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- TITLE PAGE: With the title and number of the assignment your name, course name, instructor's name, and date submitted
W E E K 1: LETTERS, MEMOS, AND E-MAILS
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Read: Text: Part 2, Chapters 7 & 8, Pgs 151-211 / Online: Common Grammar, Usage, and Spelling Problems (McMurrey)
Assignment: Select one of the cases numbered 1 through 10 provided by the Instructor and write a response as described in Your Task for the item you chose. (Be sure to indicate which item on your submitted assignment.)
W E E K 2: RESUMES
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Read: Text: Part 5, Chapter 17-19, pgs 491 - 549 / Online: Resumes (McMurrey)
Assignment: Prepare a resume for submittal to a specific job (you may go online or use a newspaper to find a job listing; include the specifics of the job on a separate page at the end of the resume.
W E E K 3: PERSUASIVE MESSAGES
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Read: Text: Chapter 9, pgs 213-253 / Online: Recommendation and Feasibility Reports (McMurrey)
Assignment: Complete and submit one of the following exercises (Pages 244-253 in the text):
9.8, Asking for More Time and/or Resources
9.9, Persuading Employees not to Share Files
9.11, Not Doing What the Boss Asked
9.13, Persuading the CEO to Attend Orientation
9.15, Justifying Your Position
9.18, Asking for More resources for your Unit
9.21, Asking to Work at Home
9.23, Requesting More Funds for trhe Writing Center
9.24 Handling a Sticky Recommendation
9.25 Persuading Tenants to Follow the Rules
W E E K 4: SALES, FUND RAISING, AND PROMOTIONAL MESSAGES
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Read: Text: Part 2, Chapter 10, Pgs 254-290
Assignment: Complete and submit one of the following exercises (Pages 264-290 in the text):
10.8, Answering an Ethics Question
10.10, Writing a Magazine Subscription Letter
10.12, Creating A Brochure
10.13, Writing A Fund Raising Letter
10.14, Writing A Fund Raising Letter for a Political Candidate
10.15, Attracting People to Your State, Province, or County
W E E K 5: PROPOSALS
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Read: Text: Chapter 13, Pgs 354-362 / Online: Proposals (McMurrey) and Grant Writing (Wilkerson)
Assignment: Groups of three will be assigned to a project to produce the rough draft of a proposal. Groups will be provided with a Request for Proposal (RFP) and will prepare an outline; each member of the group will be responsible for writing a specific section of the proposal.
W E E K 6: PRESENTATIONS
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Read: Text: Chapter 15, Pgs. 443-467 / Online: Planning and Preparing Visuals for Oral Presentations (McMurrey)
Assignment: Complete and submit one of the following exercises (Pages 460-467 in the text):
15.5, Creating a Web Guide to Graphs
15.6, Creating Visuals
15.7, Interpreting Data
15.8, Graphing Data from the Web [Check with Instructor before beginning]
W E E K 7: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATIONS
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Read: Text: Chapter 11, Pgs 293-315 / Online: Audience Analysis (McMurrey)
Assignment: Complete and submit one of the following exercises (Pages 311-315 in the text):
11.4, Studying International Comminication at your Workplace
11.5, Creating A Web Page
11.6, Comparing Web Pages for Various Countries
11.7, Planning an International Trip
W E E K 8: REPORTS
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Read: Text: Part 4, Chapters 13 & 14 / Online: Report Format and Final Packaging (McMurrey)
Assignment: Complete and submit one of the following exercises (Pages 311-315 in the text):
13.2, Writing A Preliminary Purpose Statement
13.9, Designing Questions for an Interview or Survey
13.15, Writing A Report Based on a Survey
13.19, Writing A Progress Report
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