Below you will find resources for English 148 and copies of the handouts and overheads I use in class. Check your syllabus to see which days we will be covering the class topics.

Resources

Syllabus, Class Schedule, Assignment Descriptions (class topics side)

Revising, Scoring, Checklists

Sample Documents and Formats

Doc Spec Forms (class topics side)

Résumé Construction (class topics side)

Group Evaluation Forms

Class Topics — Argumentation • Audience Diversity • Business Letters • Business Letter Format • Descriptions • Doc Design and Graphics • Document Formatting • Doc Specs and Audience Analysis • Document Supplements • Drafting • Informal Reports • Information Gathering • Introduction: syllabus, class schedule, assignment descriptions • Memo Format • Memos • Messages (plus Business Letters and Memo Formats) • Oral Presentations • Organization and Accessibility • Processes and Instructions • Proposals • Résumé Construction • Style • Trade & Grade

 

 

Resources

Check that you have a copy of each of the following:

 

Revising, Scoring, Checklists

Scoring Chart (also handed out in class)

Grading Codes

Comments on Assignment Corrections (revision advice)

Recommendation Report Checklist

Trade and Grade

Content and Organization Review (overhead)

Paramedic Method (overhead)

Common Mechanics Issues

Removing Be-Forms Handout

 

Sample Documents and Formats

Brief Sample Memo of Transmittal (needs initials) (overhead)

Brief Sample Group Memo

Audience Analysis Sample

Communication Improvement Memo Sample

Sample Quiz Questions

Recommendation Report Sample Outline and Summary Table: version 1

Recommendation Report Sample Outline and Summary Table: version 2

Sample Proposal

*Doc spec spreadsheet sample

*Status Report Format

 

Group Evaluation Forms

Group Evaluation Form (for the last week of class, print one for each of your group members--you do not need one for yourself)

 

Class Topics

Class topics listed in alphabetical order—print out as needed:

 

Argumentation

Toulmin Argumentation

Logical Fallacies

 

Audience Diversity

Audience Diversity (overhead)

 

Descriptions

Types of Definition (overhead)

Formal Description (overhead)

 

Doc Specs and Audience Analysis

Recommendation Report Doc Specs: p. 1 of 2, p. 2 of 2

Readers' Needs (overhead)

Writing Styles (overhead)

Tone Choices (overhead)

Doc spec spreadsheet sample

Division of Labor sample

 

Document Design and Graphics

Document Design PowerPoint Slides

Doc Design PowerPoint Notes

Visuals for Instructions

 

Document Formatting (Microsoft Office Directions)

MS PowerPoint Beginner Directions (optional)

Word Formatting for XP OR Word Formatting for Mac and older PC versions

MS Word Tips

Word 2007 Formatting

How to Format a Table

 

Document Supplements

Abstracts (overhead)

Sample Table of Contents (overhead)

Sample Table of Contents: Alternate Style (overhead)

Documentation Examples (overhead)

Document Supplement Notes

 

Drafting

How Does Engineering Writing Differ? (overhead)

Thesis (overhead)

Drafting Notes

Parallelism and Consistency (overhead)

Concrete Detail

Focusing the Topic

 

Informal Reports

Informal Reports (overhead)

 

Information Gathering

Range of Research (overhead)

Bibliographical Information (overhead)

Evaluating Internet Information

 

Introduction

Syllabus: Spring 2009

Class Schedule: Spring 2009

Assignment Descriptions: Spring 2009

 

Messages: Memos, Business Letters, Formats)

Effective Messages (overhead)

Memo format (overhead)

Brief Sample Memo of Transmittal (needs initials) (overhead)

Brief Sample Group Memo

Business Letter Format

 

Oral Presentations

Putting Together a Professional Presentation (overhead)

Tips on Public Speaking

Group Presentation Grading Sheet (for your information only)

 

Organization and Accessibility

Methods of Organization (overhead)

Making Organization Obvious (overhead)

Organizational Markers (overhead)

Transitions (overhead)

 

Processes and Instructions

Process Analysis (overhead)

Process Analysis vs. Instructions (overhead)

Instructions (overhead)

 

Proposals

Elements of a Proposal (overhead)

Form of a Formal Proposal (overhead)

 

Résumé Construction

Résumé Tips

 

Style

E-Prime

Passives

Removing Be-Forms Handout

Style PowerPoint Slides

Clichés (overhead)

*Common Mechanics Issues

Paramedic Method (overhead)

 

Trade & Grade

Trade and Grade

 

Web Design

Web Design (overhead)