Week 16: Group Presentation and Final Exam Preparation (outline pending)
Week of Mon, Nov 30 · week closes Sun, Dec 6
This week's items
- Group Presentationpoints in Canvas
- Group Project Case Studypoints in Canvas
- Reflections on Interpersonal activitypoints in Canvas
- Future Journalpoints in Canvas
- Final Exampoints in Canvas
Exact due times are in Canvas.
Read this week
Know these cold
- Deliver the Group Presentation — all members contribute, transitions are smooth, and the moderator manages timing.
- Complete the Group Project Case Study — apply communication theory to a real-world group scenario.
- Write Reflections on Interpersonal — a synthesis of how your interpersonal communication has grown this semester.
- Complete the Future Journal — describe how you will apply communication skills in your career or personal life.
- Review all 9 course outcomes — the Final Exam tests all of them.
- Study outcome-by-outcome: O1 (communication models), O2 (self/perception), O3 (culture), O4 (verbal/nonverbal), O5 (listening), O6 (interpersonal), O7 (message development), O8 (informative speaking), O9 (persuasive speaking).
- Review all knowledge gate items from Weeks 1–15 — those topics appear on the Final.
- Recommend: form a study group, quiz each other on definitions, and review any gate items you missed.
Meerk's quiz — open the Week 16 gate
10 questions, no time limit. 85% on your first attempt in a 24-hour window opens the gate. Retakes inside the window are practice — they help you learn, they don't count. Work alone; the point is to know it, not to have seen it.
Stuck?
Raise your hand. Mr. James gets a message right away and can help you remotely. Nothing else is stored — just your last name, grade, and where you're stuck.
Dinner Table Question
Ask at home: How has your communication changed this semester? Name one specific thing you do differently now — and describe a moment when that change made a real difference.
En español: ¿Cómo ha cambiado tu comunicación este semestre? Nombra una cosa específica que ahora haces diferente — y describe un momento en que ese cambio marcó una diferencia real.