The following section showcases my best works from the ENGL301 course assignments.<\/p>\n
NOTE<\/strong>: Each assignment has been revised and edited according to peer feedback and overall personal reviewing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Creating a Blog<\/strong><\/p>\n The first assignment this course was to create a blog introducing ourselves as students as well as a location to submit assignments and reflections. Below is a link to the blog created.<\/p>\n Tamara’s Blog<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Application for a Technical Writing Team<\/strong><\/p>\n An important assignment this term was to form a technical writing group composed of four students. An application letter was created to introduce ourselves as excellent candidates to other peers, as well as highlight our skill sets.\u00a0 Below is a link to the application letter and memorandum submitted for this assignment.<\/p>\n Application Letter<\/a><\/p>\n Application Letter Memorandum<\/a><\/p>\n A second requirement of this assignment was to invite three peers by email to form a technical writing group, below are the three emails send to my team members.<\/p>\n Email to Karissa Garneau<\/a><\/p>\n Email to Zoe Maika<\/a><\/p>\n Email to Helene Tran<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Different Methods of Defining a Term<\/strong><\/p>\n This assignment required defining a relatively complex term that relates to our profession by using the three definition methods; parenthetical, sentence and expanded.\u00a0 The objective was to successfully define a term to a specified audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Definitions for the Term: Real Property<\/a><\/p>\n The next component was to review a peer’s definitions and offer feedback.\u00a0 Below is a peer review of my peer’s definition on an oral and maxillofacial surgeon.<\/span><\/p>\n Peer Review of Karissa Garneau’s Definitions<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Linkedin Best Practices<\/strong><\/p>\n Marketing your professional capabilities is an important habit to have during today’s technologically dependent world.\u00a0 This assignment challenged students to research and study techniques for professional networking and building an online profile with LinkedIn.\u00a0 A second lesson in this assignment was to avoid the use of imperative verbs in order to offer more positive insight.<\/p>\n 10 Best Practices of Growing your Professional Social Media Account on LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Writing Samples with a YOU-Attitude<\/strong><\/p>\n YOU-Attitude writing refers to a style of writing where the reader’s needs is prioritized.\u00a0 \u00a0Students were able to try writing with a YOU-Attitude when writing to Evan Crisp, a student writing to a professor who has experienced disspointment when the professor does not respond.\u00a0 This assignment required students to email Evan a helpful tips memorandum when writing professionally and academically.<\/p>\n Memorandum to Evan Crisp<\/a><\/p>\n Applying YOU-Attitude writing to real-life situations can ensure higher changes of a positive outcomes.\u00a0 For this assignment, students played the part of both writing a complaint as well as the person in charge of replying to the complaint letter with bad news.<\/p>\n Complaint and Bad News Letters<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Formal Report<\/strong><\/p>\n Stage 1: Preparing a Research Proposal<\/em><\/p>\n The first step in finalizing the formal report was finding a topic and delivering the idea for approval. The proposal and memorandum submitted can be found in the following links.<\/p>\n Formal Report Proposal<\/a><\/p>\n Formal Report Proposal Memorandum<\/a><\/p>\n We were asked to carefully examine all elements of our peer’s overall document and offer feedback <\/span> on excellence as well as offering comments that indicate suggestions for improvements.\u00a0 Below is the peer review to Helene Tran’s proposal for expanding the \u2018Lift the Lip\u2019 fluoride varnish program.<\/p>\n Peer Review of Formal Report Proposal<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stage 2: Compiling an Outline<\/em><\/p>\n This step was simple, straight forward, however extremely necessary. The outline was a great way to organize the data sections for easy compilation of data interpretations in the draft.<\/p>\n Formal Report Outline<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stage 3: Submitting a Progress Report<\/em><\/p>\n Upon creating an outline for the research, this memorandum acted as a means of reporting the progress of the report.<\/p>\n Formal Report Progress Report Memorandum<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stage 4: Compiling the First Draft<\/em><\/p>\n The most difficult step throughout this process was creating a formal report draft. This document was a complation of the interpretations of the researched data with the core elements of a final draft.\u00a0 Note: the final draft can be found in stage 5.<\/p>\n Formal Report Draft Memorandum<\/a><\/p>\n The next step was to give my colleague constructive and balanced feedback, employing YOU attitude throughout the review allowing for effective revisions. Below is my peer review to Zoe Maika’s formal report draft.<\/p>\n Peer Review of Zoe Maika’s Formal Report Draft<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Stage 5: The Final Version<\/em><\/p>\n The last step of this intensive project was to use our peer reviewer’s comment and finalize the draft.\u00a0 The final version also required the letter of transmittal, the abstract, the list of illustrations, the full set of illustrations, the appendices, the final list of any references consulted which was not a part of the draft in stage 3. Below is the completed document.<\/p>\n