Tech/Business Writing, Thurs., Sept. 17, 2015

Aristotle's Rhetorical Model


Bell Laboratories Model

Tech/Business Writing, Sept. 10, 2015

Review of reading:

Ask class to go to indeed.com and search for “technical writer.”  Have them read descriptions.

p. 7 Google checked technical journals

Ppt on writing and ethicsexercise:

1) Read the communication at the following two links:

Front

Back

2) Small group:  the instructor will provide one hard copy per group.
Using the text, evaluate the ethics of this communication from the State of NJ. Your analysis should stem from a determination of the purpose of the document.

3) Report back to the class on the findings of your group.

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Hour 2:

writershelp.com


Hour 3:

Assignment:

Assignment for Business Communication 122                                                Sept. 10, 2015

1.      Open an account for yourself at turnitin.com. You will need these numbers:

Class ID:  see board or email                     Password:  ENG122

2.       Post your assignment.  Instructions:

Use Microsoft Word or save as a text file in the program of your choice.

Read this site:  https://www.blueapron.com/

In this scenario, you are an employee of the Blue Apron company. Write an e-mail to your employer, who has asked you if you would be interested in developing a Blue Apron division with meals oriented to Hispanic (or whatever ethnicity you prefer) customers. The purpose of your e-mail is to:

·         Let the employer know you are interested

·         What role you want to play (type of job) and one aspect of your experience that will make you successful in this job

·         Why you think the new division could be a success

·         One challenge facing the new division

Due date:  Rough draft is due Sept. 17 at turnitin.  We will critique in class on Sept. 24.  Final version will be due on Oct. 1. 

ENG 101, May 4, 2015

We will explore journals at this link at a future class:

Writing 101, Friday, May 1, 2015

Although you have received a hard copy, I have posted the argumentation/persuasive paper due dates at the right.

Writing 101, Wed., April 22, 2015

Wed., April 22, 2015

Topic selection. See topics at links section at right.


Link to put student topic:


--Prepare for hyphen quiz on Fri.

--Person consistency worksheet

Writing 101 11:45 a.m.

Compare Contrast

Compare and contrast your education experience in high school to that which you have experienced in college. Discuss the difference in how you have to plan your time, the format of college courses vs. that of high school, the difference in high school teachers and college professors, type and amount of feedback given, and other items that we will brainstorm in class.

Minimum one page, double-spaced. Must have a title. Include your outline. Upload to turnitin at the conclusion of class.

Public Speaking 129, 5:40-8:30 p.m.

Wed., April 8, 2015

Class Activities:

1. Discuss final:  Wed., May 6, 5-7:30 p.m.

What we will do for the final is have extra-credit impromptu speeches (3") and do role plays using the five-step process. The role plays are worth 10 points, the same as the paper. Students only do the extra credit if they want to, or feel they need it. We will celebrate Barbara's birthday, as it falls on that date.

Other important dates:

Persuasive speeches will be on April 22 & 29. The grade breakdown is as follows:

Demonstration speech:  10 points
Informative:  25 points
Persuasive:  25 points
Confronting an issue paper/roleplay:  10/10
MLA & APA:  20


2. Return speech evaluations with feedback

• internal text citations
• BF
• block formatting

3.  Monroe Motivated Sequence

• handout
• choose topics
• work through handout with topic and worksheet

4.  Choose persuasive topics

5.  Watch a couple persuasive speeches

Assignment:  read the other half of the persuasive chapter in the book. Bring two copies of the rough draft for the persuasive speech. We will do peer review on them, and the instructor will provide a guide.  In addition, bring five sources, to which you will add three more before the final speech. We will do the APA citations in class on Wednesday.