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English 2311:Technical Writing
Table of Contents
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Welcome to Navarro College
Greeting from the President
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Course Orientation
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Course Syllabus
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Navarro College Online
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Technical Writing Online Resources

Instructions for the Course Exercises
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Instructional Study Guides in PowerPoint
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Sample Course Exercises
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Letter from Your Instructor
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Course Evaluation
(To be completed upon your exit from the Course)
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Contact My Instructor
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The Course Outline

Week 1: May 14 - May 19
Read the Online Orientation to the course.
In Activebook: Business Communications, read Chapters 1 – 5 (the chapters covered on the final exam) 

Complete the Diagnostic Exercise (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! 

Chapter 6: Completing Business Messages

Sentence Exercises

            (See exercises on the course website)
            Punctuation
            Low Information Content (LIC) Expressions

Due Date: May 19

Chapter 7: Writing Routine Good-News, and Goodwill Messages
Complete two of the following three exercises in your text:

            Exercise 2 (page 203)
            Exercise 4 (page 204)
            Exercise 13 (page 208) 

Due Date: May 19

Week 2: May 20 - 26
Chapter 8: Writing Bad-News Messages

Complete two of the following three exercises in your text:

            Exercise 5 (page 240)
            Exercise 6 (page 240)
            Exercise 8 (page 242) 

Due Date: May 26

Chapter 9: Writing Persuasive Messages
Complete two of the following three exercises in your text:

            Exercise 4 (page 278)
            Exercise 7 (page 280)
            Exercise 11 (page 282) 

Due Date: May 26

Week 3: May 27 - 30
Chapter 11: Writing Business Reports and Proposals

Complete two of the following three exercises in your text:

            Exercise 1 (page 374)
            Exercise 7 (page 375)
            Exercise 9 (page 375)

Due Date: Wednesday, May 30

Chapter 12: Completing Formal Reports and Proposals
Complete one of the following two exercises in your text:

            Exercise 2 (page 418)
            Exercise 8 (page 422)

Due Date: Wednesday, May 30

Chapter 14: Writing Resumes and Application Letters
Compose a chronological resume (see page 461) or a functional resume (see page 462).  Then, revise it as an electronic resume (see page 471).  After you have completed your two resumes, then compose a cover letter for an “unsolicited” application (see page 474) to accompany the chronological or functional resume. 

Due Date: Wednesday, May 30

Final Exam
See the instructions for the final exam posted at http://www.distancelearningassociates.com  These instructions are posted at this website now.

Due Date: Week 3 - No later than Wednesday, May 30, 2007 


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