Instructor Information
Rebecca Whitus Longster

Office Hrs: To Be Announced

Office: Heavilon 303c
Ph: 765.496.2803
Fax: 765.494.3780
E-Mail: 

RebeccaL@purdue.edu 

 Course Information
Section: 0101 
Room: SIA Training Center
Days/Time: Th 12:00-2:50 

Course Links
CourseSyllabus
Purdue's OWL
Projects and Cases
The ISP "Welcome" email project (ISP)
2nd Project
Semester Project 

Additional Resources
Professional Writing Program
PW Documentation
PW Resources
English Department

 Note: All class meetings, both f2f and electronic, will be held during our regular class time. You are responsible for attending all meetings; missing or arriving late to meetings can negatively effect your course grade. Please consult the course syllabus for additional information about attendance policies. 
 
 

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Week 1
? 		 Introduction to the Course

Discussion of class policies

Review syllabus, course calendar

discussion: the rhetoric of the memo
Assignments: 

 
Week 2

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 Due: Intro memo 

discussion: the rhetoric of the letter 

Introduction to Project One: the ISP Welcome Email project. 

discussion: identifying and meeting the needs of your audience 

 Due: Introductory Memo

Read: 
The Technical Writer's Companion (hereafter referred to as Companion), p. xiii - xix "Five Steps to Successful Writing" and p.3-4 "audience/readers" 
 
 
 
 

 
Week 3


 

 discussion: memos and letters vs email 

discussion: the ISP project 

assignment of groups 

groupwork 

 Read:

Companion, p.37-40 "Email" and p. 50-51 "word processing and writing"; The ISP "Welcome" Email handouts; OWL email ettiquet handout

Scan: Companion, chpt. 7: 'Correspondence"

due: exercise toward style and clarity #1.

 

Week 4

 discussion: Project 2 (what are you interested in doing?) 

groupwork 
 

discussion: ethics and your communities (WW episode:"night five") 

 Scan: 
Companion, chpt. 5 "Technical Writing Documents and Presentations," pg 195-199 "Correspondence, etc.," pg. 260 "ethics"

due: ISP project plan memo (group)

due: exercise toward style and clarity #2

 
Week 5
 		 discussion: evaluating yourself and your group members 

groupwork 
 

Introduction to project Two: 

 Read: 

handout: Group Member Evaluation 

due: exercise toward style and clarity #3 

Companion: scan pg 275, 277, & 278-282 (style, etc.) 
Week 6
 		 discussion: Project 2 ideas and potential samples

discussion: APA documentation and the annotated bibliography

Introduction to project Three: (the semester project)

 due: ISP project (all parts) 

Also due: Group Member Evaluation (done and turned in individually) 

Companion: pg. 61-68: APA documentation 

Week 7

 discussion: sample documents for project 2 

discussion: research methods and sources (project 2)

discussion: writing the proposal (project 3)

 

 due: project 2 sample documents (2-3 each)

Companion: pg. 68-87: research and documentation, scan chpt. 5, "Tech Writing Documents & Presentations,"pg. 144 "proposals" and 150 "reports"

due: exercise toward style and clarity #4

Week 8

 discussion: project 3--project proposals 

select projects and groups 

creating a project style sheet

group work (project 3)

 due: (project 2) project plan memo

due: (project 3) proposal memo

due: exercise toward style and clarity #
Week 9


 

 discussion: types of reports due: (project 3) project plan memo (with style sheet)

Companion: chpt. 6 "Formal Reports"

due: exercise toward style and clarity #
Week 10


 

 discussion: research 

discussion: progress reports 

group work (project 3)

 Companion: scan chpt. 3 "Research and Documentation"

Companion: review pg. 61-68: APA documentation

due: (project 2) annotated bibliography
Week 11
 		 Field Trip (Jennifer's project) due: exercise toward style and clarity #
Week 12


 

 discussion: using visuals in reports 

group work (project 3)

 Companion: scan chpt. 4, "Design and Graphics"
due: Project Two (all components)
Week 13


 

 discussion: writing the report (putting it all together) Companion: review chpt. 6, "Formal Reports"

due: (project 3) individual progress report

due: exercise toward style and clarity #
Week 14


 

 discussion: revising the report  Red Team Evaluation form

Major project due: (project 3) First Final Draft of the Report  (2 copies) 

due: exercise toward style and clarity #
Week 15


 

 Thanksgiving Break. Have a good holiday! 
Week 16
 Final project Major project due: Project Three Final Report Packet (2 copies if you want one back)

Also due: Group Member Evaluation(done and turned in individually) 
 

Week 17

 Finals Week - no class meeting
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