Technical Writing week of October 6

Monday - Complete Code of ethics for Technical Writing on Shamrock Learning System. Create 3 multiple choice questions with answers that could be used on an exam on your Google doc for your Ethics top . Please provide the answers.

Tuesday - Logical Fallacies presentation; Stereotypical Language presentation.

• • Identifying your audience
  • Technical Writing
  • Sophomores - Seniors
  • 
    Choose an issue at the high school the concerns you and you would like to have changed or improved.  You will be writing persuasively to your audience identifying the issue and how you would like it changed or improved and why.
    
    First, identify who will read the document. Primary and secondary readers. Then determine the audience's level of knowledge toward the issue. Next determine the audience's role and attitude toward you, your suggestion, and the concern. Also, what form does your audience expect and will respond to you? Lastly, what do you anticipate your audience doing and why?
• • Problems - students will not be able to address a concern; students will not be timely with their concern; the audience will not respond to the students' concerns.

Wednesday - Identify issue at school you would like to address - persuasive writing.
How to write a thesis at https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/
Need more help, try http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/thesis-statements/

Thursday - identify audience and work through their expectations and knowledge of issue
Friday - compose email to audience addressing issue and a solution
Monday - editing email, revising and sending.