Business Communication - Scope and Sequence - Units 1-8

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Unit/Lesson Title Duration (Weeks) Direct Explanation GPS Standard(s) CCGPS Standard(s)

Unit: 1

Lesson Title/Focus: Communication Skills and Grammar

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 Students will improve their communications skills learned in ELA through writing, speaking, reading, and listening.

 The teacher will provide review materials on writing and speaking grammatically correct to improve interpersonal abilities and attain employability skills required by business and industry.

BMA-BC 1: Demonstrate

employability skills required by business and industry.

BMA-BC 2:

Examine and practice grammar, mechanics, and process of

composing

professionally written business

communications.

Writing: L11-12WHST5: Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on addressing what is most

significant for a specific purpose and audience.

Literacy: L11-12RST7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. CCGPS Standards Text Complexity:

Text Type: article, novel, blog, textbook, other

Lexile Range: 925L-1185L

EOPA Standards: http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/

Pages/CTAE-Georgia-Assessments.aspx SLO Standards: TBD

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Unit: 2

Lesson Title/Focus: Employability Skills Listening Skills

3

 Students will learn to listen to speakers, critique presentations, and compose questions for speakers.

 The teacher will provide

explanation and demonstration of these skills and transfer them to the students.

 Students will use constructive criticism to improve

communications skills.

BMA-BC 4: Use active and intentional listening skills to respond appropriately to oral communication.

Writing: L11-12WHST4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Literacy: L11-12RST7: Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms. CCGPS Standards

Text Complexity:

Lexile Range: 925L-1185L

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Unit: 3

Lesson Title/Focus: Word Processing

5

 Students will be able to use MS Word advanced features to format professional, industry appropriate documents.

 The teacher will demonstrate how to master MS Word skills and concepts.

 Students will use MS Word to create acceptable business documents.

BMA-BC 5: Master Word

Processing software at expert level to create, edit, and publish professional-appearing business documents.

Writing: L11-12WHST6: Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update

individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.

Literacy: L11-12RST7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. CCGPS Standards

Text Complexity:

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Unit: 4

Lesson Title/Focus: Employability Skills Oral Communication

3

 Students will be able develop a presentation based on purpose and audience; research careers and apply critical thinking skills to situations that occur when seeking employment.

BMA-BC 3:

Apply effective oral communication by communicating in a clear, courteous, concise, and

professional manner.

Writing: L11-12WHST2: Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.

Text Complexity:

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Unit: 5

Lesson Title/Focus: Oral Presentation Skills

3

 Students will be able to plan, organize, practice, and deliver speeches based on a given subject/topic.

BMA-BC 7: Apply skills and strategies for the delivery of effective oral communication and presentations..

Text Complexity:

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Unit: 6

Lesson Title/Focus: Employability Skills MS PowerPoint Skills

3

 Students will use MS PowerPoint advanced features/elements; dress professionally when presenting a PowerPoint.

BMA-BC 9:

Master presentation software to create, edit, publish and deliver professional appearing business presentations.

Text Complexity:

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Unit: 7

Lesson Title/Focus: Projects--Oral Presentations

3

 Students will plan and organize oral presentations.

BMA-BC 9:

Master presentation software to create, edit, publish and deliver professional appearing business presentations.

Writing: L11-12WHST4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Literacy: L11-12RST9: Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible. CCGPS Standards

Text Complexity:

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Unit: 8

Lesson Title/Focus: Accounting

Digital Technologies

2

 Students will become familiar with the appropriate use of digital technologies in a business

environment; understand ethical issues regarding privacy issues and social media; become familiar with basic accounting principles.

BMA-BC 8:

Understand, interpret, and use accounting principles to make financial decisions.

Writing: L11-12WHST9: Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Literacy: L11-12RST7: Integrate and evaluate multiple sources of information presented in diverse formats and media (e.g., quantitative data, video, multimedia) in order to address a question or solve a problem. CCGPS Standards

Text Complexity:

Learning Targets:

http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/

Pages/CTAE-Georgia-Assessments.aspx

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