English 420, Business Writing

Monday

• MLK Holiday -- No Class

Wednesday

• DUE: Job Advertisement Analysis and Job Skills Chart
• Review Reading Response for Week 2
• Discuss "The Skeptical Resume Reader" and Action Verbs
• Resume Activity

Before Friday complete:

• Begin drafting resume deliverable. Bring draft copy to class on Friday

Friday

• Resume Workshop

For Monday:

• Complete Reading Response 3 by 5 p.m. on Sunday, January 27 and respond to two of your classmates' posts by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, January 28
• Review pages 224-225 in The Thomson Handbook
• Read Purdue Owl Cover Letter Articles (1) and (2). (For both articles, remember to scroll down to the bottom of each page and follow the links to the supporting materials for the articles. For each article, there are 5 sections you need to review.)
• Bring a copy of a cover letter you drafted in the past to class.