UGF ENG. 312-D Business and Professions Writing SP 08 Upper DivisionWriting Jo Swanson
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ONLINE TIME: MON., 9-11 a.m. Microphone & Picture Posting required for all classes!
CONTACT INFO: jswanson@ugf.edu
J. Swanson, Assoc. Prof. English UGF at FVCC, 777 Grandview, Kalispell 59901.
Microphones are plug and play. Pick one up at any general or computer store. They’re cheap, about $7. Photos must be formatted to 180x125 pixels. You upload at your home page, or if sorely tried, you can email to mlindhorst@ugf.edu or tmacgowan@ugf.edu
PREREQUISITES: English 117 (Freshman writing), ASSET score of 85+ and good computer skills.
OBJECTIVES: This class fulfills the mission goal of “What does it mean to ‘make a living’ and to live as productive human being? This means being able to 1. Communicate clearly and effectively in multiple discourse modes 2. Identify problems & articulate appropriate solutions . See more detail below.
COURSE BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES Students develop, demonstrate writing at three levels, increasing competence. We fulfill the third level:
1. Produce at least three polished documents of at least 1,000 words edited for standard English (spelling, punctuation, grammar and usage);
2. Demonstrate ability to revise a document for at least two audiences, at least one with professional expectations;
3. Use a large variety of invention techniques to generate ideas for at least one formal document;
4. Communicate effectively in multiple modes of discourse, particularly those available on the Internet;
5. Demonstrate professional-level research and documentation to generate at least one document of over 1,000 words;
6. Collaborate with at least one other writer to plan, draft, revise, format and publish a document for outside readers.
TWO REQUIRED TEXTS:
Essentials of Business Communication Mary Ellen Guffey. SW. 7th ed.
The Non-Designer’s Handbook. Robin Williams. Peach Pit Press. 2nd ed.
Recommended:
How to Win Friends & Influence People. Dale Carnegie. Any paperback.
CONTENT: First, we assemble a toolbox; next, we use it:
1. REVIEW: Grammar, mechanics, style, writing for audience.
2. USAGE: Drafting, writing, proofreading, designing.
3. USAGE: Drafting, writing resume, cover page & references.
4. USAGE: Class online newsletter for Telecom.
Business writing has expectations, which we share for our class:
Be Professional Be on time & prepared for class!
Be Polite Use names, please, thank you!
Be Positive Not Negative!
Be Personal Plan to share your experiences!
SOME OTHER P‘S:
If in doubt, make it PRETTY! Check PUNCTUATION!
PROOFREAD Backward, SLOWLY: Twice!
Use Short PARAGRAPHS: Make other reader happy! Time=$$
A PERSON’S NAME is the most important in the Universe!
Be to the POINT! Be Snappy! KISS: Keep it Simple, Simon!! J
Be Punctual w/ Papers. ONLY Timely Papers Receive a Grade!
DESIGN GUIDES: Contrast Alignment Repetition Proximity=CARP.
YOUR GRADE SP07 UGF ENG 312 Rubrics for our grade sheets are included!
PACKET I _____ of 15%
PACKET II ______of 20%
PACKET III _____ of 25%
PACKET IV ______ of 20%
Attend./Participation of 20% (10% of this includes Minute Papers)
YOUR TOTAL ______/100 % = __________LETTER GRADE
SOME GOOD EXAMPLES OF OUR LETTER AND MEMO STYLE:
The letter on Page 429 and the memo on Page 117 are good samples.
OUR CALENDAR: What is a minute paper? A paragraph briefly summarizes the tape in question. Remember, the Bloopers are only introductions, not the material covered!
For JANUARY14 Watch Tape 1
We Cover Chapter 1 (including challenge) online.
DRAFT A LETTERHEAD FOR YOUR NEW BIZ! Bring an UNUSUAL business card for our next class!
Everyone is assigned one Grammar Review (first 3 of each Exercise), but is expected to be familiar with others.
NO CLASS JANUARY 21 -- HOLIDAY
For JANUARY 28 Minute Paper Tape1 due Watch Tape 2
BUSINESS CARD BUFFET! We Cover Chapter 2 online. We begin Grammar Review online.
DRAFT MEMO USING NEW LETTERHEAD EXPLAINING
MY WORK AT YOUR BUSINESS TO ME (J Swanson) AS A NEW EMPLOYEE! EX: Page 108
For FEBRUARY 4 Minute Paper Tape 2 due Watch Tapes 3 and 4
We Cover Chapter 3 and 4 online. We finish Grammar Review. TAKE HOME TEST (for participation grades) is emailed to each of you. Test must be emailed back before next class by FEB. 11 – or lose 5 participation grades.
EDIT AND PROOFREAD CHALLENGE 5. These three prior assignments = PACKET I.
MAIL PACKET I to me (Jswanson, POB 194, Rollins, MT 59931).
Postmark must be 2-8-08. SEND RETURN SELF-ADDRESSED, ENVELOPE (no stamp needed)
For FEBRUARY 10 Minute Paper Tape 3 and 4 due Watch Tape 5
We Cover Chapter 5 online. We do challenge in class.
We begin DESIGN HANDBOOK: CARP!
REVISE LETTERHEAD USING NEW DESIGN INFO
February 18 -- HOLIDAY
For FEBRUARY 25 THE MEMO Minute Paper Tape 5 due Watch Tape 6
Chapter 6 THE LETTER -- DIRECT APPROACH -- the straightforward letter.
Bring a BULK MAIL ADVERTISEMENT – A SALES LETTER NEXT TIME TO CLASS
MARCH 3 -- SPRING BREAK!
For MARCH 10 THE LETTER Minute Paper Tape 6 due Watch Tape 8
Chapter 7 Persuasive Messages Sales Letter
DRAFT SALES LETTER w/HANDOUT
For MARCH 17 Minute Paper Tape 7 due Watch Tape 13
Chapter 8 NEGATIVE NEWS
(Chapters changed in text, so tapes are juggled here a bit!)
WRITE BAD NEWS LETTER FIRING ME (J Swanson) . EDIT Challenge 7.
MAIL PACKET II to me(all 4 assignments) (J. Swanson, POB 194, Rollins, MT 59931.
Postmark must be 3-24-08. SEND RETURN SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE (no stamp needed.)
MARCH 24 HOLIDAY – EASTER MONDAY
For MARCH 31 Minute Paper Tape 7 due Watch Tapes 10-11-12-
BEGIN THE RESUME… Cover page & references.
DRAFT COVER LETTER & REFERENCES.
For APRIL 7 RESUME Minute Paper Tape 10-11-12 due Watch Tape13
WHAT’S WRONG WITH IT? RESUME HANDOUT-
THE RESUME. MORE DESIGN TEXT & HELP FOR RESUMES.
Complete Challenge 13.
MAIL PACKET III to me (all 4 assignments) (J. Swanson, POB 194, Rollins, MT 59931.
Postmark must be 4-14-08. SEND RETURN SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE (no stamp needed.)
APRIL 14 Minute Paper Tape 13, and 14 due Watch Tape 15
HAMBURGER DELUXE – Bun – a juicy middle with plenty of trimmings – Bun.
Telecom Newsletter (our
final project). Working in Universal Format.
Discussion issues. Proof-reading with A Partner before Next time.
Complete a one-page newsletter piece. Exchange by email with a Partner. Be concise, yet detailed.
April 28 Minute Paper 15 due
Discussion about the Newsletter.
Some rules for editing a report. Our rules applied to a final format.
E-MAIL PACKET IV, the second part, Challenge 11 and ALSO use babelfish.altavista.com
(Choose your own language) to email an additional translation to jswanson@ugf.edu
Deadline: April 29. No assignments will be marked after this date.
I will email your final mark to you!
I’VE ALSO INCLUDED SOME HELP FOR YOUR WRITING AND EXERCISES:
NEED AN OVERVIEW OF COMMAS? To check commas, do this:
Read each sentence, backward, so you focus on the sentence rather than the meaning and how the sentence connects to the next, as you do when you read forward.
START OF SENTENCE: 1. In each sentence, see if you have an introductory phrase: A. verb or subordinate clause (Talking to myself, As I left he house)
B. 5 or more words
C. "ing: phrase or time -- with a time introduction, you can ALWAYS use a comma! D. "ly" word. Slowly, I left the room.
MIDDLE OF SENTENCE:
2. In the middle: If you have a FANBOYs (for, an, nor, but, or, yet or so) conjunction, see if it connects just two words or phrases -- in that case, no comma. If the AND, say, connects TWO MAIN THOUGHTS (new subject and verb after AND), then you DO need a comma.
3. Also, in the middle, sometimes you may have a phrase (like "in fact," "as a matter of fact," "for example," "for sure," "in reality" -- these are called parentheticals) that requires two commas. Read the sentence without the phrase, and if the sentence makes sense, you likely have a parenthetical. Often, phrases (actually, relative clauses) that begin with WHICH will need two commas around them if they're in the middle of the sentence!
END OF SENTENCE:
4. Toward the end of the sentence, if you have a NOT or BUT or YET, you need a comma: She is fat, not thin. She is not fat, but thin.
5. If you have an afterthought or development of detail, you need a pause (comma): The sun is shining, although snow is falling. She gave me a token, two tokens really. Does this give you some help? I have a tape (I think it's Tape8) that I call a COMMA CAPSULE that goes over these rules in detail.
Semi-Colons and Colons: HELP FOR YOU!________________________
I. Semi-Colon:
Think of a semi-colon as a flashing red light. You stop and then proceed – cautiously!
A semi-colon can be used in two ways:
- It separates two main thoughts (whole sentences) that are closely related.
I studied for the test; I should have passed.
I am sick; I should be in bed.
It works perfectly, too, if you have two parallel statements that have a similar format:
I think; therefore, I am.
She is sick; I am well.
A semi-colon used this way may use transitions like these:
Therefore, thus, (cause and effect) (I worked hard; therefore, I received a good grade.)
Moreover, in addition, (to add) (It rained; moreover, it snowed.)
However, nevertheless (to refute – used like BUT or YET to add a kind of U-turn to your sentence:
I am fine , but I am tired. I am fine ; however, I am tired.)
2. It introduces examples. In these cases, the first sentence is the sentence, but the second lists examples:
I love horror movies; for example, The Shining, Children of the Corn, Carrie.
He shirks his duties; for example, calling in sick and being late.
I am not feeling well; in fact, sick and tired.
II. A COLON is a DRUM ROLL: DA! DA!
A colon is like two red lights! It’s comprised of two periods! Stop and stay there for a minute! It’s perfect for introducing a list with a drum roll instead of words (as with the semi-colon).
Many writers go wrong because they forget that a complete sentence must introduce the colon.
DON’T DO THIS: I love: pigs, cattle and chickens.
DO THIS: I love animals (now a complete thought): pigs, cattle and chickens.
DO THIS: I hate horror movies: The Shining, Children of the Corn, Carrie.
Stop: I have news for you.
(Stop is a sentence because YOU is the understood subject)
If you like drama and fewer words, you’ll like the dramatic and bold COLON.
If you prefer to explain transitions, you’ll like the SEMI-COLON.
If you want to keep it simple, you’ll likely use the FANBOYS to connect sentences (See COMMA rules!).
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WHERE DOES ENG 312 FIT WITHIN ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AND WITHIN UGF CORE?
UGF ENG 312 Writing for Business and Professions.
COURSE DESCRIPTION: Emphasis on value of articulate communication in management affairs; technique and form of business letters; preparation of reports and resumes; and application of communication theory to planning, transmitting, and evaluating messages. Review of grammar, mechanics, and style essential to effective writing in all fields.
Prerequisite: ENG 117
The UGF English program emphasizes through literature and composition the distinctly humanizing influences of the past and present. Students majoring in English will strongly enhance their analytical abilities in both written and oral expression. The degree in English also prepares students for writing professionally in a number of different fields.
English Major/Minor Program Objectives
1. Students will creatively express original ideas in writing and speech through presentation of at least two of the following products: oral interpretation; writing poetry, fiction, or memoir; designing hypermedia.
2. Students will develop and complete effective written products, alone and collaboratively, by using various strategies of invention, organization, revision, editing, and publication for at least two of the following audiences: classmates, the university community, professionals, and the public.
3. Students will develop criteria and evaluate from a personal perspective, in written or oral form, any work of literature in English for various audiences, including scholars, the public, and children.
4. Students will analyze and evaluate any work of literature by applying a variety of literary critical approaches, including but not limited to historicism, formalism, reader-response, feminism, Marxism, and deconstruction.
5. Students will explicate in written and oral forms passages from traditional and non-traditional works of poetry, drama, fiction, film, and non-fiction prose.
6. Students will objectively analyze language by examining the grammatical, phonetic, semantic, and historical characteristics of the language.
7. Students will explain the different religious and spiritual foundations of human actions as represented in literary works, recognizing and discussing diverse audiences.
Bachelor’s Degree Core Curriculum – WHERE DOES ENGLISH 312 FIT?
The purpose of the Core Curriculum is to ensure that graduates of the University of Great Falls have acquired fundamental knowledge, skills, and dispositions and to ensure breadth and depth of content and experience as a foundation for independent life-long learning. The Core Curriculum organizes the bachelor degree four questions by using What does it mean to be human? as the guiding principle in assisting students to develop their full potential as human beings. The Core Curriculum requires students to take courses that will investigate and explore how participating in intellectual inquiry, making a living and living a productive life, and participating in the religious dimension of life lead to the larger question of What does it mean to be human?
Intellectual Inquiry (19-24 credits)
How does participating in Intellectual Inquiry define being human?
After completing core courses in Intellectual Inquiry, students will think critically and creatively, analyze situations and proposals accurately, identify issues, and evaluate and appreciate alternative positions. Therefore, the university requires that students complete
1. 3 credits
PHL 105 Humanities or
SOC 101 Introductory Sociology
2. 6 credits
HST 101 and 102 History of Civilization I and II
or HST 203 and 204 United States History I and II
3. 3 credits
ENG 200 Literary Appreciation
4. 3-6 credits
MTH 110 Precalculus I (College Algebra) or Foreign Language 101 and 102 or PHL 201 Thinking Logically
5. 4 credits
BIO 102 Fundamentals of Life Science (with lab) OR
BIO 103 Structure and Function of the Human Body
CHM 101 Essentials of Inorganic Chemistry (with lab)
GSC 121 Earth and Space Science (with lab)
GSC 158 History of Science (with lab)
Living and Making a Living (27 credits)
How do Living and Making a Living define being human?
After completing core courses in Living and Making a Living, students will investigate and communicate creatively and effectively in multiple modes of discourse while recognizing the advantages of a healthy lifestyle.
Therefore, the university requires that students complete
1. 9 credits
ENG 111 Writing Sentences and Paragraphs
ENG 117 Writing Essays and
ENG 300-319 one upper level writing course
Note: ENG 111 at UGF is waived for students with at least a 22 on the English section of the ACT, at least 520 on the verbal section of the SAT, a score of 85 or above on the Compass test, or a score of 46 or above on the ASSET test. Transfer students with equivalent ENG 117 credit may waive the ENG 117 requirement with a score of 85 or above on the Compass test.
2. 6 credits
MTH 100 Essential Math Skills
and
MTH 106 Contemporary Mathematics or
MTH 205 Elementary Probability and Statistics
Note: MTH 100 is waived for students with at least a score of 22 on the Mathematics section of the ACT, at least a 520 on the quantitative section of the SAT, a score of 62 or above on the Compass test, or a score of 46 or above on the ASSET test.
3. 3 credits
COM 101 Fundamentals of Speech Communications
4. 3 credits
CPS 100 Introduction to the Microcomputer
and CPS 101 Introduction to UGF Net
and CPS 102 Introduction to PowerPoint
or EDU 244 Instructional Technology
Note: Any or all of these courses may be waived based on demonstrated competence in the field.
5. 3 credits
Three HPE performance courses
(HPE 100-180)
or HPE 188 Personal Health
6. 3 credits
One of the following:
ART 110 Introduction to the Visual Arts
ART 140 2D Studio Art Fundamentals
ART 160 3D Studio Art Fundamentals
Three semesters of Drama performance OR
Crew (DRM 121-123)
MUS 101 Music Appreciation Three semesters of Music Performance (MUS 111-160)
Religious Dimension (6 credits)
How does participating in the Religious Dimension of life define being human?
After completing courses in the Religious Dimension, students will investigate and articulate religious concepts and value systems and explore their implications for building a framework for religious meaning for one’s life. Therefore, the university requires that students complete
1. 3 credits
One of the following:
TRL 200 Fundamentals of Christian Theology
TRL 210 Catholicism TRL 240 Reading Old Testament TRL 250 Reading New Testament TRL 303 Jesus the Christ
2. 6 credits
TRL 120 Basic Christian Ethics or TRL 220 The Christian Vocation to Justice or TRL 224 Formation of Christian Conscience