Below you will find resources for English 310 and copies of some 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

Résumé Construction (class topics side)

Group Evaluation Forms

Class Topics — • Business Letters • Business Letter Format • Drafting • Doc Design and Graphics • Document Formatting • Document Supplements • In-Class Essay Tips • International Communication •Introduction: syllabus, class schedule, assignment descriptions • Memos • Messages • Oral Presentations • Résumé Construction & Job Interviews • Style and Mechanics

 

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)

Content and Organization Review (overhead)

Paramedic Method (overhead)

Removing Be-Forms

Elements of the Effective In-Class Essay

Revision Checklist: Formal Report

 

Sample Documents and Formats

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

Brief Sample Group Memo

Communication Improvement Memo Sample

Communication Improvement Letter Sample

 

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)

 

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Class Topics

 

Document Design and Graphics

Document Design PowerPoint Slides

Doc Design PowerPoint Notes

 

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

Thesis (overhead)

Parallelism and Consistency (overhead)

Concrete Detail

Focusing the Topic

 

In-Class Essay Tips

Elements of the Effective In-Class Essay

 

International Communication

Audience Diversity (overhead)

 

Introduction

Syllabus: Fall 2009

Class Schedule: Fall 2009

Assignment Descriptions

 

Messages: Memos and Business Letters plus Formats

Effective Messages (overhead)

Memo format (overhead)

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

Brief Sample Group Memo

Business Letter Format

 

Oral Presentations

Presentation Preliminaries (overhead)

Presentation Construction (overhead)

Tips on Public Speaking

 

Résumé Construction & Job Interviews

Résumé Tips

Job Interview Questions for You to Ask

 

Style

E-Prime

Passives

Removing Be-Forms

Style PowerPoint Slides

Clichés (overhead)

Paramedic Method (overhead)

*Common Mechanics Issues

Transitions

 

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