Sample Scheme of Work
Administration (Business Professional) Level 2 Unit 7 – Written business communication
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This Support Material booklet is designed to accompany the OCR Administration (Business Professional) specification for teaching from September 2010.
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Sample Scheme of work: OCR Administration (Business Professional) Unit 7 – Written Business Communication 4 Links to other units: OCR Administration (Business Professional) Unit 7 – Written Business Communication 20
2 of 19 Administration (Business Professional) Sample Scheme of Work OCR Administration (Business Professional) Unit 7 – Written Business Communication
Suggested 2 hours Topic Forms of written communication teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES Understand different forms of Introduction Variety of business documents As part of the model assignment, learners are communication Mind map in groups – identify different Flip chart/whiteboard for noting down points required to: forms of written communication raised during discussions Produce a variety of documents Feedback Computer facilities for learners to complete Refer to OCR guidance on assessing the Mind map in groups – what are the reports of conduct further Internet research model assignments purposes of different forms of written Refer to the OCR guidance on adapting communication? model assignments if appropriate Feedback Learners to produce a group presentation of their findings
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OCR Administration (Business Professional) Unit 7 – Written Business Communication
Suggested 2 hours Topic Synthesising information teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES Understand how to extract and Consolidation: review of previous lesson Source lists As part of the model assignment, learners are synthesise information Discuss the sources of information that Harvard referencing system required to: could be used to extract information Exercises for synthesising information Extract information from a report Discuss best practice guidelines for Flip chart/whiteboard for noting down points Refer to OCR guidance on assessing the extracting information raised during discussions model assignments Practice extracting and synthesising Computer facilities for learners to complete Refer to the OCR guidance on adapting information reports of conduct further Internet research model assignments if appropriate Discuss referencing extracted information Discuss plagiarism Practice extract and synthesising information
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OCR Administration (Business Professional) Unit 7 – Written Business Communication
Suggested 2 hours Topic Synthesising information teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES Practice synthesising Practice extract and synthesising Source lists Refer to OCR guidance on assessing the information for specific information Topics for extracting information from a model assignments purposes variety of resources and synthesising the Refer to the OCR guidance on adapting information model assignments if appropriate
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Suggested 2 hours Topic Structuring information teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES Understand how to structure Discuss good/not so good examples of Good/not so good examples As part of the model assignment, learners are information in business documents which have information How to structure information required to: documents structured appropriately Flip chart/whiteboard for noting down points Structure an email, letter and report Provide examples of information that needs raised during discussions Learners will need to know how to produce to be re-structured into a more logical order Computer facilities for learners to complete an accurate email, letter and report using Provide example of information that needs reports of conduct further Internet research appropriate business conventions to be re-structured but includes irrelevant Refer to OCR guidance on assessing the information that needs to be rejected model assignments Practice structuring information in business Refer to the OCR guidance on adapting documents model assignments if appropriate
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OCR Administration (Business Professional) Unit 7 – Written Business Communication
Suggested 2 hours Topic Letter writing teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES Understand how to produce Structure and conventions of business Example business letters As part of the model assignment, learners are business letters letters Letters that can be produced (eg old text required to: Labelling and define areas of a letter pro) Produce a letter based on information Discuss formal language, no slang, SPAG Language to be used extracted from the model assignment to be used in business letters Flip chart/whiteboard for noting down points Refer to OCR guidance on assessing the Discuss proofreading raised during discussions model assignments Provide good/not so good examples of Computer facilities for learners to complete Refer to the OCR guidance on adapting letters and get candidates to advise on reports of conduct further Internet research model assignments if appropriate good/not so good points and get them to proofread them Practice producing business letters.
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OCR Administration (Business Professional) Unit 7 – Written Business Communication
Suggested 2 hours Topic What is an agenda teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES Producing an agenda Provide examples and discuss different Good and not so good examples of agenda Refer to OCR guidance on assessing the types of agenda layout Flip chart/whiteboard for noting down points model assignments Discuss purposes of agenda raised during discussions Refer to the OCR guidance on adapting Learners to practice producing agenda Computer facilities for learners to complete model assignments if appropriate reports of conduct further Internet research
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OCR Administration (Business Professional) Unit 7 – Written Business Communication
Suggested 2 hours Topic Report writing teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES How to write a business report Format, structure and conventions relating Example reports As part of the model assignment, learners are to business reports How to structure a report of more than one required to: Copy type report exercise page Write a business report of more than one Learners to produce own report on given Flip chart/whiteboard for noting down points page extracting information from the model topic from range of sources consolidating raised during discussions assignment extract/synthesise information Computer facilities for learners to complete Learners will need to know how to write a reports of conduct further Internet research business report using appropriate headings and sub-headings, language and format. It is expected that the report is more than one page in length Refer to OCR guidance on assessing the model assignments Refer to the OCR guidance on adapting model assignments if appropriate
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Suggested 2 hours Topic Marketing documents teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES Producing business marketing Mind map – different types of marketing Example marketing documents Refer to OCR guidance on assessing the documents documents eg notice, leaflet etc Flip chart/whiteboard for noting down points model assignments Discuss structure and good/ not so good raised during discussions Refer to the OCR guidance on adapting points relating to producing business Computer facilities for learners to complete model assignments if appropriate marketing documents reports of conduct further Internet research Learner to practice producing a notice of an event and a leaflet which informs the reader of purposes of business communication.
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Suggested 2 hours Topic Business emails teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES Producing business emails Review good and not so good examples of Example emails As part of the model assignment, learners are business emails Flip chart/whiteboard for noting down points required to: Conventions for emails raised during discussions Produce an accurate business email Discuss use of fonts, colours, emotions etc Computer facilities for learners to complete Refer to OCR guidance on assessing the in emails reports of conduct further Internet research model assignments Email netiquette Refer to the OCR guidance on adapting Practice producing a variety of emails model assignments if appropriate
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Suggested 2 hours Topic Review teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES Consolidate learning Consolidation: review of previous lessons Exercises to allow consolidation to take Consolidation exercises of what taught so place far
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Suggested 2 hours Topic Different styles of writing teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES How to write for different Discussion/mind map - purpose of making Examples of different types of writing As part of the model assignment, learners are audiences business documents “fit for purpose and Exercises to practice writing different types required to: audience” of writing Write a variety of business documents for Review different styles of writing eg Flip chart/whiteboard for noting down points different audiences persuasive, tactful, clear and concise to raised during discussions Refer to OCR guidance on assessing the allow learners to see the differences Computer facilities for learners to complete model assignments Practice writing for different types of reports of conduct further Internet research Refer to the OCR guidance on adapting audiences model assignments if appropriate
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Suggested 2 hours Topic Proofreading teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES How to produce professional, Discuss proofreading, use of spell/grammar Good/not so good examples of SPAG As part of the model assignment, learners are business like and mailable checking. Word documents which contain errors which required to: documents Provide learners with word documents that would be “disguised” and would still remain Produce accurate business documents they can use to spell/grammar check but after spell/grammar check Refer to OCR guidance on assessing the which “disguises” errors re-enforcing Flip chart/whiteboard for noting down points model assignments proofreading raised during discussions Refer to the OCR guidance on adapting Provide good/not so good examples to Computer facilities for learners to complete model assignments if appropriate discuss of SPAG etc reports of conduct further Internet research Learners to produce a letter and a report and then swop and do peer review/proofread of partners documents
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Suggested 2 hours Topic Practice teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES Practice producing business Consolidation – produce business a variety Activities which allow a variety of business Refer to OCR guidance on assessing the documents of business documents documents to be produced model assignments Refer to the OCR guidance on adapting model assignments if appropriate
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Suggested 2 hours Topic More practice teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES Work through a text Consolidation: produce a variety of Text pro old papers processing paper documents from text/pro old papers
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Suggested 4 hours Topic Mock model assignment tasks teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES How to produce required Provide “mock” type activities for learners to Practice tasks evidence work through to prepare them for model assignment
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Suggested 6 hours Topic Model assignment teaching time SUGGESTED TEACHING AND TOPIC OUTLINE SUGGESTED RESOURCES POINTS TO NOTE HOMEWORK ACTIVITIES Complete the model Complete the model assignment OCR/other model assignment Refer to OCR guidance on assessing the assignment model assignments Refer to the OCR guidance on adapting model assignments if appropriate
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18 of 19 Administration (Business Professional) Links to other units
Evidence for this unit could in part come from:
Unit 6 – Working in administration
Unit 8 – Career planning in administration
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