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Week |
Tuesday |
Thursday |
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1 |
8/26
·
Introduction to the course
·
Introductory email |
8/28
·
The research project for the course.
·
The objectives, nature, and style of technical writing.
·
Audience |
|
2 |
9/2
·
Audience.
* Assignment: Résumé, letter of application,
thank-you letter.
·
Final report topics |
9/4
à Due: rough draft, résumé
·
Writing letters: tone and style
·
Paragraphs.
·
Punctuation |
|
3 |
9/9
à Due: rough draft, letter
of application and thank-you letter
·
Sentence style:
punctuation
·
Avoiding Passive
Sentences
Pre-proposal for final report (email assignment)
|
9/11
èDUE: Résumé, letter
of application, and thank-you letter
ç
·
Punctuation
·
Style analysis. An approach to technical writing tasks.
*Assignment: Library Assignment |
|
4 |
9/16
Library instruction: Meet in Library 212A during class
No class.
èDUE:
Pre-proposal Due at 9AM.
Email assignment. |
9/18
èDUE: Library
Assignment Due at 9AM (email assignment)
Proposals:
*
Assignment:
Writing proposals: RFPs
|
|
5 |
9/23 Proposals:
·
Problem identification and solving
The proposal as a persuasive document
·
Proposal objective section
**Assignment: Progress Report I on preliminary research |
9/25
Proposals:.
·
Objectives and approach in writing proposals
à Due: Rough draft,
proposal: objective section
àDue: Rough draft, proposal:
problem section
·
Writing methods sections
·
Paraphrasing, quoting, and citing sources. Avoiding
plagiarism.
·
Writing abstracts/summaries
|
|
6 |
9/30 Proposals:
·
background section/level of technicality
àDue:
Rough draft, proposal: methods
section
·Discuss Progress Report I |
10/2 Proposals:
·
Some basics on graphics
·
Other sections of the proposal
·
Definitions//audience
·
Paragraphs, key terms |
|
7 |
10/7è
Due: Progress Report
5PM,
Brink
204 (hardcopy)ç
Conferences |
10/9
Proposals:
à Due: Rough draft,
proposal: background section
Email this or bring it to your conference.
Conferences |
|
8 |
10/14
à Due: Rough draft,
proposal: work on all sections |
10/16
Sentence
Style: Bring draft to class |
èDue: Proposal Final
Draft ç
1 PM Friday, October 17 |
|
9 |
10/21
*Description of a mechanism (in-class assignment).
·
Definitions and descriptions
·
*Assignment: Section of final report
*Assignment: Final report
No class |
10/23
è Due:
Description of a mechanism (in-class assignment).
*Description of a mechanism (in-class assignment).
·
Definitions and descriptions
·
*Assignment: Section of final report
*Assignment: Final report
|
|
10 |
10/28
è Due:
Description of a mechanism (in-class assignment).
·
Work on section of final report.
·
Completion reports, objectives, and approach.
·
Analyzing information |
10/30
·
Work on section of final report
·
Analyzing information
·
More on graphics.
|
|
11 |
11/4
Office
hours/ no class. Bring rough drafts to the office. 8 - 2 PM |
11/6
èDue: Section of final
report ç
·
Sentence style
analysis--style check assignment
·
Format
·
Final reports
|
11/7 Friday
èDue: Section of final
report ç |
|
12 |
11/11
No class
|
11/13
èDue: Progress report
II ç
Style check due
·
Progress report II
-- discuss/introduce
·
Sentence style.
·
Elements of the final report
·
Final report
introductions (revising the proposal sections that fit in the final
report) |
|
13 |
11/18
èDue: Progress report
II ç
·
Work on elements of final report: front matter
·
Editing the final report |
11/20
·
Final reports: front matter
·
Criteria for
evaluating the final report |
|
|
Fall Break |
Fall Break |
|
14 |
12/2
·
Editing the final report.
àDue: rough draft of
other sections of the final report (optional but encouraged) – by
12/8
·
Conclusions/
Recommendations
Front matter for
final report
Final report
criteria
Format
|
12/4
Other front matter
End matter
Sentence style/editing the final report
Final report criteria |
|
15 |
12/9
è Due: Final Report,
Dec. 9ç
DUE by 5:00 pm
No class |
12/11
No
class |