English 421K, Technical Writing

Monday

• No Class - Memorial Day Holiday

Before Tuesday complete:

• Read Chapter 18 in Technical Communication Today
• Continue drafting Purdue Webmail technical description

Tuesday

• Lecture: Technical Definitions
• Activity: Tracking down a word's history

Before Wednesday complete:

• Continue drafting Purdue Webmail technical description
• Read Chapters 17 and 22 in Technical Communication Today

Wednesday

• Lecture: Letters and Memos
• Lecture: Drafting Activity Reports

For Thursday:

• Complete drafts of technical descriptions for peer review workshop
• Read Chapter 20 in Technical Communication Today

Thursday

• Peer Review Workshop: Technical Descriptions
• Introduce Instructions and Usability Project
• Lecture: Drafting Instructions

For Friday:

• Technical Description project due
• Complete Technical Description project assessment
• Draft memorandum requesting approval for subject matter area for Instructions and Usability project

Friday

• Lecture: Ambiguity in instructions
• Activity: Drawing a logical map for instructions
• Exercise: Analyzing ambiguous instructions (Coleman), (PlaySafe), (Ruger)

For Monday:

• Begin drafting instruction set
• Read pgs. 331-5 and 596-7 in Technical Communication Today