During today’s beginning of class writing exercise, you will write a report in memo format. Your report will summarize the article for your manager’s benefit. We will discuss some points of technical writing relating to this assignment. Follow the following format for your memo:

TO:

FROM:

DATE:

SUBJECT:

One sentence stating what this memo is about (summarizing the article). Include the article’s author, title, magazine title, and date.

• In one sentence, state the article’s argument in your own words.
• In one sentence, state one piece of evidence supporting that argument in your own words.
• In one sentence, state a second piece of evidence supporting that argument in your own words.
• In one sentence, state a third piece of evidence supporting that argument in your own words.

One sentence conclusion saying whether your manager should read the article or not.

With the magazine article that you brought to today’s class, we will discuss how to write a letter to the editor in response to the article. Then you will have the first phase of class to write and post your letter as a comment made to this blog post. Of course, remember to save your letter on Google Drive, flash drive, or elsewhere before posting it to OpenLab–always protect your deliverables!

Click here to read the learning outcomes for ENG1133.

Welcome to our ENG1133 class! We will use this OpenLab site to coordinate our work during the semester, so remember to check back here often.