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English 2311 Course Outline
and Schedule of Assignments

Instructor: Dr. Geoffrey A. Grimes
Telephone: (972) 740-3125
E-Mail: geoffrey.grimes@navarrocollege.edu

The Course Outline

Week 1 (August 27 – September 1) Assignments Due September 1
Read the Online Orientation to the course.

Complete the Diagnostic Assignment (see the Course website)

Note:  You may submit your work any time during the assigned week.  All work is due by midnight Saturday of the assigned week. If you need more time, send me a note in advance.  Otherwise, late work will be penalized a letter grade. I will not accept all work submitted during the last week only! 

Week 2 (September 2 – September 8) Exercise 1 Due September 8

Read Part I - Introduction,

1)    Communication, Your Career, and This Book

2)    Overview of the Reader-Centered communication Process: Obtaining a Job

Exercise 1 – Writing For Employment: The Letter of Application, Experiential Résumé, Skills Résumé, and Scannable Résumé (Project 1, page 687) 

Part II – Defining Your Communication’s Objectives

3)    Defining Your Communication’s Objectives 

Week 3 (September 9 – September 15) (Chapter 12)

Read Part III – Planning

4)    Planning for Usability

5)    Planning Your Persuasive Strategies

6)    Conducting Reader-Centered Research                                                                      

Week 4 (September 16 – September 22) (Chapter 3) Exercises 3 and 4 Due Saturday, September 22

Read Part IV – Drafting Prose Elements

7)    Drafting Paragraphs, Sections, and Chapters

Chapter 7 – Drafting Paragraphs, Sections, and Chapters
Exercise 2 – Description (Partitioning an Object) (Exercise 3, page 255)

Chapter 7 – Drafting Paragraphs, Sections, and Chapters
Exercise 3 – Description (Segmenting a Procedure) (Exercise 5, page 255) 

Read Part VIII – Superstructures

20) Writing Reader-Centered Correspondence: Letters, Memos, and E-mail

Exercise 4 – Writing a Letter of Inquiry, Letter of Thanks, Letter of Introduction 

Week 5 (September 23 – 29) (Chapter 4) Exercises 5 and 6 Due Saturday, September 29

Read Part VIII – Superstructures
            21) Writing Reader-Centered Reports

Exercise 5 – Writing Memos: Announcing a Meeting, Comparing Two Options, Reporting Results

Exercise 6 – Writing E-mail: Submitting an Assignment, Requesting a Letter of Support, Forwarding a Document                       

Week 6 (September 30 – October 6) (Chapter 5) Exercise 7 Due October 6
Read Part VIII – Superstructures

            22) Writing Reader-Centered Proposals

Chapter 22 – Writing Reader-Centered Proposals
Exercise 7 – Writing a Proposal (Project 8, page, 693)

Week 7 (October 7 – October 13) (Chapter 8) Exercise 8 Due Saturday, October 13
Read Part IV – Drafting Prose Elements
            8) Developing an Effective Style

Chapter 8 – Developing an Effective Style
Exercise 8 – The Writer’s Style (LIC Expressions, Punctuation/Wordiness)

9) Beginning a Communication
            10) Ending a Communication

Week 8 (October 14 – October 20) (Chapter 11)
Read Part IV – Drafting Prose Elements
            11) Writing Reader-Centered Front and Back Matter

Week 9 (October 21 – October 27) Exercises 9 and 10 Due October 27
Read Part V – Drafting Visual Elements
            12) Creating Reader-Centered Graphics
            13) Designing Reader-Centered Pages and Documents

Chapter 13 – Designing Reader-Centered Pages and Documents
Exercise 9 – An Informational Page (Project 3, page 689) 

Read Part VIII – Superstructures
            22) Writing Reader-Centered Proposals

Chapter 22 – Writing Reader-Centered Proposals
Exercise 10 – Writing a Proposal (Project 8, page, 693)

Week 10 (October 28 – November 3) Assignments Due November 3
Read Part VI – Revising
            14) Revising Your Drafts
            15) Revising Drafts for Usability and Persuasiveness

Week 11 (November 4 – November 10)
Read Part VII – Applications of the Reader-Centered Approach
            16) Creating Communications with a Team

Week 12 (November 11 – November 17) Exercise 11 Due November 17
Read Part VIII – Superstructures
            23) Writing Reader-Centered Instructions

Exercise 11 – The User Manual

Week 13 (November 18 – November 24) Exercise 12 Due November 24
Read Part VII – Applications of the Reader-Centered Approach
            17) Creating and Delivering Listener-Centered Oral Presentations
                        Exercise 12 – The PowerPoint Outline

Week 14 (November 24 - December 1) Exercise 13 Due December 1
Review your course work.

                        Exercise 13 – Complete any assigned revisions or late work.

Week 15 (December 2 – December 8) (Only the Final Exam accepted this week)

Exercise 14 – Final Exam – See the instructions online

A List of the Course Exercises Identified in the Course Outline Above 

The Diagnostic Assignment 

Exercise 1 – Writing For Employment: The Letter of Application, Experiential Résumé, Skills Résumé, and Scannable Résumé (Project 1, page 687) 

Exercise 2 – Description (Partitioning an Object) (Exercise 3, page 255) 

Exercise 3 – Description (Segmenting a Procedure) (Exercise 5, page 255) 

Exercise 4 – Writing a Letter of Inquiry, Letter of Thanks, Letter of Introduction (see instructions on the website) 

Exercise 5 – Writing Memos: Announcing a Meeting, Comparing Two Options, Reporting Results (see instructions on the website) 

Exercise 6 – Writing E-mail: Submitting an Assignment, Requesting a Letter of Support, Forwarding a Document (see instructions on the website) 

Exercise 7 – Writing a Proposal (Project 8, page, 693) 

Exercise 8 – The Writer’s Style (Low-Information Content/Expressions, Reducing Wordiness)
(see instructions on the website) 

Exercise 9 – An Informational Page (Project 3, page 689) 

Exercise 10 – Writing a Proposal: “Re-visioning” a Communication (Project 8, page, 693)

Exercise 11 – The User Manual (see instructions on the website)

Exercise 12 – The PowerPoint Outline (see instructions on the website)

Exercise 13 – Review of Your Work: Submission of required revisions and late work.

Exercise 14 – Final Exam (see instructions on the website)