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Date	Reading	Writing	Discussing
9/1	• The Practice • Introduction • TRWT—Chapter 1		• Differences between conventional and STC/A writing
9/6	• TRWT—Chapter 2	• Transcribed list of questions and answers	• Writing/designing at work  • Characteristics of professional writing
9/8	• TRWT—Chapter 4 288-89	• Drafts of workplace report memo for peer review/edit	• Your drafts
9/13	• TRWT, 290-97	• Final copy of workplace report memo due	• Assessment/IMRD reports
9/15	• TRWT, 362-64		• Assessment reports • IMRD reports • Problem statements • Guiding Questions • Private Communities
9/20	• TRWT, 294-96	• IMRD report proposals in the form of problem statements	• Introduction and methods
9/22	• TRWT, 296-97	• IMRD Drafts of intros and justification of methods • Priority list for Practice presentations	• Results and discussion sections of IMRD reports • Drafts of intros and methods
9/27	Conferences	• IMRD Working drafts of results and discussion	•  Conferences
9/29	• TRWT, Chapter 8	• Full drafts of IMRD reports for peer review	• IMRD drafts
10/4	• Science Writing • PDFs:	• Final copy of IMRD reports due	• What is science writing?
10/6	• Quammen article • NASA Voyger site • Writing About Biology		• What makes fgood science writing?
10/11	• PDFs • Rhetorical analyses/critiques		• Critiques and rhetorical analyses • The Practice presentations
10/13
10/18	• Practice Presentations begin	• Drafts of science writing or critique
10/25	• PDFs Proposal and grant proposal samples • The Foundation Center’s website	• Final copy of science writing due	• Practice presentations • Proposals • Grant proposals possible topics
10/27	• Persuasion, argument, and ethos • TRWT, Chapter 5		• The Practice presentations • Possible topics for proposal; • Grant proposals
11/1	• TRWT, 84-86; 195		• Project organization • Gantt charts and dividing labor • The Practice presentations
11/3		• Planning memo for team formation and task assignments	• Team writing • The Practice presentations
11/8	• TRWT, 362-64 • Group or individual planning meetings with me	• Problem statements for proposals	• The Practice presentations • Your drafts
11/10		• Drafts of objectives • Scope • Narrative • Methods	• The Practice presentations • Your drafts
11/15		• Drafts of proposal evidence • your drafts	• The Practice presentations
11/17			• Group/oral progress reports on proposals • The Practice presentations
Thanksgiving	No class	Have fun	Return safely
11/29		• Full drafts of proposals	• Your drafts
12/1	• Senior portfolio requirements at STC	• Proposals due	• Senior portfolios • Transmittal letters
12/6		• Drafts of letters	• Your drafts
12/8	• All work due	• Class assessments	•  All work due

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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