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ENG 201 3.R: Gantt Charts, Project Time

Today’s Plan: Gantt Charts Project Time Homework Gantt Charts I’ve asked that the proposal portion of your Project One contain a gantt chart visualizing what you plan on doing for the second project. For instance, you might come up with … Continue reading

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ENG 122 3.W: Proposals, Reading for Argument

Today’s Plan: Reading for Argument (30 minutes max) Proposal Review Quiz (Canvas) Homework Reading for Argument I’m 1/2 way through evaluating the proposals. One thing that I’ve noticed is a need to review how to read for argument. Others might … Continue reading

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ENG 201 3.T: What is Rhetoric?

Today’s Plan: Review Project One: Answer Questions Discuss Herrick: Survey Your Questions Homework Project One Questions Your questions. My answers. Dowe pick all one job category type (like 15-20 TW/E jobs) or do we try to pick 15-20 that look … Continue reading

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ENG 122 2.F: Proposal Review / Submission

Today’s Plan: MLA / APA Expectations Writing Center Rubric Norming / Peer Review Homework MLA and APA Expectations On Wednesday I shared a link to the Purdue University Online Writing Lab–the OWL. It has all the formatting information you need … Continue reading

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ENG 201 2.R: Report/Proposal Specs

Today’s Plan: Apology Quick Affirmation Collaborative Writing Job Ad Analysis Questions Homework An Apology to the would-be Copy Writers I mentioned Amazon.com’s copy editing service as a potential way of gaining relevant experience. Apparently, Amazon.com closed their CreateSpace author-services department … Continue reading

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ENG 122 2.W: Google Drive and Proposal Questions

Today’s Plan: Student Hours: 1180D this Wednesday 1:30-3:00. Thursday 12:30-2:00 Quesitons Google Drive Homework Questions Here we go. What will be the difference from the 1st proposal paper to the next several ones? The proposal paper maps out the kinds … Continue reading

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ENG 201 2.T: Job Ad Analysis

Today’s Plan: Quick Exercise: What is Professional Writing? What is Technical Writing? What kinds of genres/activities are germane to each? How do we distinguish the two? Reading Review: Brumberger and Lauer Reading Review: A Humanistic Rationale for Technical Writing Proposal … Continue reading

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ENG 122 2.M: Proposal Assignment

The Proposal Assignment Vitals: Length 700 to 1000 words Specific writers and articles worth responding to MLA or APA format with Works Cited / References list and citations where appropriate Submitted to canvas Due Saturday, Sept 1st at 11:59pm, Proposal … Continue reading

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ENG 122 1.F: Discourse Communities, Writing Groups, and Homework (Oh My!)

Today’s Plan: Let’s Take a Second to Nerd Out Discourse Communities and Writing Groups Norming: Looking at Proposals Homework Nerd Out This (minute 20-22). Feedback to the Community Discourse Assignment Comment One: Ok, let me be frank. Climate change is … Continue reading

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ENG 201 1.R: Brumberger and Lauer’s Analysis of Industry Job Postings

Today’s Plan: Discussion of Brumberger and Lauer Sharing mediabistro job corpus Elementary coding Homework Discussion of Brumberger and Lauer I asked you to read their article and do two things: I simply want to know what in the article surprises … Continue reading

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