Assignment 3: 10 Cs for Writing Effectively Review the email to Bobby Johnson found in Chapter 5 under the heading: “Choosing a Channel” in your textbook. • Write a three to four (3-4) page paper that answers the following: • Identify the communicat
Smithx2888Assignment 3: 10 Cs for Writing Effectively
Review the email to Bobby Johnson found in Chapter 5 under the heading: “Choosing a Channel” in your textbook.
- Write a three to four (3-4) page paper that answers the following:
- Identify the communication problems with the email.
- Using the 10 Cs for Writing Effectively, rewrite the email.
Include: content, completeness, correctness, clarity, coherence, conciseness, connection, creativity, courtesy, and closure. - Identify which Cs you used where and how that changed the email in terms of the effectiveness.
- Identify the strategies used for composing a more effective message.
The format of the paper is to be as follows:
- Typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides, APA format in a Microsoft Word document.
- Use headers for each of the subjects being covered, followed by your response.
- In addition to the three to four (3-4) pages required, a title page is to be included. The title page is to contain the title of the assignment, your name, the instructor’s name, the course title, and the date.
Note: You will be graded on the quality of your answers, the logic/organization of the report, your language skills, and your writing skills.
· · Evaluate the importance of effective communication in the workplace to employees. · · Use technology and information resources to research issues in business communications. · · Practice writing and reviewing written content in the field. |
Points: 240 | Assignment 3: 10 Cs for Writing Effectively | |||
Criteria | Unacceptable Below 70% F | Fair 70-79% C | Proficient 80-89% B | Exemplary 90-100% A |
1. Identify the communication problems with the email. Weight: 15% | Did not submit or incompletely identified the communication problems. | Partially identified the communication problems. | Satisfactorily identified the communication problems. | Thoroughly identified the communication problems. |
2. Using the 10 Cs for Writing Effectively, rewrite the email. Include: content, completeness, correctness, clarity, coherence, conciseness, connection, creativity, courtesy, and closure. Weight: 25%
| Did not submit or incompletely rewrote the email including: content, completeness, correctness, clarity, coherence, conciseness, connection, creativity, courtesy, and closure. | Partially rewrote the email including: content, completeness, correctness, clarity, coherence, conciseness, connection, creativity, courtesy, and closure. | Satisfactorily rewrote the email including: content, completeness, correctness, clarity, coherence, conciseness, connection, creativity, courtesy, and closure. | Thoroughly rewrotethe email including: content, completeness, correctness, clarity, coherence, conciseness, connection, creativity, courtesy, and closure. |
3. Identify which Cs you used where, and how that changed the email in terms of effectiveness. Weight: 20%
| Did not submit or incompletely identified which Cs were used where, and how that changed the email in terms of effectiveness. | Partially identified which Cs were used where, and how that changed the email in terms of effectiveness. | Satisfactorily identified which Cs were used where, and how that changed the email in terms of effectiveness.. | Thoroughly identified which Cs were used where, and how that changed the email in terms of effectiveness. |
4. Identify the strategies used for composing a more effective message. Weight: 20% | Did not submit or incompletely identified the strategies used for composing a more effective message. | Partially identified the strategies used for composing a more effective message. | Satisfactorily identified the strategies used for composing a more effective message.
| Satisfactorily identified the strategies used for composing a more effective message.
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5. Clarity Weight: 10%
| Did not complete the assignment or explanations are unclear and not organized. (Major issues) | Explanations generally unclear and not well organized. (Many issues) | Explanations generally clear and/or organized. (Minor issues) | Explanations very clear and well organized. (Added helpful details.) |
6. Writing – Grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation, APA usage. Weight: 10% | Did not complete the assignment or had 8 or more different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation, or APA usage. (Major issues) | Had 6 – 7 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation, or APA usage. (Many issues) | Had 4 – 5 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation, or APA usage. (Minor issues) | Had 0 – 3 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation, or APA usage.
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