Technical Writing, English
317
Phil Druker
Fall 2007
| Section 06 |
11-12:15 |
TLC 30 |
| Section 04 |
2 - 3:15 |
TLC 241 |
Office Hours
General Information about the course:
Syllabus
Word for the day
(Google)
Course
guidelines--find specific information about course
requirements, grades, assignments, and goals.
How Grades are converted
to numbers.
The
project--find information about the project each
student completes during the semester.
Analyzing the
writing situation--find information
on what to consider before you
start to write. (This is a summary of the course introduction.)
Course criteria--
find criteria for good technical writing and writing for the
course.
What is the
difference between an essay and a technical report?
Technical writing basic
principles
General
goals for technical writing
Library assignment
Writing Instructions:
Some general instructions for
writing instructions
Writing Letters and Resumes:
**Introductory letter assignment**
<for first week
Writing Proposals:
Progress Reports:
Progress
report 1 outline for progress report on secondary research
completed.
Progress
report 1 sample--find a sample illustrating how to summarize secondary research you
have completed.
Progress report 2 outline--find information on how to set up progress reports.
Section of Final Report:
Section of final report
assignment
Introductory memo for the section (assignment)
Writing Final Reports:
Reports--find general outlines for
writing technical reports.
Organize carefully
Analysis--find information on how to
analyze in a report.
Definitions--find
basic information about defining terms
Description exercise--for
the "section of the final report" assignment
Graphic aids--find information on using
graphics.
Report Goals--find general
information on goals for writing reports.
Final Report Assignment
-- find information about putting the final report
together.
Specific parts of the final report with samples are listed below.
Front Matter:
Conclusions
and Recommendations --
find information about writing
conclusions and recommendations (plus samples)
Oral Reports
What to turn in with the final report
Citing Sources:
Citing Sources
in text--find information on how to cite sources in text
using the APA format
Reference
section--find information on how to
format the reference section using APA format.
Cite quotations correctly:
use quotation marks
Sentence Style:
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Style check assignment for
proposal
Style check II for section of the final
report
Formatting details:
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