This paper presents 14 cooperative learning lesson plans and related handouts suitable for use in communication courses. The paper begins with 8 handouts that deal with objectives; criteria; differences between the old paradigm and the new paradigm based on cooperative learning; positive interdependences; group differences between cooperative learning and traditional learning; advantages of cooperative learning based on research results; the outline of the lesson plans; and evaluation options. The lesson plans in the paper focus on: (1) test taking; (2) studying by writing test questions; (3) identification of communication theories and skills in a story; (4) gender differences in interpersonal communication; (5) business and professional communication; (6) organizational models; (7) profiling an author; (8) using a "T-chart" to characterize trends in literature, theater, and music in the last 5 years; (9) multicultural communication; (10) multicultural simulation; (11) marketing rhetorical criticism; (12) rhetorical theory; (13) controversy in research methods; and (14) statistical imagery. Each lesson plan in the paper presents the task, activities, expected criteria for success, individual accountability, expected behaviors, and types of interdependence experienced. Contains 36 references. (RS)