Instructor’s Blog
Hello, and welcome to my Blog. Below this post you will see previous posts from last semester’s class. This is the first Blog for our class.
Student Example of a clear, concise and well-organized Progress Report
By erikapaterson on July 7, 2021 @9:22 am
MEMORANDUM To: Dr. Erika Paterson, Instructor ENGL 301 Technical Writing UBC From: XXX XXX, Student ENGL 301 Technical Writing UBC Date: June 24, 2021 Subject: 301 Progress Report : Sustainable Ingredient Sourcing in Organika Health Products Inc. Purpose and Significance…Avoiding the negative
By erikapaterson on July 5, 2021 @4:13 pm
There are two major rules of persuasion for Formal Reports Avoiding the Negative will improve your powers of persuasion. Employing YOU Attitude will ensure your documents are clear, concise, with a good balance of professional and friendly tones. Turning the…Student Example of an email memo to Evan
By erikapaterson on July 2, 2021 @12:08 pm
Memorandum July 2, 2021 To: Evan Crisp, UBC Undergraduate Student From: XXX XXXX, ENGL 301 Student Subject: Best Practices for Effective Emails to Professors Introduction Thank you for seeking out the ENGL 301 students for advice on writing this email. …Writing with YOU attitude
By erikapaterson on July 1, 2021 @12:09 pm
You can find a few post on Writing with YOU attitude on this blog, if you search. However, learning the techniques of writing with YOU attitude is so valuable, I am dedicating this page to a collection of past YOU…Avoiding Imperative Verbs
By erikapaterson on June 23, 2021 @10:24 am
Editing out the imperative verbs when possible will make your writing more reader-friendly by changing the tone from ‘a command’ to ‘a suggestion’. Editing out imperative verbs often changes the sense of the sentence from a command to an ‘action…