Launch
Students will launch the studio by locating communication hotspots in CTE case files, analyzing how structure and language guide readers in a mentor text, and setting up the first audience-thinking moves they will need for later drafting and revision.
Days 1 - 2
🧭 CTE Hotspot Casefile Walk
Launch 60m
πŸ–οΈ Text Architecture Color Map
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m

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Research & Plan
Students will gather user-centered evidence from CTE case files and class interviews, organize communication hotspots into an empathy-based planning artifact, and use that evidence to define a focused How Might We statement, team roles, and next-step goals for iterative writing work.
Days 3 - 5
πŸ—‚οΈ Hotspot Log From Case Files
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
🎀 Audience Interview and Empathy Map
Community Experience 60m
🧭 How Might We Brief
Assessment 60m

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Ideate & Prototype
Students will generate multiple audience-centered communication concepts for a CTE ethical dilemma, choose one direction using user evidence and a decision matrix, build a low-fidelity prototype with a structural map, and test it with classmates to identify confusion before deeper revision.
Days 6 - 8
🎯 Tri-Audience Concept Sprint
Knowledge/Skill Building 60m
🧭 Decision Matrix and Prototype Map
Project Work 60m
πŸ” Two-Peer Prototype Test
Deliverable 60m

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Revise & Present
Students will complete two documented revision cycles, test their audience-specific communication choices with classmates and the teacher as representative users, and assemble a concise stakeholder-facing presentation that explains how feedback changed their structure, tone, evidence, and final design decisions.
Days 9 - 11
πŸ› οΈ Revision Sprint on Tri-Audience Drafts
Project Work 60m
πŸ’¬ Feedback Carousel with Case Briefs
Community Experience 60m
πŸ“Š Design Journey Deck Checkpoint
Assessment 60m

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Showcase
Students will present their final audience-specific communication products and process artifacts to classmates and the teacher, explain how user feedback shaped revision decisions, and complete a brief reflection conference that names growth in writing and collaboration.
Day 12
🎀 Communication Studio Showcase
Assessment 60m

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