Fall Semester, 2009

 

       
Date   Oliu's Chapter to Be Read Assignment
Aug.28    Introduction to the course
Sept.2

  Chapter 1: Assessing Audience and Purpose

(Web Board Response 1 Due)

 In-class exercise
Sept.4

  Chapter 2 :Organizing Your Information

(Web Board Response 2 Due)
Sept.9

 Chapter 3: Writing the Draft   

(Web Board Response 3 Due)
Sept.11

 Chapter 4: Revising the Draft

(Web Board Response 4 Due)

 In-class exercise
Sept.16    Part 4: Sentences, Punctuation, mechanics, and ESL

http://www.designsensory.com/pws/index.html

 
Sept.18

 Chapter 7: Designing effective Documents & Visual

 (Web Board Response 7 Due)

    in-class exercises
Sept.23

Chapter 16: Finding the Right Job

 (Web Board Response 6 Due)                                                

Job assignment
Sept.25

Chapter 5: Collaborative Writing

 (Web Board Response 5 Due)
Sept.30

Chapter 13: Writing Proposals 

     (Web Board Response 8 Due)

 Proposal
Oct.2

Chapter 12: Writing Instructions

  (Web Board Response 9 Due)          

Quiz 1    Instructions
Oct.7

 Chapter 14: Presentation   

 Job assignment due
Oct.9  Oral presentation   Oral Presentation
Oct.14  Oral Presentation Oral Presentation due
Oct.16  Chapter 6: Researching Your Subject Proposals Due
Oct.21

 Workshop  (Web Board Response 10 Due)

  
Oct.23

 Chapter 10: Writing Informal Reports 

        (Web Board Response 11 Due)

 Instructions due
Oct.28

Chapter 11: Writing Formal Reports

  (Web Board Response 12 Due)

 Formal Reports
Oct.30

Chapter 8:Principles of Business Communication

   (Web Board Response 13 Due)

  Quiz 2
Nov.4

  Chapter 9: Writing Business Correspondence

    (Web Board Response 14 Due)

 Assign Business Correspondence
Nov.6

 Workshop on Business correspondence

    (Web Board Response 15Due)
Nov.11     Chapter 15: Writing for the Web: Rhetorical Principles  (Web Board Response 16 Due) Web Design Project
    Nov.13

Hands-on practice on Web design

        

   Business Correspondence due
   Nov.18       Hands-on practice  on Web design
    Nov.20

      Hands on practice  on Web design
    Nov.25

 Collaborative writing on the Report

        Quiz 3
    Nov.27

 Collaborative writing on the Report
    Dec. 2

Wrapping up . Explain the final exam

 Web Project due
   Dec. 9-16     Final Exam: Dec. 11, 11:30-1:30 pm (Close book)                Formal Report Due 9th