WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Write 100: Applied Writing
SYLLABUS FALL 2005
Instructor: Mike Hays
Phone: 527-4230
E-mail: mike.hays@wwcc.edu
Credits: 3
Class Hours: 12:30pm-2:00pm Tuesday & Thursday
Class Location: 101-Main Building Office: 331A Voc Tech Building
Objective: This course is designed to give vocational students writing skills that will be useful to them in the
career market. Assignments include memos, letters, and short reports. Students will acquire basic computer
skills, and will learn to proofread and edit their own texts.
Assignments/Grading Criteria
DOCUMENTS (50% of Grade-must successfully complete all documents)
1. COMPANY LETTERHEAD-Design a company letterhead for all document assignments.
2. MEMORANDUM- Prepare a memo using prescribed business formats.
3. BUSINESS FORM LETTER- Construct a formal business letter.
4. BUSINESS REPORT- Prepare a formal business report.
5. ACCIDENT REPORT- Prepare a formal accident report for an insurance claim.
6. LETTER OF EXPLANATION/DIRECTION- Prepare a letter explaining process or providing direction.
7. SCHEDULING LETTER- Prepare a scheduling letter showing tasks and sequence.
8. JOB RECRUITMENT LETTER- Prepare a position description letter for job recruitment.
9. PLANNING LETTER- Prepare a project planning letter explaining objective(s) and process.
10. EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINARY LETTER- Prepare an employee evaluation/corrective action letter.
11. BUSINESS FORM- Create a business form unique to you business.
12. BILLING/COLLECTIONS LETTER- Prepare a billing/collection notice for a past due account.
Following instruction in each area, all documents will be completed in class on the computer, saved to a disk,
printed and turned in for grading. Documents will be graded and returned for correction. Each document must
be successfully completed for a final grade.
ACTIVITIES: QUIZZES & TESTS (50% of the Grade-must complete all activities)
1. WEEKLY SPELLING & VOCABULARY BUILDING QUIZZES (10 quizzes)
2. SENTENCE STRUCTURE AND PUNCTAUTION EXERCISES (4 exercises)
3. PROOFREADING EXERCISES (4 exercises)
4. MID-TERM TEST
5. FINAL TEST
Text & Materials
Your textbook is available in the bookstore and you will need a dictionary for the class as well. Please bring
both with you for every class session. You will also need two floppy disks to store your work in class done on
the computer.
Attendance
If you are going to be absent for a class you must call in and let the instructor know and then make
arrangements with him to make up the work you missed. A legitimate reason for absence will be counted as an
excused absence as long as you make up the work you missed.
Three unexcused absences or five absences (excused or unexcused) will require a conference with the instructor
and could affect your class standing or continued enrollment in the class.
SEP 20
Introduction/Syllabus
Course Expectations
Lecture: Writing in a
Business Environment
Group Discussion: What
role does writing play in
your current/future work?
OCT 4
Spelling & vocabulary
building quiz. Complete
in class assignment
Document 3
OCT 18
Spelling & vocabulary
building quiz. Lecture:
Completing a Detailed
Accident Report. In Class
Assignment Document 5.
NOV 1
Spelling & vocabulary
building quiz.
Proofreading exercise.
Lecture: Writing
Effective Position
Descriptions for Job
Recruitment. In Class
Assignment: Document 8
NOV 17
Spelling & vocabulary
building quiz. Lecture:
Creating Personalized
Business Forms. In Class
Assignment: Document
11
DEC 9
Final Exam, Spelling &
vocabulary building quiz
WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Write 100: Applied Writing
SYLLABUS FALL 2005
SEP 22
SEP 27
Lecture: Producing
Spelling & vocabulary
Effective Business
building quiz Lecture:
Documents. In Class
Memo Format, Content
Assignment: Document 1 and Style. In Class
Activity: Dictionary 101
Assignment: Document 2
Homework Assignment:
Activity: Sentence
Spelling & vocabulary
structure and punctuation
building exercise.
exercise.
OCT 6
OCT 11
Lecture: Tips on Effective Spelling & vocabulary
Proofreading. Activity:
building quiz. Lecture:
Proofreading exercise.
Writing a Formal
Homework Assignment:
Business Report. In Class
Spelling & vocabulary
Assignment: Document 4
building exercise
OCT 20
Proofreading exercise.
Lecture: Writing Letters
of Explanation or
Direction. In Class
Assignment: Document 6.
Homework Assignment:
Spelling & vocabulary
building exercise
NOV 3
Complete in class
assignment Document 8.
Lecture: Creating a
Planning Letter that
Identifies Objectives and
Processes. In Class
Assignment Document 9.
Homework Assignment:
Spelling & vocabulary
building exercise
NOV 29
Lecture: Billing and
Collections Letters. In
Class Assignment:
Document 12. Homework
Assignment: Spelling &
vocabulary building
exercise
OCT 25
Mid-Term Exam with
Spelling & vocabulary
building quiz. Complete
in class assignment
Document 6. Sentence
structure and punctuation
exercise.
NOV 8
Spelling & vocabulary
building quiz. Complete
in class assignment
Document 9. Sentence
structure and punctuation
exercise.
DEC 1
Spelling & vocabulary
building quiz. Complete
in class assignment
Document 12.
Sentence structure and
punctuation exercise.
SEP 29
Lecture: Business Letter
Format, Content and
Style. In Class
Assignment: Document 3
Homework Assignment:
Spelling & vocabulary
building exercise
OCT 13
Complete in class
assignment Document 4.
Sentence structure and
punctuation exercise.
Homework Assignment:
Spelling & vocabulary
building exercise
OCT 27
Lecture: Writing a
Scheduling Letter
Showing Tasks and
Sequence. In Class
Assignment: Document 7.
Homework Assignment:
Spelling & vocabulary
building exercise
NOV 10
Lecture: Effective
Employee Disciplinary
Letters. In Class
Assignment: Document
10 Homework
Assignment: Spelling &
vocabulary building
exercise
DEC 6
Help day.
Proofreading exercise.
Homework Assignment:
Spelling & vocabulary
building exercise
WALLA WALLA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Write 100: Applied Writing
SYLLABUS FALL 2005