Due Wednesday 4/01/09 at 6 PM

1. Research articles 1 and 2 are due. Be sure to print
the article, read and underline the article, and prepare
the summary sheet on the article. If you are using the
note card method, you may want to complete the note cards.
If you wish, you may hand in more than two articles.
2. Work on the draft of the Letter of Application. If you
complete the letter, print and hand in the draft.
3. Be thinking about your process paper. The presentations
will begin on 4/08/09.
4. Complete the Study Guide forChapter 20 " Technical
Definitions." If you wish, you may complete any unassigned chapters
in the Study Guide.

Due Monday 3/30/03 or Tuesday 3/31/03

1. Research articles 1 and 2 are due. Be sure to print
the article, read and underline the article, and prepare
the summary sheet on the article. If you are using the
note card method, you may want to complete the note cards.
If you wish, you may hand in more than two articles.
2. Work on the draft of the Letter of Application. If you
complete the letter, print and hand in the draft.
3. Be thinking about your process paper.The presentations
will begin on 4/08/09 or 4/09/09.
4. If you wish, you may complete any unassigned chapters
in the Study Guide.

Wednesday night 3/25/09

1. Complete the Study Guide for Chapter 18
"Employment Correspondence."
2. Complete the Study Guide for Chapter 15
"Designing Pages and Documents."

Wednesday 3/25/09 or Thursday 3/26/09

1. Complete the Study Guide for Chapter 18
"Employment Correspondence."
2. Work on the Letter of Application.

ALL ENGL 2311 CLASSES

1. YOU HAVE NO SPECIFIC ASSIGNMENT OVER
SPRING BREAK.
2. IF YOU WANT TO WORK AHEAD, THEN COMPLETE
THE CHAPTER ASSIGNMENTS IN THE STUDY GUIDE.
3. WHEN WE RETURN, I WILL GIVE YOU A LIST OF THE
DUE DATES FOR THE REMAINING ASIGNMENTS. WE WILL HAVE
A RESUME, A LETTER OF APPLICATION, A PROCESS PRESENTATION,
AND A RESEARCH PAPER --ALL OF WHICH WILL BE SPECIFICALLY
COVERED IN CLASS. IF YOU WANT TO GET AHEAD,THEN COMPLETE
YOUR STUDY GUIDE CHAPTER ASSIGNMENTS.

Wednesday 3/11/09 or Thursday 3/23/09

Complete the Study Guides for Shapter 12 "Organizing
for Users' and Chapter 14 "Designing Visual Information."

due Wednesday 3/11/09 6 PM class

1. JUST RELAX. I GAVE YOU AN INCORRECT STUDY GUIDE. I'LL
YOU THE CORRECT ONE NEXT CLASS. ENJOY THE WEEKEND.
2. Bring your corrected Inverview. If you do not have it,
then print another copy and bring it.

due Monday 3/09/09 or Tuesday 3/10/09

1. DO NOT COMPLETE THE STUDY GUIDE. I GAVE YOU THE INCORRECT
VERSION. YOU'LL GET THE NEW ONE NEXT WEEK.
2. Bring your corrected Inverview. If you do not have it,
then print another copy.
3.On page 12 of the Study Guide for Exam I on the textbook,
you have an assignment for a memo. The subject is already
narrowed foryou [classroom Valentine's Day party], now write
a Purpose Statement and then brainstorm possible questions that
the students may have [what is the date, how long will it last,
what refreshments, who will provide the refreshments,
do I have to bring anything,is there a cost, how much if there
is a cost, is this at the first or at the end of the period,
plus any other questions that you can think of]. Follow the
instructions on the assignment sheet [page 12]. Use the PRO
plan to develop your paragraphs. You should prepare these:
(1) a brainstorm on the topic [valentine's Day class party];
(2)a typed draft of the memo with corrections written ON THE DRAFT;
and (3) a corrected final copy of the memo. Staple these with the
final copy of the memo on TOP. Follow the correct format for a memo.

ALL ENGL 2311 CLASSES PLEASE READ

HERE ARE SOME SAMPLE TEAT QUESTIONS; THESE ARE REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ARE NOT THE EXACT QUESTIONS ON THE TEST.
1. In the sentence "The dismissal notices had been sent
to all affected employees," the tense of the sentence is:
A. simple present; B; simple past; C. present perfect;
D. past perfect; E. present progressive.

2. In the sentence "The missing code had been found five
days ago by company security," the voice is: A. Active;
B. Passive; C. Neither (a condition or state of being)

3. Biased language is determined by : A. the audience;
B. the purpose; C. the writer; D. all of these.

4. If a sentence has no agent, then the sentence CANNOT
be in the: A. active voice; B. passive voice; C. past
tense; D. biased language; E. gender bias.

5. If a sentence has a direct object, then it is in:
A. the active voice; B. the passive voice; C. either the
active OR the passive voice. (This was in class notes.)

6. The sentence "Ralph'll be here in the morning at 8 AM"
is an example of: A. excessive preposition; B. biased
language; C. gender bias; D. contraction error; E. none
of these.

7. "The copier had been repaired at no expense to the
company." This sentence is an example of: A. the active
voice; B. the passive voice; C. non-specific language;
D. biased language; E. pronoun error.

8. "I wanted to hit him in the mouth, smash his project,
and to report him to the police." Thei sentence is an
example of: A. condition or state of being; B. excessive
preposition; C. slang; D.non-parallel language; E. who
knows?

9. Rewrite these sentences and correct the errors that
we have studied in the handout: Periodically, the shipping
log should be reconciled with the daily billings log
by the Accounting Department every once in a while.(two errors)

10. The actions of the vice-president had not been approved
by the president of the company when I arrived at 8 AM in
morning today, dude. (four errors)

YOU WILL ALSO HAVE SENTENCES TO CORRECT JUST AS YOU DID
IN THE EFFECTIVE WRITING HANDOUT.