Modern Business, week 11

Students will...

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Wednesday, 2/19

1. ACT practice / interview question - When are old things better than new things?
2. work time -- Presentations start Friday!

Thursday 2/20

1. ACT / interview question - Tell me about a time when you had to deal with a co-worker who wasn't doing his/her fair share of the work.  What did you do and what was the outcome?
2. Work time!  I am still missing some resumes, and cover letters! (Along with those flyers!)

Friday, 2/21

1. ACT practice / interview question - Tell me about a time in which you participated in a team.  What was your role?
2. Presentations!

Modern Business, week 10

Monday

1. Interview question  - What would the person that likes you the least, say about you?  (from Forbes Magazine)
2. Flyers? Resumes? Cover Letters?
3. Power Point presentations - see documents for project assignment

Tuesday

1. Interview question - When is it OK to lie?
2.  presentation guidelines 
3. Flyers? Resumes? Cover Letters?
4. Power Point presentations - see documents for project assignment

Wednesday

1. Interview question - brain maze
2. Flyers? Resumes? Cover Letters?
3. Power Point presentations - see documents for project assignment

Thursday

1. Interview question - How does a person become courageous?
2. Flyers? Resumes? Cover Letters?
3. Power Point presentations - see documents for project assignment.  Be ready 

Friday  - No school!  Start of Mid-Winter Break!

Modern Business, week 7

Monday - No School

Tuesday

1. ACT practice (Interview questions) - Why wouldn't I hire you?

Wednesday

1. ACT practice (Interview questions) - What are the best dates to run a marketing campaign in your country?  Why?

Thursday

1. ACT practice (Interview questions) - If you were a Sony product, 

Friday

1. ACT practice (Interview questions) - Why wouldn't I hire you?

Modern Business, Week 6

Monday, 1/13

1. ACT practice
2. Warm up question: If you were given a box of pencils, list 10 things that you could do with them that are not their traditional use.
3. Business letters!
4. resume / cover letter
• Can use canva.com to create a header for your resume to make it stand out from the others. 
• Cover letter help
• OWL Purdue
• Virginia Tech

Tuesday, 1/14

1. ACT practice
2. Warm up question: How would you test an elevator?
3. resume / cover letter

Wednesday, 1/15

1. ACT practice
2. Warm up question: If you were a street sign, what would you be?
3. Publisher!
• How to video
• Creating: college flyer for a teacher, business card

Thursday, 1/16

1. ACT practice
2. Warm up question: Tell me something that you have done in your life that you are particularly proud of.
3. Publisher

Friday, 1/17

1. ACT practice
2. Warm up question: Tell me a joke.
3. Publisher

Modern Business, week 5

(Jan 6-10)
Students will be able to understand all the ways in which Microsoft Word can be used to create professional documents.


Monday - Snow day

Tuesday - Snow Day

Wednesday 

1. ACT practice
2. letters to businesses (format guide in documents page)
3. resumes and cover letters
• Find a job that you could apply for at this moment in time.  Using one of the examples below (or one that you find), create a resume and then cover letter.  Please print out the job notice that you are applying for.  
• Resume examples:
• Example 1
• Example 2 
• Example 3
• Example 4 
• Cover letter example

Thursday

1. ACT practice
2. letters to businesses (format guide in documents page)
3. resumes and cover letters
• Find a job that you could apply for at this moment in time.  Using one of the examples below (or one that you find), create a resume and then cover letter.  Please print out the job notice that you are applying for.  
• Resume examples:
• Example 1
• Example 2 
• Example 3
• Example 4 
• Cover letter example

Friday - Data Day

Modern Business, week 4

December 16 - 20

Students will be able to understand all the ways in which Microsoft Word can be used to create professional documents.

1. ACT practice
2. interview teachers and create flyer (1) flyer in Microsoft Word
• questions for teachers
3. letters to businesses (format guide in documents page)
4. resumes and cover letters
• Find a job that you could apply for at this moment in time.  Using one of the examples below (or one that you find), create a resume and then cover letter.  Please print out the job notice that you are applying for.  
• Resume examples:
• Example 1
• Example 2 
• Example 3
• Example 4 
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• Cover letter examples:
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Modern Business, week 3

Monday

Students will be able to create Microsoft Word documents using a variety of tools.
1. ACT practice - passage 4, day 1
2. announcements
3. ABC poems
4. drawing tool bar assignment
5. introduce flyer project

Tuesday

Students will be able to create Microsoft Word documents using a variety of tools.

1. ACT practice - passage 4, day 2
2. announcements
3. share drawings
4. Where are you going to send a letter?
5. Finish assigning teachers to interview for flyers
6. Microsoft word - tables assignments
7. Draft an email to send to the teachers / staff you will be interviewing.  (Don't forget to explain why you will be interviewing them.)

Wednesday

Students will be able to create Microsoft Word documents using a variety of tools.

1. ACT practice - passage 4, day 3
2. announcements
3. proof read emails
4. share tables 
5. letters

Thursday

Students will be able to create Microsoft Word documents using a variety of tools.

1. ACT practice - passage 4, day 4
2. announcements
3. interviews?
4. letters
5. flyers

Friday

Students will be able to create Microsoft Word documents using a variety of tools.

1. ACT practice - passage 4, day 5
2. announcements
3. class meeting 
4. letters
5. flyers

Modern Business, Week 2

Monday

1. Syllabus, course map
2. Finish data poster
3. team building
4. Microsoft Office Pre-test
5. How do I send an email?
• Article 1
• Article 2
• Email Etiquette

Tuesday

1. ACT practice
2. How do I send an email?
• Article 1
• Article 2
• Email Etiquette
• Email practice
3. Microsoft Word Practice 1

Wednesday 

1. Email practice
2. Microsoft Word Practice 1

Modern Business, Week 1

Monday 
ACT practice test, or Senior Project day

Tuesday
What data will we track?

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday  - Thanksgiving Break