Fall 2020



Week 15 - Skills Week:

Business Letters

Please bring a laptop or tablet with you for in-class exercises

Thursday, December 5

REVIEW:

• BC Chap 2 "Startup Strategies" pp 25-26 (Free writing)

• BC Chap 5 "Everyday Writing" pp 67-72 ("Business Letters That Do the Job")

REVIEW:

• • Design Procedure for Business Documents (ppt file)

  • More sample business letters (Writing Help Central)

  • Basic Business Letters (Purdue OWL)

  • The Business Letter Format (The Writing Center)

  • Business Letters: Tools and Tips (The Writing Center)

  • Business Letter Formatting (Balance Careers)

GROUP SUBMIT (in class): Practice business letter (from Letter Types List)

LESSON: Business letters - Principals & critique

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 This page is currently under construction from Week 14 down.

Please check back for updated links and resources. 

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Special Announcement (Tuesday, September 7, 1 pm):

For my afternoon section only: Class will begin at 2:30 today. Please use the same Zoom link you used last week (you’ll find it at the top of our course page in iLearn and in the welcome letter I sent you all at the start of the term) to log in to class today at 2:30 instead of 2.

 

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Content Links

 

Presentation Support

• 8 Tips for Public Speaking

• Making Effective Presentations

• Ss presentation evaluation

• Oral presentation rubric

• Presenting with Impact

• Prezi demo

• Prezi demo II (Greg Prezi)



Pathos

• Pathos explained (site link)

• Pathos summary handout

• Pathos print ad sample

• Detroit auto video sample
   



Ethos

• Ethos explained (site link)

• Ethos summary handout

• Pickens energy commercial #1 (YouTube link)

• Ethos print ad sample 1

• Ethos print ad sample 2

• Obama Ad (Logos, Ethos, Pathos)

• Obama speech on patriotism (2008) (YouTube)



Logos

• Logos explained (site link)

• Logos summary handout

• Logos video ad sample

• Logos print ad sample

 

Sample memo #2 (pdf file)



Rogerian vs Classical Argument

• Michelle Obama school speech

• Declaration of Independence



Fact-based Argument

• Fact-based claim (examples)



Dates & Deadlines

First day of class: Jan 26

Labor Day recess: Sep 7

Add/Drop deadline: Sep 14

Veteran's Day recess: Nov 11

Withdraw deadline: Nov 16

Thanksgiving recess: Nov 23-27

Last day of class: Dec 9

Last day of term: Dec 18



Resources

• Course Syllabus

• Westfield Security Escort flyer

• UW Citation Guide for MLA & APA

• MLA Templates (PDF)

• APA Templates (PDF)

• APA Quick Reference

• CitationMachine (citation tool)

• Proofreading Notes

• Error Patterns Primer

• Essay Rubric Explanation

• SFSU bookstore link

• Purdue/Owl Online Writing Lab for Business Writing

• Pearson Business English Exercises

• WPE Diagnostic locked

 

Samples, Templates & Guides

• Sample Vocabulary Log

• Sample Page Format

• File Formatting Guidelines

• Sample APA Reference List - Hacker

• Grant proposal template

• Grant proposal sample

• Sample: Grant proposal sample II



Readings Archive

Miscellaneous Readings *password protected

• EA Chap 1 "Everything is an Argument" pp 3-29

• BC Chap 1 "Good Writing" pp 1-15

• RT "Plagiarism" & "What is Documentation" 136-138
  

Miscellany Media Links

• Harvard Business Review (article link)

• New York Times Op Ed article link

• Market analysis (worldlinkfutures.com)

• JFK 1962 "Moon Speech" (YouTube link)

• MLK "I Have a Dream" speech (transcript)

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What Makes an A Paper?

How Do I Make it Longer?

Pronunciation Key

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Notetaking Checklist

Notetaking Skills

Notetaking Methods

Cornell Notes

Cornell Notes - annotated template

Cornell Notes - Template shell 2

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What is a Double-Entry Journal?

Sample Double-Entry Journal

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Sample Annotated Text

Glossed Text 1

Glossed Text 2

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KWLS Chart template

Sample KWLS Chart

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Sample Vocabulary Log

Annotation Guide

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Course Evaluation

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Questions for Analysis

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What is Comparative Writing?

The Comparative Method

Comparative Analysis

Comparative Models

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Sample Annotated List 1

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How to Cite a Book

How to Cite a Website

How to Cite a Work from an Anthology

How to Cite an Article from a Periodical

How to Cite an Article from a Database

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Annotated Works Cited lists

Preparing Annotated Works Cited lists

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Works Cited list sample 1

Works Cited List sample 2

Template list

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What is Plagiarism?

7 Rules of Thumb

Plagiarism Examples

Avoiding Plagiarism Checklist

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