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ENG 201 5.R: Introduction to HTML

Today’s Plan: Intro to HTML Homework Intro to HTML My goal for the next two weeks is to teach you HTML coding. If we have time, we might learn some elementary CSS. Think of HTML and CSS in terms of … Continue reading

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ENG 201 5.T: Project 2 Talk, Project 4 Update, Katz

Today’s Plan: Class cancelled: October 4th Project Two Talk Project Four Update Katz’s “Ethics of Expediency” Homework Project Two Talk I want to talk about WordPress and CMS. I want to talk about the project update memos from last week. … Continue reading

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ENG 201 4.T: Characters and Actions, Proposal Rubric Exercise, Peer Review

Today’s Plan: Williams on Actions Proposal Rubric Exercise Peer Review Homework Williams on Actions We’ll start today reviewing Williams’ chapter on Actions from his book Style. Proposal Rubric I spent some time today working out a more specific rubric for … Continue reading

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ENG 201 3.R: Gantt Charts, Project Time

Today’s Plan: Gantt Charts Project Time Homework Gantt Charts I’ve asked that the proposal portion of your Project One contain a gantt chart visualizing what you plan on doing for the second project. For instance, you might come up with … Continue reading

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ENG 201 3.T: What is Rhetoric?

Today’s Plan: Review Project One: Answer Questions Discuss Herrick: Survey Your Questions Homework Project One Questions Your questions. My answers. Dowe pick all one job category type (like 15-20 TW/E jobs) or do we try to pick 15-20 that look … Continue reading

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ENG 201 2.R: Report/Proposal Specs

Today’s Plan: Apology Quick Affirmation Collaborative Writing Job Ad Analysis Questions Homework An Apology to the would-be Copy Writers I mentioned Amazon.com’s copy editing service as a potential way of gaining relevant experience. Apparently, Amazon.com closed their CreateSpace author-services department … Continue reading

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ENG 201 2.T: Job Ad Analysis

Today’s Plan: Quick Exercise: What is Professional Writing? What is Technical Writing? What kinds of genres/activities are germane to each? How do we distinguish the two? Reading Review: Brumberger and Lauer Reading Review: A Humanistic Rationale for Technical Writing Proposal … Continue reading

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ENG 201 1.R: Brumberger and Lauer’s Analysis of Industry Job Postings

Today’s Plan: Discussion of Brumberger and Lauer Sharing mediabistro job corpus Elementary coding Homework Discussion of Brumberger and Lauer I asked you to read their article and do two things: I simply want to know what in the article surprises … Continue reading

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ENG 201: 1.1 Introduction(s)

Today’s Plan: Syllabus and Stuff Reading ABO on emails, UNCO Style Guide A Brisk Walk Across Campus Composing and Sharing Emails Homework Syllabus and Stuff Let’s take a look at the ENG 201 Syllabus. A First Day Assignment The first … Continue reading

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