Summer 2016! Day 1, week 1
Day 1 of Week 1 WELCOME
Welcome. We will discuss several items that preview our work together in this class. Note: this section of 393 is also a campus Sustainabilty Themed Course. I am a campus Chesapeake Fellow and also a national Sustainabily Fellow.
- books (a happy surprise)
- class attendence (YOU MUST COME TO ALL CLASSES)
- assignments overview
- audience sensitivity and rhetorical theory
Theme: Sustainability topics will be addressed in this class. Regardless of your major, this broad social and technical theme can fit your major and career goals. We will discuss this today.
Details: Here is your syllabus. We will discuss the seven assignments that will total about 30 pages of written output in this class.
For Thursday next (day two) please complete these requests:
- Bring a resume and cover letter (draft) to class in digital format
- Find a job description you would like to apply for
- Bring an idea about directions you could write in class AND TURN IN BY END OF PERIOD
- Find a technical article about your field to review for this class (options to be discussed in class)
- Bring in three short definition/ descriptive paragraphs on the topics noted in the email
Note: your cover letter and resume, and the three paragraphs should be brought to class in digital form. For the directions assignment, you need an idea that is ready to go. In other words, you will draft, revise, and complete this directions assignment for a grade on Thursday.
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Here are some materials we will use to jump-start summer learning: NAUGHTY WORD ALERT!
Commas! Yes. Commas are very important to clarity in communication.
Read this link for Thursday. We will use the Oxford comma in this class, for precision and clarity.
Let's see what Stephen Colbert says about the Oxford comma.
Today, we will talk about professional writing and your majors/fields and look at audience analysis. This website -- class journal, posted documents, links, and a draft etext will form the readings for this class. Let's begin by exploring the etext.
Next up, definitions. And directions.
What is a Cougar anyway? Let's check out Cougar Net. think you do not need to worry about cougar encounters? Think again.
No-knead bread (Sullivan Street)
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Looking ahead? You need to know about rain gardens and two related technical concepts: bioretention and phytoremediation.
Marybeth Shea
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