Always avoid the negative when writing survey questions. Example: Have you even been unable to find an item in a timely manner? Rewrite: Are you able to find items in a timely manner? Always ‘avoid the negative’ when writing proposals; stress positive…

Subject Lines I hope these notes are helpful and that all future correspondence will have clear and complete subject lines, and all future attachments will be correctly named, and the attached document will include course number, student name, date, and title of…

Survey Introduction: an example I have finished reading through your proposals and some of you have begun to send me your surveys for approval. A common error with this assignment is the composition of the introduction to your surveys; this…

Hello 301 I am posting an example of an excellent peer review for a LinkedIn profile. You will note how this review includes a subsection for each element of the document: ENGL 301: LinkedIn Peer Review Form Date: 2015-06-12 Peer…

Formal Reports: Everything you write and every single word you choose is for your reader I have an important note that  most of you are clear about – but I am sure some are still a little fuzzy:   You need…

Good Monday 301: Four teams are up on the Team Forum today, and as soon as the remaining teams post their members and team name, I will include new pages. You can expect to receive evaluation sheets at the end…

Welcome to my instructor’s blog I will post a new blogs on a regular basis which you should read before beginning each week’s lesson. The principle purpose of this Blog is to respond to your work and the progress of our course…

  I have almost completed my round of evaluations for Unit Two and have some notes for you to follow as you self-edit your final draft of your report and your Web folio. Errors in expression that are caused by…

Good Monday morning 301 Drafting your Formal Report Here are some notes to follow for writing your first draft of your Formal Report: Use YOU attitude; every sentence you write, consider your reader[s]: Ask yourself, does my reader already know this information?…

Drafting your Methods Section  The key to drafting your Method’s section is to include both details and explanations. Here is an example of a well-handled Methods Section to follow. I have highlighted the details in blue and the explanations in green. Method of Research Sixty-five…