Memo report

ENGL 317: Summer 2021 Session I

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PROJECT 1 SCHEDULE: Week 1 Technical Prose and Presentation Speaking Style

The following schedule describes the steps you will need to do in order to compose

deliverables and the estimated time it will take most students to complete each step.

Estimated time you will need to complete this project: 12 hours.

Steps Do the Following Time 1 Skim the steps in this schedule, so you can plan how to manage your

time this week.

NOTE: if you have not already done so, read the syllabus.

Read Handouts:

• Student Bio Assignment

• Project 1 Assignment Sheet

• How to Analyze Your Writing for Style and Noticeable Error

• How to Write a Self-Evaluation

From your prior writing choose an essay, report, or other non-fiction

writing you have done to analyze for this project. It should be at least

750 words, and it may work best if you use more than one piece.

Creative writing, including creative non-fiction will not work for this

project. If you do not have prior writing contact me, and I’ll give you

another way to do the project.

Student Bio Assignment Due: Monday 5/17 before 11:59 PM

1 hour

2 Go through the following lecture slidedocs once to familiarize yourself

with the content. You will work more closely with these in step 3.

1. Format, Document Design, and Readability 2. Technical Prose and Presentation Speaking Style 3. Style vs. Grammar 4. How to Write the Memo Report. NOTE: Pay close attention to

the requirements for how to write your findings from the

analysis.

2 hours

ENGL 317: Summer 2021 Session I

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Steps Do the Following Time 3 Follow the directions in the handout: How to Analyze Your Writing

for Style and Noticeable error to analyze your writing.

This handout also has a tip to draft your memo report as you

analyze your writing, so consider doing that to save time and work

more efficiently.

6 hours

4 Study slidedoc 5: How to Compose the Podcast. Next, review the

options on the project 1 module page and decide how you will

create the audio-only podcast.

Do a test recording. If you encounter a technical issue, follow the

troubleshooting steps below the options.

1 hour

5 Follow the requirements and guidelines in slidedoc 5, to decide

the general subject, narrow the focus of your podcast, and write

the script. Practice your script and record the podcast.

Don’t try to be perfect when recording.

2 hours

PROJECT 1 DELIVERABLES DUE: Sunday 5/23 before 11:59 PM

Submit your work to the project 1 drop box as follows:

• Self-Evaluation: upload a Word or PDF file.

• Deliverable 1: Memo Report, uplosf a Word or PDF file.

• Deliverable 2: Podcast, cut and paste the URL at the top of your self