[ Progress Reports are a common genre of discourse in business settings. ] The Progress Report Assignment below is an assignment for the Consulting Simulation, an eight-week long group project in Professional Writing, an undergraduate writing course. This assignment provides an opportunity for your team to report on its progress, next steps, and questions. Deliverables ...
[ Research Proposals are a persuasive genre of writing that are used in workplaces to service ] The Research Proposal Assignment is the first time your team works to coauthor a document for the Consulting Simulation (see Professional Writing). This document establishes the problem you are investigating, identifies your main research questions, and outlines your ...
The Team Charter Exercise is a tool that teams use to help them focus on what they need to do and how they need to do it. Assignment Guidelines Use gDocs to collaborate with your teammates on a 2-to 4-page charter for your team. Your audience for this text is other members of team, committee, ...
Note: The Consulting Simulation is an eight-week long collaborative project in an undergraduate professional writing course. The Consulting Simulation asks you to collaborate with two or four other students over an eight-week period to investigate a problem, identify and evaluate potential solutions, and write a Recommendation Report. Key Words: Collaboration; Teamwork Student Learning Outcomes The ...
The Rhetorical Analysis Memo is the second exercise in Professional Writing, an undergraduate writing course. This exercise asks students to engage in a rhetorical analysis of a college-level syllabus. Rhetorical Analysis is the practice of analyzing a rhetorical situation to understand human decision making to guide efforts to communicate and compose to interpret the texts of ...
