Syllabus

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Syllabus

English 302

Technical Writing

Syllabus

Module One: The Rhetoric of Technical Writing
To be completed August 24 - October 2

Topic One: The Qualities of Technical Writing
To be completed during the week of August 24

Online Interactive Lesson

Assignment 1: Writing a Resume

Assignment 2: Writing a Letter of Application

Group Assignment: Explore VCC

Reading Assignment: Killingsworth Chapters 1 and 13

Web Assignment

Topic Two: Situations in Technical Writing:
To be completed during the week of August 31

Online Interactive Lesson

Assignment 1: Company Research and Profiles

Assignment 2: Problem Analysis

Begin Group Assignment

Web Assignment

Reading Assignment: Killingsworth Chapter 2, and pp. 44-70

Topic Three: Molding Form to Fit Situation
To be completed the week of September 14

Online Interactive Lesson

Web Assignment: Search WWW for articles

Assignment: Critique Articles

Continue Group Assignment

Reading Assignment: Killingsworth Chapter 2, and pp. 71-81

Topic Four: The Use of Graphics in Technical Communication
To be completed during the week of September 28

Online Interactive Lesson

Assignment 1: Graphics in Technical Writing

Continue Group Assignment

Reading Assignment: Killingsworth Chapters 3 and 12

Web Assignment

Module Two: The Process of Technical Writing
To be completed October 5 - November 6

Topic One: The Writing Process in Technical Settings
To be completed during the week of October 5

Online Interactive Lesson

Assignment

Reading Assignment: Killingsworth , Read Chapter 5

Web Assignment

Topic Two: Effective Prose Style in Technical Reports
To be completed during the week of October 12

Online Interactive Lesson: Interactive Overview of Topic

Assignment 1: Faulty Sentence Bases

Assignment 2: Responding to Drafts

Group Assignment: Responding to Each Other

Reading Assignment: Killingsworth, Read Chapter 6

Web Assignment: Exploring Technical Writing Sites on the WWW

Topic Three: Correctness and Final Manuscript Preparation
To be completed during the week of October 19

Online Lesson: Interactive Overview of This Topic

Online Lesson: Correctness: An Overview

Assignment 1: Correct Grammar Usage

Assignment 2: Correct Mechanics

Group Assignment: Preparation of Final Product

Reading Assignment: Killingsworth, Read Chapter 7

Web AssignmentExplore Technical Writing Sites on the WWW

Topic Four: Electronic Communications
To be completed during the week of October 26

Online Interactive Lesson : Electronic communication

Assignment 1: Designing and Posting a Web Page

Assignment 2: Annotated Bibliographies

Web Assignment Searching websites for Annotated Bibliographies

Reading Assignment: Killingsworth, Read Chapter 14

Group Assignment: Progress in the Group Project

Module Three: Forms and Formats in Technical Communication
To be completed during the week of November 9

Topic One: Short and Informal Reports
To be completed the week of December 7

Online Lesson

Lesson: Writing a Prospectus

Assignment: Writing a Prospectus

Web Assignment

Reading Assignment: Killingsworth, Read Chapter 8

Topic Two: More Elaborate and Formal Technical Reports

Online Lesson: Overview of Topic

Online Lesson: Organization of Formal Report

Online Lesson: Examples of Formal Reports

Assignment: Write a Formal Technical Report

Web Assignment

Reading Assignment: Killingsworth, Read Chapters 9, 10, 11

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