Unit 5 Assignment(1).pdf

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As with the other sample documents offered this semester, these reports are good, but not perfect. If you have specific questions about any of them, let me know

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Learning Outcomes for Unit 5:

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To receive a grade of C/75 or higher on the Unit #5 assignment, you must write a memo that:

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Follows the a logical outline (including the required content for the Introduction). O Incorporates appropriate, relevant, and reputable primary and/or secondary research to support its conclusions, and cites this data correctly.

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a Concludes by giving the reader specific advice and recommendations for action, persuading the reader to take action. Follows the standard format of a Formal Report (including appropriate front and back matter) O Has a pleasing and logical design and appearance.Includes visuals that are helpful to the reader, clearly numbered and titled, cited (if necessary), and referred

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to in the text Is written in an appropriate tone, a clear style, and with fewer than 3-4 serious errors in sentence structure, grammar, usage, or punctuation.

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Your Next Steps

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Be sure to submit the necessary Preliminary Assignments on the designated due dates (see above).

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The Unit #5 folder includes some notes you have already seen, but there are new documents in this folder

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that will help you with your project: o Notes on required Front and Back Matter

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Notes to help you complete your Audience Profile Notes to help you with the outline and organization of your Formal Report

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A Format and Design checklist

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There are also chapters and notes from earlier units that you may want to review for this project: o Chapter 5 on Format and Design (found in the Unit #2 folder) Chapter 6 on Visuals (found in the Unit 3 folder)

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Look at the sample formal reports in the Unit S folder.

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Make sure you are comfortable with citing your sources (using MLA or APA). Remember that citations must include page numbers and/or paragraph numbers. If you have questions about how to cite a source, let me know

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If you have not yet determined what images you will use in your report, this is a good time to give that some thought.

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Preliminary Assignments

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The following preliminary assignments are due on the dates listed below. The goal of these assignments is to encourage you to keep working on the Formal Report project throughout April. Each assignment will be graded out of a number of points (also listed below); the final total of these three scores will count as one full grade for the course (10% of your final grade). These are relatively easy assignments so this is a good opportunity for you to earn a strong grade!

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Submission links for each assignment are in the Unit #5 folder.

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Audience Profile:

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Due by noon on Wednesday April 21, 2021.

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Graded out of 35 points.

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The page “How to Complete Your Audience Profile for the Formal Report”, which appears in the Unit #5 folder, will help you to complete this assignment.

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List of Sources/Annotated Bibliography:

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Due by noon on Wednesday April 28, 2021.

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Graded out of 35 points.

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List the sources you will use in your Formal Report. Provide proper MLA or APA citations and place them in alphabetical order. If you need help determining how to cite your sources, use a Handbook, Appendix B in the text, and/or the Library’s Citation Guides (found here: https://www.morrisville.edu/library/get

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help/citation-guides ).

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You should list at least 4 sources.

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After each source, write a few sentences explaining what information you will use from that source in your

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report.