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- Informal progress report
- Subsequent informal progress reports
- Editing strategy
- Information plan
- Formal progress report or updated revision of the information plan
- Review draft
- Proofreading
- Final project
- Evaluation of each team member
At the first group meeting, members present their backgrounds and what they are most interested in doing for this project. At the end of the meeting, the team writes a group progress report, identifying each person’s background and desired roles, briefly describing the group’s technical writing/editing and production environment, and listing any questions, problems, or bright ideas that emerge.
It is a good idea to submit informal progress reports. When the project started and when it is due will determine how often those reports are needed. However, weekly reports should be sufficient. One person should act as recorder for the group during your discussion and take notes for the progress report. The recorder role should be rotated equitably among the group members.
To plan for reviewing and revising the final draft, your team must think of ways to evaluate and edit your team writing. Address the needs of hard-copy as well as web formats if you are doing a web project. Your editing strategy should do the following:
identify the project’s readers, purpose, and uses
check citation style formatting
identify the ways in which both substantive and copyediting problems will be resolved
present a schedule for reviews and editing
describe how the final changes will be implemented
In essence, your team has to anticipate many of the pitfalls of writing your project.
An initial planning tool, this information plan includes the following:
purpose definition
scope definition
audience analysis
objectives
statement of purpose
tentative outline by section
production and distribution plan
tentative schedule for completing each project piece
list of specific tasks assigned to each group member
Discuss and write this plan as a group. Your team can use the information plan to request your instructor’s final approval of your project or recommendations for changing the concept and scope of your project.
Remember that your information plan is intended to help you plan the writing process and can be adjusted as you actually write the project. The more detail you have in the plan, the more likely your project will prove to be well designed.
This report describes the project status and significant deviations from the initial plan and presents a revised project schedule. Submit the revised plan about midway through your project with a one-page write-up that describes what the changes are.
This draft includes each section of your assignment with an example of the final project design and any graphics. If you have not yet completed a section, make space for it in your draft and describe what will be in that section, how you will implement the content, and when you think it will be finished. Include a sentence or two to indicate what has yet to be finished in that section. Based on this draft, your instructor can approve your draft, make recommendations, or both.
This can be a job done by two or more team members. Remember that the proofreading stage should be done only after all the required sections are complete and edited by group members.
No doubt, there will be content requirements for your final project. For example, a formal report might include a title page, a transmittal letter, a table of contents, the body of the report, and any appendices. Web projects should follow conventions appropriate for that type of project.
Every member of the team should plan to evaluate the other members in a brief paragraph. You will have to be specific and honest here so that your instructor can grade the project fairly.
At the first group meeting, members present their backgrounds and what they are most interested in doing for this project. At the end of the meeting, the team writes a group progress report, identifying each person’s background and desired roles, briefly describing the group’s technical writing/editing and production environment, and listing any questions, problems, or bright ideas that emerge.
It is a good idea to submit informal progress reports. When the project started and when it is due will determine how often those reports are needed. However, weekly reports should be sufficient. One person should act as recorder for the group during your discussion and take notes for the progress report. The recorder role should be rotated equitably among the group members.
To plan for reviewing and revising the final draft, your team must think of ways to evaluate and edit your team writing. Address the needs of hard-copy as well as web formats if you are doing a web project. Your editing strategy should do the following:
identify the project’s readers, purpose, and uses
check citation style formatting
identify the ways in which both substantive and copyediting problems will be resolved
present a schedule for reviews and editing
describe how the final changes will be implemented
In essence, your team has to anticipate many of the pitfalls of writing your project.
An initial planning tool, this information plan includes the following:
purpose definition
scope definition
audience analysis
objectives
statement of purpose
tentative outline by section
production and distribution plan
tentative schedule for completing each project piece
list of specific tasks assigned to each group member
Discuss and write this plan as a group. Your team can use the information plan to request your instructor’s final approval of your project or recommendations for changing the concept and scope of your project.
Remember that your information plan is intended to help you plan the writing process and can be adjusted as you actually write the project. The more detail you have in the plan, the more likely your project will prove to be well designed.
This report describes the project status and significant deviations from the initial plan and presents a revised project schedule. Submit the revised plan about midway through your project with a one-page write-up that describes what the changes are.
This draft includes each section of your assignment with an example of the final project design and any graphics. If you have not yet completed a section, make space for it in your draft and describe what will be in that section, how you will implement the content, and when you think it will be finished. Include a sentence or two to indicate what has yet to be finished in that section. Based on this draft, your instructor can approve your draft, make recommendations, or both.
This can be a job done by two or more team members. Remember that the proofreading stage should be done only after all the required sections are complete and edited by group members.
No doubt, there will be content requirements for your final project. For example, a formal report might include a title page, a transmittal letter, a table of contents, the body of the report, and any appendices. Web projects should follow conventions appropriate for that type of project.
Every member of the team should plan to evaluate the other members in a brief paragraph. You will have to be specific and honest here so that your instructor can grade the project fairly.
Table of Contents: Online Guide to Writing
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How Does College Writing Differ from Workplace Writing? -
What Is College Writing? -
Why So Much Emphasis on Writing?
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Doing Exploratory Research -
Getting from Notes to Your Draft -
Introduction -
Prewriting -
Prewriting - Techniques to Get Started - Mining Your Intuition -
Prewriting: Targeting Your Audience -
Prewriting: Techniques to Get Started -
Prewriting: Understanding Your Assignment -
Rewriting -
Rewriting: Being Your Own Critic -
Rewriting: Creating a Revision Strategy -
Rewriting: Getting Feedback -
Rewriting: The Final Draft -
Techniques to Get Started - Outlining -
Techniques to Get Started - Using Systematic Techniques -
Thesis Statement and Controlling Idea -
Writing: Getting from Notes to Your Draft - Freewriting -
Writing: Getting from Notes to Your Draft - Summarizing Your Ideas -
Writing: Outlining What You Will Write
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A Word About Style, Voice, and Tone -
A Word About Style, Voice, and Tone: Style Through Vocabulary and Diction -
Critical Strategies and Writing -
Critical Strategies and Writing: Analysis -
Critical Strategies and Writing: Evaluation -
Critical Strategies and Writing: Persuasion -
Critical Strategies and Writing: Synthesis -
Developing a Paper Using Strategies -
Introduction -
Kinds of Assignments You Will Write -
Patterns for Presenting Information -
Patterns for Presenting Information: Critiques -
Patterns for Presenting Information: Discussing Raw Data -
Patterns for Presenting Information: General-to-Specific Pattern -
Patterns for Presenting Information: Problem-Cause-Solution Pattern -
Patterns for Presenting Information: Specific-to-General Pattern -
Patterns for Presenting Information: Summaries and Abstracts -
Supporting with Research and Examples -
Writing Essay Examinations -
Writing Essay Examinations: Make Your Answer Relevant and Complete -
Writing Essay Examinations: Organize Thinking Before Writing -
Writing Essay Examinations: Read and Understand the Question
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Introduction -
Planning and Writing a Research Paper -
Planning and Writing a Research Paper: Ask a Research Question -
Planning and Writing a Research Paper: Cite Sources -
Planning and Writing a Research Paper: Collect Evidence -
Planning and Writing a Research Paper: Decide Your Point of View, or Role, for Your Research -
Planning and Writing a Research Paper: Draw Conclusions -
Planning and Writing a Research Paper: Find a Topic and Get an Overview -
Planning and Writing a Research Paper: Manage Your Resources -
Planning and Writing a Research Paper: Outline -
Planning and Writing a Research Paper: Survey the Literature -
Planning and Writing a Research Paper: Work Your Sources into Your Research Writing -
Research Resources: Where Are Research Resources Found? - Human Resources -
Research Resources: What Are Research Resources? -
Research Resources: Where Are Research Resources Found? -
Research Resources: Where Are Research Resources Found? - Electronic Resources -
Research Resources: Where Are Research Resources Found? - Print Resources -
Structuring the Research Paper: Formal Research Structure -
Structuring the Research Paper: Informal Research Structure -
The Nature of Research -
The Research Assignment: How Should Research Sources Be Evaluated? -
The Research Assignment: When Is Research Needed? -
The Research Assignment: Why Perform Research?
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Academic Integrity -
Giving Credit to Sources -
Giving Credit to Sources: Copyright Laws -
Giving Credit to Sources: Documentation -
Giving Credit to Sources: Style Guides -
Integrating Sources -
Practicing Academic Integrity -
Practicing Academic Integrity: Keeping Accurate Records -
Practicing Academic Integrity: Managing Source Material -
Practicing Academic Integrity: Managing Source Material - Paraphrasing Your Source -
Practicing Academic Integrity: Managing Source Material - Quoting Your Source -
Practicing Academic Integrity: Managing Source Material - Summarizing Your Sources -
Types of Documentation -
Types of Documentation: Bibliographies and Source Lists -
Types of Documentation: Citing World Wide Web Sources -
Types of Documentation: In-Text or Parenthetical Citations -
Types of Documentation: In-Text or Parenthetical Citations - APA Style -
Types of Documentation: In-Text or Parenthetical Citations - CSE/CBE Style -
Types of Documentation: In-Text or Parenthetical Citations - Chicago Style -
Types of Documentation: In-Text or Parenthetical Citations - MLA Style -
Types of Documentation: Note Citations
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Introduction -
Reviews and Reaction Papers: Article and Book Reviews -
Reviews and Reaction Papers: Reaction Papers -
Writing Arguments -
Writing Arguments: Adapting the Argument Structure -
Writing Arguments: Purposes of Argument -
Writing Arguments: References to Consult for Writing Arguments -
Writing Arguments: Steps to Writing an Argument - Anticipate Active Opposition -
Writing Arguments: Steps to Writing an Argument - Determine Your Organization -
Writing Arguments: Steps to Writing an Argument - Develop Your Argument -
Writing Arguments: Steps to Writing an Argument - Introduce Your Argument -
Writing Arguments: Steps to Writing an Argument - State Your Thesis or Proposition -
Writing Arguments: Steps to Writing an Argument - Write Your Conclusion -
Writing Arguments: Types of Argument
Appendix A: Books to Help Improve Your Writing
Appendix B: Collaborative Writing and Peer Reviewing
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Collaborative Writing: Assignments to Accompany the Group Project -
Collaborative Writing: Informal Progress Report -
Collaborative Writing: Issues to Resolve -
Collaborative Writing: Methodology -
Collaborative Writing: Peer Evaluation -
Collaborative Writing: Tasks of Collaborative Writing Group Members -
Collaborative Writing: Writing Plan -
Conclusion -
General Introduction -
Peer Reviewing