• Time Required
• 10–12 hours, including reading time

Welcome to Week Five of the course.

The writing activities for this week focus on the the Recommendation Report.

Each section of the report is explained with step-by-step instructions on a separate page to make the project easier to get through. Begin with the body of your report, since information included in the Front Matter and Back Matter is easier to write after you finish the body.

Your recommendation report (and all other work in the course) is due by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, June 29. If you can, turn your report in early so that you will have time to revise if you need to.

Activities to Complete

📚 To Read This Week

1. Chapter 2 of Markel & Selber, “Understanding Ethical & Legal Considerations”
   • Principles for Ethical Communication (A visual summary of details from Chapter 2)
2. Chapter 8 of Markel & Selber, “Communicating Persuasively”
3. Chapter 18 of Markel & Selber, “Writing Recommendation Reports”—Review as needed
4. Documentation and Citations for Your Projects

📝 To Write This Week

• Recommendation Report Outline (Suggested due date: Tuesday, June 21)
  • Recommendation Report Outline Full Draft Submission
  • Tip Sheet: Recommendation Report Outline
  • Effective Report Titles
  • Recommendation Outline Self-Check
• Recommendation Report (Suggested due date: Tuesday, June 28)
  • Recommendation Full Draft Submission
  • Recommendation Report Criteria
  • Tip Sheet: Recommendation Report
  • Professional Design for Reports
  • Common Reports Errors Self-Review
  • Use of Images Self-Review
  • Recommendation Report Self-Check

💬 To Discuss This Week

• Post any questions you have in the General Q&A Discussion Board in Canvas.

✅ To Check In This Week

• Check-In Conferences for Week 5 (Suggested due date: Thursday, June 23. End of Grace Period: June 29)

 

Photo credit: 2013-10-09 Thinking about visual outlining #learning #sharing #writing by Sacha Chua on Flickr, used under CC-BY 2.0 license.