Students are required to read chapter one of the text, Learning Workplace Writing , which explains thoroughly what is expected in a well-developed paragraph . Students also take a quiz over the chapter. The memo assignment is subdivided into three activities, all requiring the use of e-mail . Prior to the writing activities, students read the first part of chapter 3 of the class text, which covers important factors to consider when writing a memo. First, students are expected to read the remaining part of chapter 2 in their text, which covers requirements of good letter writing and provides many excellent examples.
Students take a quiz over all of chapter two.
These tasks are to be completed on a word processor. This assignment asks students to work as individuals or in groups of two or three. First, students are assigned to read Chapter 3 of the text and take a quiz over the material. Activities require groups to find and summarize Internet resources available in their major fields of study. Students put the summaries on web pages and make links to the sources summarized.