100 10049 120 Sophomore Writing Workshop (ACP/SCP/GEN) 121, 122, 123 130 Practical/Technical Writing 140 As time allows (optional) 150 10 160 170 4 180 210 23.2 Language Arts - Explore and Respond to Liter 211 1.9.1 212 213 214 215 216 220 23.3 Language Arts - Communicating with Others 221 1.9.2 222 1.9.4 223 2.9.1 224 2.9.2 225 2.9.3 226 230 23.4 Language Arts - English Lang Conventions 231 1.9.2 232 2.9.1 233 2.9.2 234 3.9.1 235 3.9.2 236 3.9.3 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 300 300 What makes practical/technical writing effective? 300 400 400 What Are Practical Writing and Technical Writing? 400 400 Regardless of what you do with your life, you are likely to find yourself relying on practical and technical writing – both as a writer and as a reader. When you fill out a form, write a memorandum, or write a letter asking about a job, you are using practical writing – fact-based writing that people use in the workplace or in their everyday lives. When you read a user’s manual for a new computer or a piece of stereo equipment, you are encountering technical writing – writing that explores procedures, provides instructions, or presents specialized information. Technical writing, which is also based on facts, can appear in the form of numbered lists, labeled diagrams, and charts. What matters most in a piece of technical writing is that it conveys information in a way that’s clear and easy to follow. 400 400 How Practical Writing and Technical Writing Fit Into Your Life 400 400 Few forms of writing are as common and vital to everyday life as practical and technical writing. If you fill out a coupon for a rebate, you’re using practical writing. If you follow instructions on how to assemble that product, you’re using technical writing. As a student, you encounter practical and technical writing all the time. For example, when you fill out a class schedule, you’re doing practical writing; when you complete a science report, you’re doing technical writing. You’re also likely to make frequent use of practical and technical writing when you enter the world of business. Resumes, purchase orders, letters to clients, office memos, and technical reports are some common examples of practical and technical writing that you may encounter in your future business career. 400 400 (Prentice Hall. Writer' s Solution. Platinum Sourcebook, Annotated Teacher' s Edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1997, 230-231) 400 400 Paper Options may include: 400 * Resume 400 * Cover letter 400 * Thank you letter 400 * Letter of complaint 400 * Letter of recommendation 400 400 Paper Expectations: 400 * Conventional Business letter / resume format 400 * Awareness of audience (reasonable and appropriate language) 400 * Appropriate organization, including transitions, for purpose 400 * Acceptable level of fluency 400 * Grammatical correctness 400 400 500 500 When writing in the practical/technical mode students will: 500 500 -- Develop and utilize prewriting skills and strategies, 500 -- Recognize and select an organizational format appropriate for writing purpose, 500 -- Demonstrate awareness of audience by using reasonable and appropriate language, 500 -- Develop and incorporate drafting skills, 500 -- Develop and implement editing skills and strategies (peer and self), 500 -- Produce a final draft that meets standards of acceptability in fluency and grammatical correctness. 600 600 All students will: 600 600 -- Be instructed on the steps of the writing process, 600 -- Be shown models of quality resumes and business letters, 600 -- Conference with his/her teacher to discuss the quality of his/her writing, and to determine the steps necessary for improvement, 600 -- Receive written feedback on the quality of their writing. 700 700 Assessment of student writing in the practical/technical mode includes student-teacher conferencing to determine successful completion of editing, achievement of standards for acceptable quality of the final draft, and written feedback regarding the quality of the final draft. 820 820 Prentice Hall. Writer' s Solution. Platinum Sourcebook. New Jersey: 820 Prentice Hall, 1997. 820