Here are details on two awards (deadline: April 18) available for English majors and minors for work conducted in Professional Writing courses or internships: The Armstrong Family Foundation Award for Communication Design recognizes outstanding design in professional writing. The award…
Monthly Archives: March 2014
Finding Project 3 Resources
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We will spend the next two weeks working on the job-application materials that you have chosen. Since everyone has different goals, we will spend most of our class time working independently and collaboratively. Topics for Project 3 I’ve checked and…
Presenting Group Job-App Materials
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Today, you and the members of your group will present the job-application materials for your cartoon character. The Class Activity You will have about 10 to 15 minutes to make any last minute changes to your cartoon job-app materials and…
Composing Group Job-App Materials
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Today and Friday, you will work with the members of your group to create job-application materials, with the following goals: To get to know the people in your group. To get some practice collaborating. To spend some time thinking about…
Introduction to Project 3
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Today, we begin Project 3, an assignment that asks you to choose a job-application materials that matters to your future, research it, and create it. You can use resources from Markel, Chapter 10 (“Writing Job-Application Materials”) as well as the…
Submitting Project 2 (3/21)
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Because I will be at a convention in Indianapolis, class is working online Wednesday, 3/19, and Friday, 3/21. Office hours are canceled for this week. March 21 is the due date for Project 2. For today’s session, you’ll write your…
Checking Your Project 2 Draft (3/19)
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Because I will be at a convention in Indianapolis, class is working online Wednesday, 3/19, and Friday, 3/21. Office hours are canceled for this week. For Wednesday, March 19, you will focus on assessing your work on Project 2 and…
Posting on the Help for Hokies Site
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Because of the weather on Monday and because I will be at a convention in Indianapolis, class is working online this week. Office hours are canceled for this week. There are two goals for Monday’s class: learning how to post…
Reviewing and Revising Definitions
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By popular demand, class for class on Friday, March 7, is an independent, online activity. You need to complete the following steps for credit for attendance and for the in-class writing: Review the information in the textbook on definitions (pp.…
Peer Review for Project 2
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We have two goals for today’s class: doing peer review on rough drafts, and going over the plans for our online class on Friday. Office hours for Friday, March 7 are cancelled. Online Class Instructions for Friday, March 7 Instead…