ASSIGNMENT 4 EN360 Technical Communication Directions: Be sure to save an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English, spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be four (4) double-spaced pages; refer to the "Assignment Format" page located on the Course Home page for specific format requirements. Part A: Written and Oral Communication Skills Locate a website for an organization that hires graduates in your major. Besides technical skills, what writing and communication skills does this organization seek in a job candidate? Write a one-page essay on what they say directly on this subject. Include reasons why each skill is important, and any additional written/spoken skills that you believe would give a candidate a competitive advantage. Part B: Effective Writing Teams a. What types of projects require collaboration? b. What are four primary attributes of an effective writing team? Provide an example for each. Part C: Internet Source Distortion/Misrepresentation From media, personal experience, or the Internet, identify an example of each of the following sources of distortion (faulty causal and/or statistical inference) for the following: a. b. c. d. e. A study with questionable sponsorship or motives Reliance on insufficient evidence/hasty generalization Unbalanced or biased presentation Unexamined assumptions Faulty causal reasoning Part D: Checklist for Style - Local Newspaper Using the “Checklist for Style” on the following page (also found in Chapter 11 of your textbook), rewrite the following letter to a local newspaper. In the absence of definitive studies regarding the optimum length of the school day, I can only state my personal opinion based upon observations based by me and upon teacher observations that have been conveyed to me. Considering the length of the present school day, it is my opinion that the day is excessive length-wise for most elementary pupils, certainly for almost all of the primary children. To find my answer to the problem requires consideration of two ways in which the problem may be viewed. One way focuses upon the needs of the children, while the other focuses upon logistics, transportation, scheduling, and other limits imposed by the educational system. If it is necessary to prioritize these two ideas, it would seem reasonable to give the first consideration to the primary reason for the very existence of the system, i.e., to meet the educational needs of the children the system is trying to serve. Grading Rubric Please refer to the rubric on the next page for the grading criteria for this assignment. CATEGORY Part A: Written and Oral Communication Skills (20 points) Exemplary 20 points The student describes 4 or more well-written, currently marketable skills with reasons why each skill is important. Satisfactory 15 points The student describes 4 or more well-written, currently marketable skills with fewer than 4 reasons why the skills are important. Unsatisfactory 10 points The student describes 4 currently marketable skills, but does not provide support for his or her choices. Unacceptable 5 points The student describes fewer than 4 currently marketable skills, and does not provide support for his or her choices. 20 points 15 points The student describes 4 or The student describes 2 to 3 more types of projects that types of projects that require collaboration + 4 require collaboration + 4 attributes of an effective attributes of an effective writing team with examples writing team with only of each. partial examples. Part C: Internet 20 points 15 points Source The student provides 5 well- The student provides 5 Distortion/Misrepre written/evaluated examples - adequately sentation (20 points) one for each of the 5 sources written/evaluated examples of distortion. - one for each of the 5 sources of distortion. 10 points The student describes only 1 type of project that requires collaboration + 4 or fewer attributes of an effective writing team with only partial examples. 10 points The student provides passably written/evaluated examples that may or may not cover each of the 5 sources of distortion. 5 points The student fails to describe any projects that require collaboration + provides inappropriate supporting attributes of an effective writing team. 5 points The student provides poorly written/evaluated examples that may or may not cover each of the 5 sources of distortion. Part D: Checklist for Style - Local Newspaper (15 points) 15 points The student's new iteration is less than half the length of the original and is free of all the errors outlined in the "Checklist for Style". 12 points The student's new iteration is less than half the length of the original and includes no more than 3 of the errors outlined in the "Checklist for Style". 8 points The student's new iteration is less than or equal to half the length of the original and includes no more than 5 of the errors outlined in the "Checklist for Style". 5 points The student's new iteration is more than than half the length of the original and includes more than 5 of the errors outlined in the "Checklist for Style". Mechanics Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling (10 Points) 10 points Student makes no errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content. 8 points Student makes 1-2 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content. 5 points Student makes 3-4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content. 2 points Student makes more than 4 errors in grammar or spelling that distract the reader from the content. Format - APA Format, Citations, Organization, Transitions (15 Points) 15 points The paper is written in proper format. All sources used for quotes and facts are credible and cited correctly. Excellent organization, including a variety of thoughtful transitions. 12 points The paper is written in proper format with only 1-2 errors. All sources used for quotes and facts are credible and most are cited correctly. Adequate organization includes a variety of appropriate transitions. 8 points The paper is written in proper format with only 3-5 errors. Most sources used for quotes and facts are credible and cited correctly. Essay is poorly organized, but may include a few effective transitions. 5 points The paper is not written in proper format. Many sources used for quotes and facts are less than credible (suspect) and/or are not cited correctly. Essay is disorganized and does not include effective transitions. Part B: Effective Writing Teams (20 points) This is the end of Assignment 4.
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