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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.  

E-mail to rewrite

FROM: Bobby Johnson:
TO: All colleagues and administrative of Joe Banyon
SUBJECT: Invitation to the farewell party of Joe Banyon, and request for contribution.

Joe Banyon is retiring next month. I have been asked by some of his friends to arrange a farewell party in his honor. It will be this Friday, October 15, 2013 from 6:00pm until 9:00pm at Cary Café, located on 1601, St. Paul Street, Greenbelt, Maryland 21209. I hope that each of you can make it. We are planning to give him a certificate and a gift. I am collecting donations of $5.00 to 10.00 from anyone who would like to donate. I will receive donations up until Wednesday, October 13, 2013.
Please RSVP me by email with your attendance status. You can also email me if you would like to donate to the certificate. I will stop past your cubicles or offices to pick up your donation.

Best Regards,

Bobby Johnson.

· 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:

  

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 rewrote the 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.

 

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, and spelling,   punctuation, or APA usage. (Major issues)

Had 6 – 7 different errors in grammar, sentence structure,   paragraph structure, and spelling, punctuation, or APA usage. (Many issues)

Had 4 – 5 different errors in grammar, sentence structure,   paragraph structure, and spelling, punctuation, or APA usage. (Minor issues)

Had 0 – 3 different errors in grammar, sentence structure,   paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation, or APA usage.

· 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.

The assignment will be graded using the following rubric:

  

Outcomes   Assessed

· · 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.