Week 5

Topic: Proposals; White papers and other reports

Readings: TCT ch 21, ch 23, ch 4 if class working in groups

Date

Class Meeting

For Next Class
Mon, 2/4

1) revise employment project to turn in Wednesday

2) read textbook section on white papers (pp. 649-650) 

3) work on project #2 proposal for Friday

Wed, 2/6

EMPLOYMENT PROJECT DUE

In-class research activity:

  • part 1: What is a white paper? | results from last fall
  • part 2: Locate a sample white paper related to globalization or your major/interests

Sample white papers

Research log 2.1 due by end of class

Sample proposals (FYI; we didn't actually discuss these in class) 

project #2 proposals due in quick & dirty format for peer review; be ready to chat about your project #2 topic and any questions/ problems you might be having
Fri, 2/8

Chat about project #2: topics, sources, questions and concerns

proposals due in quick & dirty format for peer review

Peer review sheet

More on proposals and report format for project 2

 1. For Monday, 2/11, finish up the Friedman for class discussion. You should read chapters 3,4, "Quiet Crisis" (ch 7 or Cool and "Unflat World" 

2. For Wednesday, 2/13, find an example of a report and bring it to class. Anything that calls itself a "report" is fine. Here are some suggestions:

  • one of your better lab reports
  • an annual report from a company
  • a report written by Purdue
  • the water quality report that turns up in your water bill  

Style Exercise for Feb 4

Before editing project 1 for style, it's useful to review the eight stylistic principles in the book (p. 218).

The 8 sentences below each violate one principle. See if you can identify the stylistic problem and suggest a better way to phrase the sentence.

1. In my first internship, I accomplished the assembly of multiple circuit boards.

2. To disagree or agree somewhat was the majority of the answers to the questions which seem to be some of the most talked about topics in politics.

3. I also think that most of the ages in our class are older is because they never had the opportunity to start college after high school.

(2 & 3 taken from  http://glory.gc.maricopa.edu/~kschwalm/English101/sentences.htm