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WRIT 50E
Research Writing for Engineers
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Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week One (4/1 & 4/3)
Content
Course & Week 1 Overview
Read
“Shitty First Drafts”
(just read it; no need to answer the questions at the end or anything)
“Research Starts with Answers”
from
Bad Ideas About Writing
Tasks
Read the course website (all of it)
Fill out
this short survey
Hold your first group meeting (check the agenda)
Groups will be determined in class!
Start
Progress Notebook
(put it in a folder labeled with your name in the Shared Google Drive)
Week Two (4/8 & 4/10)
Content
Read
Job Materials assignment
Resumes and Cover Letters
Resumes from the Purdue OWL
(read through all the material on the left sidebar under “Resumes and CVs”)
Tasks
Job Materials Initial Thoughts Activity (
in progress notebook
)
Hold a Group Meeting
Draft Job Materials
Sign up for next week’s conferences
Week Three (4/15 & 4/17)
Content
Read
“Responding, Really Responding”
No class – conferences!
(You still need to meet with your group sometime during the week to do peer review.)
Tasks
Conferences
Hold a group meeting for peer review on job materials
Progress Notebook
Entry
Job Materials
Due Friday 4/19
Week Four (4/22 & 4/24)
Content
Introduction to Proposal Project
Read Sample Work
Example 1:
EzUnlock
Example 2:
The Bottle
Example 3:
Hempons
Example 4:
AppAssist
Tasks
Decide on a product or service in groups
Begin viability research
Progress Notebook
Entry
Week Five (4/29 & 5/1)
Content
Market Research Section
Writing as a Team
Tasks
Decide on Roles
Begin Market Research (see
Resources
)
Progress Notebook
Entry
Week Six (5/6 & 5/8)
Content
Communicating with Precision
Market Research Examples (browse these)
Yankee Candle
Ice Cream in the United Kingdom
L’Oreal 2010 Branding
RKMA Reports
(many options!)
Tasks
Optional Group Conferences
Market Research Section Drafts Due 5/10 (to individual Google Drive folders)
Progress Notebook
Entry
Week Seven (5/13 & 5/15)
Content
Design Section
Design as Revision
Tasks
Decide on Roles
Begin Design Research (see
Resources
)
Progress Notebook
Entry
Week Eight (5/20 & 5/22)
Content
Design Section
Design as Revision
Tables, Charts, and Graphs
Tables, Charts, and Graphs (Slides)
Articulating Technical Information
Tasks
Progress Notebook
Entry
Week Nine (5/27 & 5/29)
Content
NO CLASS MONDAY – MEMORIAL DAY
Giving Effective Presentations
Effective Slides
Tasks
Optional Group Conferences
Design Section Drafts Due 5/31 (individual folders)
Progress Notebook
Entry
Week Ten (6/3 & 6/5)
Content
Executive Summaries
Revising and Editing
Tasks
Optional Conferences
Revise full proposal
Write executive summary
Create front and back matter (as needed)
Progress Notebook
Entry
Submit Course Evaluations
Finals Week
Final Proposal (including executive summary and other material) Due 6/12
Presentation Due 6/12
