This course examines such genre as (see below) and require smaller scaffolded assignments, drafts, and peer review, in order for completion

“Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something — anything — down on paper. A friend of mine says that the first draft is the down draft — you just get it down. The second draft is the up draft — you fix it up. You try to say what you have to say more accurately. And the third draft is the dental draft, where you check every tooth, to see if it’s loose or cramped or decayed, or even, God help us, healthy.”

– Anne Lammott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

 

Genres covered in this course:

Memo

Technical Description

Lab Report

Engineering Proposal

Digital Self Assessment Portfolio