- Time Required
- 8–10 hours, including reading time
Welcome to Week Twelve of the course.
The writing activities for this week focus on the body of the report or your fact sheet. By the end of the week, you should have a working draft for all five sections of the body or the fact sheet you will add to your collection.
Next week, we will work on the front and back matter, so that you can compose a complete rough draft by the end of the week.
Holidays & Events This Week
- Pesach, or Passover, is a Jewish holiday that continues through sundown on April 19th.
- Palm Sunday, a Christian holiday, is Sunday, April 13.
- The New Year starts for several communities this week:
- Theravāda, the Buddhist New Year, is Sunday, April 13.
- Vaisakhi, the Sikh New Year, is marked on Monday, April 14.
- Pohela Boishakh, the Bengali New Year, is Monday, April 14.
- Puthandu, the Tamil New Year, is also Monday, April 14.
- Virginia Tech’s Day of Remembrance is also Wednesday, April 16.
- Good Friday, a Christian holiday, is April 18.
- Easter, or Pascha, a Christian holiday, is Sunday, April 20.
- Ridván Bahá’í marks Bahá’u’lláh’s declaration he is God’s prophet. The holiest period in the Bahá’í faith,it begins Sunday, April 20 and lasts through Thursday, May 1.
- Arab American Heritage Month continues through the end of April.
If you observe these holidays or events and need me to adjust your due dates, send me a message in Canvas.
Objectives for this Module
After completing this week’s activities, you address the following course objectives:
- Identify and define a problem or subject related to your particular field (or another specific problem according to your assignment’s directions) and assemble and analyze research related to this problem. [CLO 1]
- Analyze the context of this problem or subject and determine appropriate audiences for the unit’s deliverables. [CLO 2]
- Practice workplace genres associated with a team-based research project: a research proposal, meeting minutes, a progress report, a recommendation report or an informational report for non-expert readers, a slide deck presentation of the report, and a video presentation. [CLO 3]
- Practice team and collaborative work in all phases of project management. [CLO 4]
- Design strategies for evaluating the overall effectiveness of the suggested approaches to the researched problem. [CLO 5]
- Illustrate the ethical and human implications of the solutions proposed for solving the problem. [CLO 6]
Due Dates & Deadlines This Week
| Event |
Date |
Work Effected |
| 3-Day Grace Period |
By 11:59 PM on Wednesday, April 16 |
Week 11 Try-Its and the Check-In Survey |
| Target Due Date for Weekly Activities |
By 11:59 PM on Friday April 18 |
Week 12 Try-Its and the Check-In Survey |
| Checkpoint Deadline |
By 11:59 PM on Friday April 21 |
Progress Report and the related self-check |
| 3-Day Grace Period |
By 11:59 PM on Wednesday, April 23 |
Week 12 Try-Its and the Check-In Survey |
See the information on Target Due Dates and Checkpoint Deadlines for additional details on these dates. The full list of course due dates and deadlines is listed in the Technical Writing Dates and Deadlines.
Activities to Complete
📚 To Read This Week
📝 To Do This Week
- Develop the body sections for your Recommendation Report, using these resources:
- Alternately, develop your fact sheet for the Fact Sheet Collection, using these resources:
- Try out strategies from the course by submitting these activities:
💬 To Ask Questions (Optional)
- Optional ways to discuss class issues:
📓 To Check-In This Week