All Technical Writing classes

ALL CLASSES: SAVE YOUR POWER POINT AND YOUR FINAL DRAFT OF THE RESEARCH PAPER ON A DISK OR A CD. I KEEP ALL OF YOUR RESEARCH SOURCES, DRAFTS, FINAL COPY AND POWER POINT. DO NOT USE A ZIP UNLESS YOU PLAN TO LEAVE IT WITH ME.

5/02/07--WEDNESDAY 9:30 AM CLASS AND THE WEDNESDAY NIGHT CLASS: ON WEDNESDAY, IF YOU HAVE A COMPLETE DRAFT, YOU EARN THREE EXTRA POINTS ON THE RESEARCH PAPER; IF YOU HAVE A COMPLETE WORKS CITED PAGE, YOU EARN THREE EXTRA POINTS ON THE RESEARCH PAPER; SINCE THE PRESENTATION OF THE RESEARCH PROJECT IS A BUSINESS SITUATION,IF YOU WEAR BUSINESS ATTIRE WHEN YOUR PRESENT YOUR PAPER, YOU EARN FIVE EXTRA POINTS ON THE RESEARCH PAPER.

5/03/07--THURSDAY 11 A.M. CLASS: THE PREVIOUS STATEMENTS APPLY TO YOUR CLASS, ALSO.

TEST ON THE BLUE HANDOUT--ALL CLASSES

Your third test, which will be the writing test covering the blue handout, is scheduled as follows: The M-W class will test on Wednesday, May 2; the T-Th class will test on Thursday, May 3 (which happens to be the National Day of Prayer); and the Wednesday night class will test on Wednesday night, May 2. Wednesday, May 2, is the last class day for the MW class and for the W 6 PM class. Thursday, May 3, is the last class day for the TT classes.

ON YOUR TEST COVERING THE BLUE HANDOUT, you will have a series of sentences. Each sentence will contain from one to four errors of the type that we have studied in the blue handout. The sentences will be similar to the sentences on pages 17 and 18 in the blue handout.

ALL CLASSES: REFER TO THE CHERRY-COLORED FIRST DAY HANDOUT TO DETERMINE YOUR EXAM DATE AND TIME.

Wednesday night, April 25

(1) In the blue handout, complete all pages through and including page 16 by underlining the errors and writing the corrections above the sentences.
(2) Continue to work on the Process Paper and the Resume. You should at least have a typed draft of each.
(3) You should have a final outline for the research paper and at least a draft of the first two pages of the research paper.

Monday and Tuesday, April 23, 24

(1)In the blue handout, complete pages 13, 14, 15, and 16 by underlining the errors and writing the corrections above the sentences.
(2) Continue to work on the outline and the draft of your research paper.
(3) If you have not completed them, continue to work on the process paper and the resume

ALL TECHNICAL WRITING CLASSES

I have applications for the $500 Donna Calvert Scholarship. THE DEALDLINE FOR TURNING IN THE APPLICATION IS THIS FRIDAY, APRIL 20, AT NOON. The appplications are turned in to me. If you are interested, please see me for an application.

Wednesday Night, April 18

(1) In the text, read page 259 MAKE NEGATIVES POSITIVE. In the blue handout, read and complete pages 13 and 14 NEGETIVES.
(2) In the text, read page 761 FAULTY PARALLELISM and in the blue handout, read and complete pages 14 and 15 PARALLELISM.
(3) By now you should have read your research articles and gathered ideas from them. Have an outline of your topic. We will talk about writing the complete paper, but you MUST have your outline prepared.You have two weeks to write the final copy.
(4) Last names A through L must present a process tonight. If anyone else is prepared, you can also present.

Monday and Tuesday Class, April 16 and 17

(1) In the text, read page 259 MAKE NEGATIVES POSITIVE. In the blue handout, read and complete pages 13 and 14 NEGETIVES.
(2) In the text, read page 761 FAULTY PARALLELISM and in the blue handout, read and complete pages 14 and 15 PARALLELISM.
(3) By now you should have read your research articles and gathered ideas from them. Begin to organize these ideas into an outline that you can show me.
(4) Remember the Process Paper; about 10 of you should be prepared to present your process in class.

Wednesday night class, April 11

(1) Complete the same assignment for the day classes on April 9 and 10.
(2) Read text pages 259-260, beginning with "Make Negatives Positive." TYPE Exercise 11 on page 260. You may type both exercises on the same page.
(3) Present your Process Paper if you are prepared.

Day classes: April 9 and 10

(1) Read you research articles and find information that is related from the different articles. Keep notes on the information and the different articles that provide the information. You should do this on a separtate sheet of paper OR on note cards. This will be the beginning of your research outline and consists of steps one and two of brainstorming.
(2) Read text pages 269-273, beginning with Avoid Imprecise Wording. TYPE Exercise 16 on page 273.
(3) In the blue handout, read and complete the exercise on page 11, I. SPECIFIC WORDS. You can write the exercise on the blue handout.
(4) Present your Process Paper if you are prepared.