Com140
Week One
The Relationship Between Reading and Writing
• Discuss selected readings for purpose, audience, structure, and tone.
• Determine methods for building rapport between the writer and reader of written communication.
Course Assignments
1. Course Preparation
• Read the course description and objectives.
• Read the instructor’s biography and post your own.
2. Readings
• Read Appendix A regarding the final project requirements.
• Read Fundamentals of Writing, Parts One, Two, and Three.
• Read Keys to Effective Business Communication.
• Read Social Media Will Change Your Business.
3. CheckPoint: Final Project Topic
For this assignment, you choose a topic for your final project. Your final project includes creating a Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation persuading a committee to adopt your business idea for an office in the River View Plaza Digital Story.
• Resource: Appendix A and the River View Plaza Digital Story
• View the River View Plaza Digital Story at http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/AXIA/com140/digitalstory/digifast.html
• Use the information in the River View Plaza Digital Story as an introduction to the characters and situations used as a backdrop for your final project.
• View the digital story transcript on your student Web site. Print a copy to use as a reference as you work on the final project.
• Write a 100- to 150-word proposal for your final project’s topic. This proposal must explain why you chose the topic.
• Submit your topic to your instructor. Your instructor must approve it.
• Post this CheckPoint as an attachment.
4. Discussion Questions
• Respond to Social Media Will Change Your Business at www.businessweek.com/go/08/blog by addressing the...
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