Jeni DiSalvo

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Iowa State University

 

disalvo@iastate.edu

 

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English 302 Schedule

  English 302 Syllabus English 302 Schedule English 302 Grades  

Letter to Instructor

 

Schedule

 

Monday

Wednesday

Friday

Week

Durham 91

9:00-9:50

Ross 120

9:00-9:50

Ross 120

9:00-9:50

1

Aug 24

Intro to Course

Email Etiquette

Discuss Letter of Introduction

Aug 26

Prepare Success in 302

(see Success in 302 for examples) 

Aug 28

Read: Chapter 1, p. 3-33, Appendix A  p. 610

Prepare:  Letter of Introduction

Prepare: Diagnostic Test on Punctuation and Grammar, p. 650

2

Aug 31   

Discuss Brochure Assignment

Assign Brochure Groups

 

Sept 2

Read: Chapter 2, p. 40-65

Prepare: Plans for Brochure Assignment

In class:   Brochure Scavenger Hunt

Sept 4

Read:  Chapter 14, p. 456

Prepare:  Bring Brochure Samples to class

 Quiz

Discuss:  Brochure layout, content, approach

3

Sept 7   No Class Labor Day

 

Sept 9

 

 Discuss:  Fonts, white space, order of material

Sept 11

 

Write Evaluation of Brochure or Pamphlet

Re-write Memo 

4

Sept 14

 Quiz

Work on Brochure in the lab

Sept 16

 

Evaluate Brochure Drafts (peer editing)

Sept 18

Guest Speaker : Body Language

5

Sept 21

Read: Chapter 1 in Death by PPT

Quiz

Finish Brochures

Final Draft of Brochure Due

 

Sept 23

Read:  Project Management Steps

Quiz

Team Building

Introduction to Reports

 

Sept 25

 

Create groups for reports

Discuss Web Page

6

Sept 28

 

Report Introductions

Quiz

 

Sept 30

 

Project Management Report Due

Read: Report Basics and Report Introductions

Oct 2

 

Bring electronic draft of Report

Report Revisions

Write Progress Report Memo in Lab

7

Oct 5

Read Chapter 2 in Death by PPT 

Finish Project Management Plan

Write report for Dr. Castle

 

Oct 7

Quiz

Report Format

 

Oct 9

Work Day for Reports

 

 

8

Oct 12

Read Chapter 3 in Death by PPT 

 

 

Oct 14

Discuss Annotated Bibliographies

Discuss Interviews

Oct 16

 Quiz over Chapter 3

Discuss Progress Reports

9

Oct 19 

 Read Chapter 4 in Death by PPT

Visuals in the lab Work Day for Reports

Write Progress Report in Lab

Oct 21

Report Conclusions

Report Research

Oct 23

Work on Presentations

 

 

10

Oct 26  

Presentations  

Oct 28  

Presentations  

Oct 30  

Presentations  

11

Nov 2

Final Draft of Report Due

Introduction to Proposals

Discuss Vacation Letter                         

Nov 4

Introduction to Proposals

Discuss Employee Reviews

Proposals:  Slots

Read Proposal Basics

Nov 6

Finish Discussion of Slots

Parts of a Proposal

Quiz

Counter Arguments

 

12

Nov 9

Work Day for Vacation Letter and Web Page

 

Nov 11

Quiz over Parts

Evaluation for Success

Logical Arguments

 

Nov 13 

Progress Reports

 

 

13

Nov 16

Work on Proposal in the lab

Funding Sources

Quiz over Parts

Prepare: Vacation Letter Due

Nov 18

Proposal Writing Workshop

 

Nov 20

Work Day for Proposals

14

Nov 23  No Class Thanksgiving Break

 

Nov 25 No Class Thanksgiving Break

Nov 27 NO Class Thanksgiving Break

 

15

Nov 30

Focus Groups

Discuss PowerPoint Presentations

Rules for Presentations

Dec 2             

Focus Groups

Resume and App Letter Clinic

Dec 4

Focus Groups

 

16

Dec 7

 

Presentations

Dec 9

 

Presentations

Dec 11

 

Presentations

17

Dec 14 

Finals

Dec 16  

Finals

Dec 18 

Finals

 

 

Memo to Instructor

Brochure

Culture Report

Boardroom Presentation

Vacation Letter

Proposal

PowerPoint Presentation

Web Page