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Instructions
You are a member of a team in your company that has been asked to assist in making an important decision.  Your supervisor has appointed you as the reporter of the group’s decision.

Compose a report to your supervisor supporting either a) the purchase of a piece of equipment, b) adopting a personnel policy affecting the quality of the workplace, or c) hiring a person selected from a pool of applications.

Development
Paragraph 1
Write a brief summary of the group’s assigned task and your role as one of its members.

Paragraph 2
Write a paragraph that reflects the group’s activity.

Paragraph 3
Write a paragraph that explains the group’s recommendations.

Drafting the Essay
Compose a rough draft from brainstorming.  Write a draft of each paragraph following the outline above.

Revising the Essay
Rewrite the essay, carefully editing for awkwardness in expression, clarity, and correctness.

Learning Objectives Addressed in These Exercises
1) Improve your written communication so that you can be understood by your fellow co-workers and management.

2) Recognize that communication exists between the technical specialist and the writing specialist within the Firm and the working world.

3) Find that aiming your technical writing at an uninformed reader (any individual who is not as knowledgeable about your topic as you are) increases your awareness of the need of all communication to be presented clearly.

5) Demonstrate the principles and practice of the kind of writing required for your technical and professional work.

7) Demonstrate the mechanics of style and manner that you will need for your technical report writing and professional report writing.

8) Utilize current computer software programs to design and produce documents assigned, some of which will include visuals.

Submission of the Paper
Using your first initial and last name, name and save your file exactly like this:

ggrimes-Chpt9

E-mail your essay as an attachment to Dr. Grimes at geoffrey.grimes@navarrocollege.edu .

How to Send  Emails to me
When sending emails, always include the following information in your message window (the space where you write your comments):

1) Your first and last name (ex. Geoffrey Grimes)
2) Your course name, course number, course section number (ENGL 2311:NTW)
3) The date
4) The file name of the exercise you are attaching

Example:
Geoffrey Grimes
Engl 2311:NTW
June 20, 200X
GGrimes-Chpt9

Sending Assignments to me
When sending me your exercises, place the following information in the subject line:
Your first initial/last name-file name of the exercise

Example: GGrimes-Chpt9

Sending  Questions to me

When sending me a question about your work or the course,  place the following information in the subject line:
Your first initial/last name-Question

Example: GGrimes-Question

Do NOT attach any exercise to a question.  I will delete it and ask you to resend it to me.

Sending Comments to me
When sending me a comment about your work or the course, place the following information in the subject line:
Your first initial/last name-Comment

Example: GGrimes-Comment

Do NOT attach any exercise to a question.  I will delete it and ask you to resend it to me.

Sending Urgent Messages to me

When sending an urgent message to me about your work or the course, place the following information in the subject line:
Your first initial/last name-Urgent

Example: GGrimes-Urgent 

Do NOT attach any exercise to a question.  I will delete it and ask you to resend it to me.

Evaluation
Your compositions will be evaluated on the basis of the following criteria:
1) Clear demonstration of the concepts of pattern of writing or the purpose of the composition
2) Demonstrated mastery of the conventions of standard written American English
3) Timely submission

Revisions
As with all papers in our class, you may revise this paper according to suggestions from your instructor.

Grade
As a diagnostic exercise, this assignment is an opportunity for me to review your work relative only to the basic conventions of writing.  It provides me an opportunity early to note any problems to which you may need to pay special attention when editing future assignments.