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Date	Reading	Writing	Discussing
Week 1 9/5			Introductions; STC and Rhetoric; Asmnt 1: Persuasive Letter
9/7	TRWT, Chapter 2; pages 115-17	Asmnt 1 Audience profiles; 2-3 facts about ISD; 2-3 interview questions	Profiling audiences; Interview questions
Week 2 9/12	TRWT, Chapter 19 Linda Phillips International Senior Design Powerpoint 4 Sample Letters		Introduction to and questions for class client, Linda Phillips, Cⅇ Letters, audience and tone
9/14		Asmnt 1 Draft 1 due for peer review and my comments	Field samples of letters
Week 3 9/19	TRWT, Chapter 1 PDFs: 3 TC genres	Asmnt 1 Draft 2 due for peer review	Differences between STC/A and conventional writing; TRWT, pages 288-94
9/21	The Practice, Introduction	Assignment 1 DUE Letter Packet Instructions	Asmnt 2; Memo Report Field samples of memo reports
September 22!    STC Speaker Series      5-6:30p  Walker 134        Food & Refreshments!
Week 4 9/26		Priority list for the Practice presentations	Client review of your letters (Assignment 1); discussing your results for the memo report
9/28	TRWT, pages 288-94	Asmnt 2: Transcribed list of questions and answers	Organizing your results for the memo report
Week 5 10/3	Practice Presentation Groups 10/3 Class Details	Asmnt 2: Draft 1 due for peer review and my comments	Your drafts
10/5	10/5 Class Details TRWT, pages 290-97		Asmnt 3: IMRD Report IMRD and assessment reports
Week 6 10/10	TRWT, pages 362-63		Asmnt 3: IMRD proposals in the form of problem statements;
10/12	No class	CPTSC Conference	No class
Week 7 10/17	TRWT, pages 295-96	Assignment 2: DUE Asmnt 3: IMRD problem statements	Introduction and methods; guiding and research questions
10/19	TRWT, pages 296-97	Drafts of introductions and justification of methods for peer editing	Results and discussion; drafts of introductions and methods
October 21!      International Senior Design Symposium 8:30-noon  M&M U-115 4 International Senior Design teams will present their projects Bolivian food & music International Sustainable Engineering Initiative       International Senior Design
Week 8 10/24	Conferences	Asmnt 3: Working drafts of results and discussion	Conferences
10/26		Asmnt 3: Full drafts of IMRD reports for peer review and my comments	Your IMRD reports Asmnt 4:  An original piece of science writing
Week 9 10/31	PDFs: Science writing	Assignment 3 DUE	What is science writing?
11/2	Asmnt 4:  David Quammen Writing About Biology		Asmnt 4:  PDFs NASA Voyager site
Week 10 11/7	Additional examples of science writing		Asmnt 4: Your samples & definitions of science writing; your ideas for a science writing piece
11/9	TRWT, pages 425-29 (internal proposals)	Asmnt 4:   Proposal for science writing (in class)	Informal proposals
Week 11 11/14		Asmnt 4:  Drafts of science writing for peer review and my comments	Your science writing
11/16	Conferences	Asmnt 4:  Your science writing drafts	Conferences
Thanksgiving Break    No class - Have fun - Return safely
Week 12 11/28	PDF: Rhetorical analysis	Assignment 4 DUE	Asmnt 5 Senior portfolios and the exit process; Senior portfolio samples
11/30	TRWT, Chapter 4 and Appendix A, as needed; PDFs:	Asmnt 5 Rhetorical analysis of your revision choice for peer review	Rhetorical analysis; of your revision choice
Week 13 12/5	TRWT, pages 47-51	Asmnt 5 Audience profile for letter	Audience analysis
12/7		Asmnt 5 Drafts of letter and revision for peer editing and my comments	Your letters and revisions
Week 14 12/12	Open conferences	329A Walker	Open conferences
12/14	All work due	Assignment 5 DUE  Class assessments	All work due
Finals Week ~ 12/18 - 12/22
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