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Mastering Workplace Writing Skills: Revising Sentence Fragments and Crafting Job Applications

Enhance your workplace writing skills through revising sentence fragments and crafting job applications. Learn to recognize and revise sentence fragments, write effective job application letters, and design impactful resumes.

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Mastering Workplace Writing Skills: Revising Sentence Fragments and Crafting Job Applications

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  1. ENG 101 College Writing I Professor Robinson Monday January 25, 2010 Revising Sentence Fragments and Writing for the Workplace

  2. Today’s Agenda • Collect Today’s HW • Journal Entry #5 /Brief Discussion • Discussion of Chapter 38: Revising Sentence Fragments from The Wadsworth Handbook • Exercises • Chapter 29: Writing for the Workplace from The Wadsworth Handbook • Demonstration of Online Peer Review • Homework Explanation

  3. Explain your process of revision and posting the 2nd draft on MyWritingLab.com What did you learn from Chapter 38 in your Wadsworth Handbook? Journal Entry #5

  4. Let’s Recap on Its Content! What is a Sentence Fragment? Chapter 38: Revising Sentence Fragments

  5. Recognizing Sentence Fragments • A Sentence Fragment Is an Incomplete Sentence For the Following Reasons: • Lacks A Subject • Lacks A Verb • Lacks Both a Subject and Verb • Being A Dependent Clause • If You Identify A Sentence Fragment, Use One of the Following Two Strategies • Remove End Punctuation and Insert Conjunction • Insert Missing Subject and Verb

  6. Complete #1, #5, #8, #10 Exercise One on Page 524

  7. Chapter 29: Writing for the Workplace How do I write a letter to apply for a job? What should a print resume look like? How do I design a resume to be posted on a Web site?

  8. Writing Letters of Application • Summarizes Your Qualifications For A Specific Position • Must Be Short and Focused • In Introduction, Identify The Job You Are Applying For And Stating Where You Heard About It • In Body, Provide Information That Will Convince Your Reader of Your Qualifications • Relevant Courses • Pertinent Job Experience • In Conclusion, Say That You Have Enclosed Resume and State that You Are Available For An Interview • Note Any Dates That You Will Not Be Available • Include Your Phone Number and Email Address

  9. Designing Print Resumes • Lists Relevant Information About Your Education, Your Job Experience, Your Goals, and Your Personal Interests • Arrange in Chronological Order • Listing Your Education and Work Experience in Sequence • Arrange in Emphatic Order • Begin with the Material That Will Be Of Most Interest To An Employer

  10. Demonstration of Peer Review

  11. Today’s Homework Assignment

  12. For Wednesday’s Class, You Must : • Complete Peer Review for Essay #1 with a Classmate on MyWritingLab.com • Read Draft, Insert Comments & Write One-Page Critique • Peer Review Critique Questions Posted on Site • Deadline is Tuesday at 7PM • Complete Exercise 1 in Chapter 29 • Letter of Intent Must Be At Least One (1) Page In Length and Typed in 12 pt Times New Roman Font • Refer to Sample Letter in Chapter 29 • Read Chapter 2 in Visions Across the Americas

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