Communication in 2021

Communication in 2021

Poll

In 2021, I have mostly communicated with my friends by...

• Text Message

• Video (Facetime or Zoom)

• Email

• Phone Call

• Social Media

Poll

In 2021, I have mostly communicated with my teachers by...

• Text Message

• Video (Facetime or Zoom)

• Email

• Phone Call

• Social Media

The following slides will share information about forms of communication. Please read the information carefully and answer the questions that will follow.

All of the answers to the questions  can be found directly in the text (explicit evidence), so be sure to read carefully!

Multiple Choice

One of the earliest forms of visual communication was

• text messages

• statues

• cave paintings

• grunts

Multiple Choice

The Ancient Chinese used smoke signals to communicate from

• The Imperial Palace

• Great Wall of China

• battlefields in war

• small villages

Multiple Choice

When was the world wide web (www.) invented?

• 2020

• 1900

• 1990

• 1930

Multiple Choice

SMS is another name for a text message?

• True

• False

Now, in 2021 there are many ways that we can communicate with each other. 

- Text Message 

- Phone Call 

- Facetime

- Zoom 

- Email

- Handwritten Note

Before you send a communication consider

1. Your audience (who are you sending this communication to?) 
2. Your purpose (what are you trying to achieve or do by sending this communication?)

After analyzing your audience and purpose, choose the form of communication most approrapte. 

The following slides will share scenarios where you will need to communicate with a specific audience and purpose. Please read the scenario and then answer the questions that follow. 

All of the answers to the questions can be made by making an inference with the text and your background knowledge (implicit evidence). Read carefully. 

Scenario 1:

You have a huge history project due tomorrow and cannot find the instructions anywhere. Your friend Dalton is in the same class as you are. How can you reach out to Dalton for help?

Multiple Choice

If your audience is your friend and your purpose is to get help, which method of communication should you use?

• Phone call or text

• Zoom

• Email

• Handwritten note

Scenario 2:

You were checking your grades on Aeries and noticed you had a missing assignment. You go on Canvas and submit the missing assignment. How could you communicate with your teacher that you submitted a late assignment? 

Multiple Choice

If your audience is your teacher and your purpose is to ask them to grade late work, which method of communication should you use?

• Phone Call

• Zoom

• Email

• Handwritten note

Scenario 3:

Unexpectedly your internet crashes at your home and you miss the first two periods of the day. When your wifi begins working again you want to ask your teachers how you can make up the instruction and activities you missed. How could you communicate this?

Multiple Choice

If your audience is your teachers and your purpose is to ask them how to make up missing work, which method of communication should you use?

• Phone Call

• Text

• Email

• Handwritten note

In our current system, emailing your teacher is going to be the best form of communication. Let's learn how to write an email correctly.

Multiple Select

Which of the following should you include an email? Select all that apply.

• Subject Line

• Greeting

• Message

• Closing

• Your name