MbShea@PWP@English@UMCP

OK:  today, will be peer review and a last check of the direction. Due for a grade on Friday IN HARD COPY.

I will release everyone from the WikiHow portion of the assignment.

To finish up the class:

1. Cover Letter/Resume assignment
2. Final project based on ONE of your definition papers.

We will begin the Cover Letter/Resume material on Friday.  Bring a draft of these two documents with you to class on Monday.

For the final project, we have five small assignments that will help you complete the final project:

• Project proposal -- due Friday online by 5PM Friday Dec. 4. SAMPLE 1 Sample 2
• Annotated bibliography due in hard copy  -- Monday, Dec. 7 NOTES
• Detailed/revised audience analysis due in hard copy -- Wednesday, Dec. 9
• Structure and arguments -- Due Friday, December 11
• Also due Last day of class -- turn in your cover letter/resume
• Final project Due on Friday, December 18th.

I will begin extended office hours on Friday and keep them until December 17:

MWF 12-2 EXCEPT DECEMBER 7

TTH 11-1

During finals week I will keep additional hours. TBA.

and thinking ahead.  When you return from Thanksgiving, we will complete a series of small assignments that will support you in the final project:  7-10 page document based on one of your definition papers.

We will also work on cover letters/resumes.

AND complete the directions assignment.  For Monday, bring a hard copy of your SINGLE SPACED directions for peer review. You will turn in a copy for a grade on Wednesday, Nov. 30th.

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Web based instructions abound.  Check out Instructables

How to fry a turkey - More DIY How To Projects

Finally, keep the user in mind when writing instructions.

First, let's take a moment to think about your definition papers.  I am enjoying them.  What direction can you go in your final paper?

Assignment sheet: directions

Let's think about acknowledgements and author's ethos as a way to establish the authority of the directions.

Courtesy of 390 student KY. 

Now, try this webpage for an interesting exhibit that defines and provides dirctions.  I give you, ta dah, the Pomodoro Technique.

Read a Wall Street Journal review of this and two additional time management systems.

How are your ideas going?  Let's look at the possibility of recipes.

Bones of the Dead

Recall my observation that strong directions are divided into three sections:

front matter

numbered steps 

back matter

For Friday, bring a rough draft of your directions. We will work on them in class. Include a paragraph on your audience: who is your user?