WRT333

Table of Pages Used in WRT333 (Dr. Logan)—Fall 2011

Page Title	Pages	Week
Introduction: Setting Out Expectations
Syllabus / Schedule	4	1
Teaching Schedule / Office Hours	1
Grades / Assignments	1
A Writer's Bookshelf	1
Job Application Materials	4
Assignment: Defining Yourself	1
Assignment: Resume and Job Application	1
Scientific Communication 1: Structure in Journal Articles
What do we Mean by Science?	3	2
Introduction	2
Paring Down and Introduction (optional exercise)	2
Methods and Results	2
Discussion	1
Review Articles	2
Assignment: Structure and Content of Scientific Journal Articles (2 parts) | Sample Articles	1 | 1
Scientific Communication 2: Style, Presentation, Argument, and Scientific English
Evolution of the Journal Article	3	3
Style in Scientific Journal Articles	2
Assignment: Style and Readability (2 parts) | Sample Style Analyses	1 | 1
Style and Readability
Agent and Action | Exercises	3 | 1	4
Readability Indices	1
Verb Tenses in Scientific Writing	3
Latinizations, redundancy, noun clusters, negatives | Exercises	2 | 1
Nominalizations, Long Left Branches, Missing Wh-connectors | Exercises	3 | 1
Jargon	2
Miscellaneous Errors	2
"The the impotence of proofreading," a poem by Taylor Mali	1
Punctuation
End Punctuation; The Comma	2	5
Semi-colon and Colon	2
Apostrophe, quotation marks, brackets, ellipsis	2
Assignment: Punctuation	1
Technical and Research Writing—Various Genres
Introduction to the Nature of Research Processes	2	6
Definitions and Descriptions	3
Assignment: Strategic Plan, Feasibility Study, IMRAD Article (3 options)	2

Page Title	Pages	Week
Strategic Plans	3	7
Feasibility Studies	5
Leadership Styles for Group Writing	3	8
Grants and Grantsmanship	4
Writing for the Public
Popular Press	2	9
Popular Press Exercise (Whales)	1
Assignment: Popular Press (including 2 pages on editing session)	4
Writing for Speaking
Speeches	2	10
Powerpoint	3
Poster Sessions	—
Purpose Analysis	1	11
The Lead and Ending	2
Editing	2
Writing With Technology for Print and Web Media
Blogging: Academic, Professional, Personal web logs. Content and technology.	2	12
Why Learn Page Layout?	2	13
Page Layout Technology	—
Writing for the Web	2	14
Teaching Writing Within or Between Discourse Communities	1
Assignment: Course Critique	1