Bucas Grande Foundation College
Taruc, Socorro, Surigao del Norte
College of Criminology
Course Syllabus
Course Title: Technical Report Writing 1
Number of Units: 3
Number of Hours: 54
Class days and Class Time: Monday 5:00-8:00 PM
Room: Crim 101
Course Description: This course provides criminology students with the knowledge in technical writing, English grammar including the parts of speech,
elements of styles and mechanics, civilian letters, and special techniques of technical writing.
Course Objectives:
At the end of the course, the students are expected to:
1: Enhance their skills in studying and distinguishing the types and purposes of technical reports in criminology, and the use of appropriate terms and
phraseologies;
2. Adhere to the basic elements of style and techniques of writing report cases through grammar review and mechanics like spelling, capitalization, and
punctuation;
3. Apply the principles of appropriate writing such as brevity, clarity, completeness, accuracy of facts, and its presentation according to the prescribed
format and style; and
4. Develop their language competencies for them to be exposed to real-life situations requiring application of their skills in inquiry, analysis, and
investigation.
Grading System:
Examinations ------------------40%
Prelim
Midterm
Pre-final
Final
Recitation ----------------------10%
Quizzes -------------------------20%
Projects (Performances) ----20%
Attendance ---------------------10%
Total -----------------100%
Bucas Grande Foundation College
Taruc, Socorro, Surigao del Norte
College of Criminology
Weeks
Week 1
Topics
Course
orientation/requirements
and grading system and
Diagnostic Test
Week 2Week 3
Introduction to Technical
Writing
 The Significance of
Technical Writing
 Definition of
Technical Writing
 Basic Principles of
Good Technical
Writing
 The Purposes and
Subject of Technical
Report
 The Technical
Communication
 The Technical
Communicator
 Characteristics of a
Good Technical
Communicator
Learning Competencies
Demonstrate understanding
of the course requirements
and grading system and show
background knowledge of the
course
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Discuss the
significance of
technical writing;
Define technical
writing;
Identify the basic
principles of good
technical writing;
Know the two
important aspects of
technical writing;
Describe the qualities
of a good technical
report;
Identify the
characteristics of a
good technical
communicator;
Explain the concepts
of technical
communication and
technical
documentation.
Learning Activities
 Lecture
 Assessment
 Spelling/Vocabulary
Check
 Reporting
 Discussion
 Oral Recitation
 Written Test
 Brainstorming
 Expression of the
Day
References
Bajado-Nano, M.C. & Pioquinto,
P.V. (2014). Technical Report
Writing 1 for Criminology Students.
Quezon City, Philippines:
Wiseman’s Books Trading, Inc.
https://catalog.south.edu/preview_c
ourse_nopop.php?catoid=4&coid=3
188#:~:text=Technical%20Writing
%20in%20Criminal%20Justice%20i
s%20a%20study%20of%20the,tech
nical%20and%20business%2Drelat
ed%20documents.
Bucas Grande Foundation College
Taruc, Socorro, Surigao del Norte
College of Criminology
Week 4
Week 5Week 7
Prelim Examination
Basic Grammar Review
 Basic Elements of
Grammar
 Nouns and Pronouns
 Verbs
 Adjectives and
Adverbs
 Prepositions
 Conjunctions
 Interjections
 The Sentence
 Four Kinds of
Sentence According
to Structure
 Four Kinds of
Sentence According
to Function
 Run On Sentences,
Parallel Structures,
Dangling Modifiers
 The Paragraph
 Transitional
Markers
 Agreement and
Grammar Rules
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Review the basic
elements of grammar;
Identify the nine parts
of speech;
Explain the meaning
of nouns and
pronouns;
Identify the kinds of
verbs;
Differentiate
adjectives from
adverbs;
Explain how
prepositions show
relationship in the
sentence;
Discuss the three
kinds of conjunctions
and how they connect
words in the sentence;
Use appropriate
interjection in
sentences;
Identify sentences
according to its
structure and form;
Identify and correct
run-on sentences;
 Game-based activity
 Spelling/Vocabulary
Check
 Reporting
 Discussion
 Oral Recitation
 Written Test
 Brainstorming
 Expression of the
Day
 Online Activity
Bajado-Nano, M.C. & Pioquinto,
P.V. (2014). Technical Report
Writing 1 for Criminology Students.
Quezon City, Philippines:
Wiseman’s Books Trading, Inc.
https://www.englishclub.com/gram
mar/
https://www.englishgrammar101.co
m/
Bucas Grande Foundation College
Taruc, Socorro, Surigao del Norte
College of Criminology
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Week 8
Week 9Week 12
Midterm Examination
The Elements of Styles
and Mechanics
 Writing Style and
Mechanics in
Grammar
 Punctuations
 Capitalizations
 Abbreviation
 Numbers
 Spellings
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Identify and avoid
dangling modifiers in
sentences;
Discuss the paragraph
and its part;
Identify transitional
markers used in
paragraphs; and
Internalize agreement
and grammar rules.
Define what
mechanics are in
relation to grammar;
Identify the style
conventions of the
English language;
Discuss thoroughly
the uses of
punctuation marks as
one of the
conventions in the
written language;
Discuss the
importance of
mechanics in writing,
and apply the rules in
capitalization,
abbreviation, and
spelling in writing
activities; and
 Spelling/Vocabulary
Check
 Game-Based
Activity
 Reporting
 Discussion
 Oral Recitation
 Written Test
 Brainstorming
 Expression of the
Day
Bajado-Nano, M.C. & Pioquinto,
P.V. (2014). Technical Report
Writing 1 for Criminology Students.
Quezon City, Philippines:
Wiseman’s Books Trading, Inc.
https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/fept
echcomm/chapter/3-writing-style/
Bucas Grande Foundation College
Taruc, Socorro, Surigao del Norte
College of Criminology
Week 13
Week
14-Week
15
Pre-Final Examination
Civilian Letters
 The Basic Parts of a
Civilian Letters
 Special Parts of a
Civilian Letter
 Arrangement Styles
of Civilian Letters
 Rules on Margin and
Spacing of Civilian
Letters
 Types of Civilian
Letters
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Identify samples of
punctuation marks
and its uses in the
sentence
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Explain the
importance of civilian
letters in relation to
police
communication;
Identify the basic
parts of a civilian
letter;
Identify the special
parts of a civilian
letter;
Determine the
arrangement styles of
civilian letters in
compliance with the
Study Committee on
Police
Correspondence and
Issuances;
Apply the rules on
margin and spacing in
writing civilian
letters;
Distinguish the types
of civilian letters;
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 Spelling/Vocabulary
Check
 Game-Based
Activity
 Reporting
 Discussion
 Oral Recitation
 Written Test
 Brainstorming
 Expression of the
Day
Bajado-Nano, M.C. & Pioquinto,
P.V. (2014). Technical Report
Writing 1 for Criminology Students.
Quezon City, Philippines:
Wiseman’s Books Trading, Inc.
https://pdfcoffee.com/chapter-5civilian-letter-pdf-free.html
Bucas Grande Foundation College
Taruc, Socorro, Surigao del Norte
College of Criminology
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Weeks16
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Special Techniques of
Technical Writing
 Definition
 Classification
 Partition
 Description of a
Mechanism
 Description of a
Process
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Week 18
Final Examination
Discuss each type of
civilian letters; and
Write actual civilian
letters addressed to
appropriate persons
in the community.
Explain the
importance of special
techniques in
technical writing;
Identify the special
techniques of
technical writing;
Identify the two types
of definition;
Apply the effective
principles of
classification
technique in writing;
Discuss how partition
technique is done;
Distinguish the
technique of
description of a
mechanism from
description of a
process; and
Write technical
reports using each of
the special techniques
 Spelling/Vocabulary
Check
 Game-Based
Activity
 Reporting
 Discussion
 Oral Recitation
 Written Test
 Brainstorming
 Expression of the
Day
Bajado-Nano, M.C. & Pioquinto,
P.V. (2014). Technical Report
Writing 1 for Criminology Students.
Quezon City, Philippines:
Wiseman’s Books Trading, Inc.
https://prezi.com/qcohlbit152a/speci
al-techniques-of-technical-writing/
https://studymoose.com/4-specialtechniques-of-technical-writingessay
Bucas Grande Foundation College
Taruc, Socorro, Surigao del Norte
College of Criminology
Prepared by:
Approved:
JUMBIE P. PLAZA, MAEd
Part-time Instructor
MARYBELLE L. BANUAG, RCrim
Dean