ENG 316 Technical Communications Preparing a Snack

Assignment 7: "Sample Instructions – Final"



Pick a favorite snack food that requires you to take at least eight steps to prepare. 



Rewrite your earlier sample instructions draft (Assignment 5) to incorporate feedback from your professor on the simplicity, tone, clarity, and format of the submission. Review the instructions example in the textbook if you have not done so already. Imagine your audience is third grade Girl Scouts who have little or no experience in a kitchen. Along with your instructions, write a 1 page explanation of the steps you took to create the document and rationale for your approach. In your document, you should: 

1.       Write instructions and explanations clearly and briefly.

2.       Use appropriate tone and language for the intended purpose and audience.

3.       Organize the instructions and the document.

4.       Provide an explanation and rationale of the approach.

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

·         Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

·         Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

·         Revise draft documents to improve audience comprehension.

·         Explain ideas in proper format using accurate details and relevant examples.

·         Design effective graphics for visual presentations.

·         Use syntax, tone, and word choice appropriate to technical communications.

·         Prepare reports, project requirements, and other various technical writing genres.

·         Organize ideas logically.

·         Use technology and information resources to research issues in technical writing.

·         Write clearly and concisely about technical writing using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.



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The assignment will be graded using the following rubric:

 

Points: 100

Assignment 7: Sample Instructions – Final

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 60% F

Meets Minimum Expectations

60-69% D

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Write instructions and explanations clearly and briefly.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely wrote instructions and explanations clearly and briefly.

Insufficiently wrote instructions and explanations clearly and briefly.

Partially wrote instructions and explanations clearly and briefly.

Satisfactorily wrote instructions and explanations clearly and briefly.

Thoroughly wrote instructions and explanations clearly and briefly.

2. Use appropriate tone and language for the intended purpose and audience.

Weight: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely used appropriate tone and language for the intended purpose and audience.

Insufficiently used appropriate tone and language for the intended purpose and audience.

Partially used appropriate tone and language for the intended purpose and audience.

Satisfactorily used appropriate tone and language for the intended purpose and audience.

Thoroughly used appropriate tone and language for the intended purpose and audience.

3. Organize the instructions and the document.

Weight: 20%

Did not submit or incompletely organized the instructions and the document.

Insufficiently organized the instructions and the document.

Partially organized the instructions and the document.

Satisfactorily organized the instructions and the document.

Thoroughly organized the instructions and the document.

4. Provide an explanation and rationale of the approach.

Weight: 25%

Did not submit or incompletely provided an explanation and rationale of the approach.

Insufficiently provided an explanation and rationale of the approach.

Partially provided an explanation and rationale of the approach.

Satisfactorily provided an explanation and rationale of the approach.

Thoroughly provided an explanation and rationale of the approach.

5. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Weight: 10%

More than 8 errors present

7-8 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present