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EGL 1340 Weekender Calendar (Spring 2011)
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January
28
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January 29
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Course
Introduction, Class Introductions
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Grammar Quiz 2 –
Verbs
Reading Quiz 2 - chapters 6, 9, 15, 16, 20, 21
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Submit
Résumé/Application Letter
Submit Memorandum (non-graded)
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Ch. 9:
Layout and Design
Ch. 21: Informal Reports
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Grammar Quiz 1 –
Punctuation
Reading Quiz 1 - chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, 10, 14
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Ch. 20:
Proposals and RFPs
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Ch. 1:
Tech. and Professional Communication
Ch. 2: Rhetoric and Tech. Communication
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Ch. 15:
Technical Definitions
Ch. 16: Technical Descriptions
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Ch. 3:
Electronic Technologies
Ch. 7: Organizing and Drafting
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Ch. 6:
Researching (Plagiarism, APA style)
Computer Lab
Time
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Ch. 10:
Revising, Rewriting, Editing
Discuss: Term
Project; Form Groups
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Submit Proposal
(via Blackboard, by Tuesday, February 1, 11:00 p.m.)
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* Between January 29 and
February 2, you must email a rough draft of the Description/Definition
Paper to a classmate for peer evaluation; after receiving peer
evaluation, complete the final draft, due Saturday, February 5, in class.
(You must also submit an electronic copy via Blackboard.)
February 4
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February 5
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Submit
Description/ Definition Paper
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Grammar Quiz 4 –
Miscellaneous
Reading Quiz 4 - chapters 8, 19, 22
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Grammar Quiz 3 –
Pronouns
Reading Quiz 3 - chapters 11, 12, 13, 18
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Ch. 19: Manuals
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Ch. 12: Emails
and Memos
Ch. 13: Letters (Routine Request)
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Ch. 8: Visual
Rhetoric
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Ch. 18:
Technical Instructions
Ch. 11:
Usability
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Ch. 22: Formal
Reports
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Draft
Instructions; Peer Evaluate
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Workshop: Term
Project
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Submit Routine Request Letter
(via Blackboard, by Tuesday, February 8, by 11:00 p.m.)
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Review “Progress
Reports” – p. 640
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*
Between February 5 and February 11, you must email a rough draft
of the Instruction Memo to a classmate for peer evaluation; after
receiving peer evaluation, complete and submit the final draft, due by
11:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 15, via Blackboard.
February 18
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Februray 19
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Submit Progress
Report
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Workshop: Term
Project
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Grammar Quiz 5 –
Cumulative
Reading Quiz 5 - chapters 4, 23
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Computer Lab
Time:
Finalize Term Project
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Ch. 23:
Presentations
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Workshop/Lab
Time: Oral Presentations
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Ch. 4: Ethics
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Submit Term
Project
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Group Workshop
Time
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Present Group
Oral Reports
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‡ In
addition to the Term Project, each of you will complete and submit a
"Collaborative Project Evaluation Form,"
in which you will 'grade' yourself and each of your group members. This form
will assist me in determining each person's individual grade on the Term
Project.
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