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Rhetoric
3562: Technical and Professional Writing,
Fall 2003
Section 9: Section 12: Syllabus
and course policies |
| Week | Date | Due for class | In class | |
| 1 | Tues, 9/2 | Introduction | ||
| Thur, 9/4 | Syllabus contract; Wlvr p.1-7; | The recommendation report: choosing a topic | ||
| 2 | Tues, 9/9 | Wlvr p.9-17; Narrowing Your Topic; Sizing Up Your Question; Honing Your Question | Narrowing a topic and developing a thesis; modes of persuasion | |
| Thur, 9/11 | Wlvr p.141-159 | Discussion of topics; writing the topic memo | ||
| 3 | Tues, 9/16 |
Sec 9: Library instruction session with Julie
Kelly (meet at Magrath Library) |
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| Thur, 9/18 |
Sec 9: Peer review workshop for topic memo
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| 4 | Tues, 9/23 | Topic memo Wlvr p.38-48; Distinguishing Scholarly Journals from Other Periodicals; Developing a Working Bibliography; Finding Sources in a Library |
Evaluating and documenting resources; writing annotated bibliographies and source critiques | |
| Thur, 9/25 | Wlvr p.48-51; status reports | Conducting interviews and integrating material from interviews into reports | ||
| 5 | Tues, 9/30 | Peer review workshop for annotated bibliography and source critique | ||
| Thur, 10/2 |
Annotated bibliography and source critique |
Writing proposals: planning your report and analyzing your audience | ||
| 6 | Tues,10/7 |
Wlvr p.54-61, 483-500; Guide to Grammar and Writing; Reasons for Documenting Sources; What to Document; What is Plagiarism? |
Style and grammar: Editing for clarity and grace; punctuation and its role in style; active/passive voice; pronoun reference; point-of-view shift; verb parallelism; quoting; avoiding plagiarism. | |
| Thur, 10/9 | Research day at the UMN libraries | |||
| 7 | Tues, 10/14 | Peer review workshop for proposal and audience analysis | ||
| Thur, 10/16 | status reports | Peer review workshop for proposal and audience analysis | ||
| 8 | Tues, 10/21 |
Proposal and audience analysis |
Documenting steps in a process, and procedures; using graphics; document design; integrating visuals into your report and in your process or procedure write-up | |
| Thur, 10/23 | Wlvr p.62-83, 249-296 |
Organizing information for readers; recommendation reports: what are your recommendations? |
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| 9 | Tues, 10/28 | Conferences | ||
| Thur, 10/30 | status reports | Informal, in-class conferences; peer review workshop for draft of report, including process or procedure write-up | ||
| 10 | Tues, 11/4 | Process or procedure write-up | Extended peer review integrated with style and grammar workshop | |
| Thur, 11/6 | status reports | Extended peer review continued and in-class conferences, continued | ||
| 11 | Tues, 11/11 | Draft of final recommendation report | Writing effective resumes: A presentation by Career Services. | |
| Thur, 11/13 | Wlvr p.225-230, 233-239, 246-247; Introduction: Writing Abstracts | Writing abstracts and letters of transmittal; presentation guidelines. | ||
| 12 | Tues, 11/18 | Presentation workshop, and bring draft of letter of transmittal and abstract | ||
| Thur, 11/20 | Wlvr p.369-382 | Presentation preparation day, writing day | ||
| 13 | Tues, 11/25 | Oral presentations | ||
| Thur, 11/27 | Thanksgiving: No class. | |||
| 14 | Tues, 12/2 | Oral presentations | ||
| Thur, 12/4 | Oral presentations | |||
| 15 | Tues, 12/9 | Oral presentations | ||
| Thur, 12/11 | Final recommendation report,
bound with portfolio. Bring the following items(unbound): Printed copies
of any electronic sources, all peer reviews, organized and labeled. Last day of class. |
Last day of class, course evaluations, reports due |