class and will be seated next to a bilingual student to assist. For students with significant disabilities, modifications will be made according to the student’s IEP.