Post by Miss Chalas on Jan 27, 2013 20:20:57 GMT -5
The reason behind the madness...
Transactional writing is writing to get things done, to inform or persuade a particular audience to understand or do something. This most common category of school writing is also most commonly demanded in the world of work-in corporations, industries, and bureaucracies. In school such writing is exemplified by book reviews, term papers, laboratory reports, research projects, masters proposals, and doctoral dissertations; outside school, such writing takes the form of letters, memos, abstracts, summaries, proposals, reports, and planning documents of all kinds. Students who practice transactional forms of writing in their classroom will have lots of opportunities to practice it on their jobs. It is important, therefore, that students learn to do it well-clearly, correctly, concisely, coherently, and carefully.
GRADING TRANSACTIONAL WRITING
PURPOSE: To give form to your knowledge and skills and communicate them to others.
AUDIENCE: Your professor and/or other readers, such as peers or general readers.
EXAMPLES: Academic & scientific papers, business letters and memos, reports, reviews, informational articles, brochures, etc.
CORRECTNESS: The writing must follow the conventions your audience expects and is familiar with: conventional spelling and punctuation and grammar, proper format and style.
EVALUATION: Transactional writing is meant to be evaluated by the audience, who will usually look for such elements as:
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Transactional writing is writing to get things done, to inform or persuade a particular audience to understand or do something. This most common category of school writing is also most commonly demanded in the world of work-in corporations, industries, and bureaucracies. In school such writing is exemplified by book reviews, term papers, laboratory reports, research projects, masters proposals, and doctoral dissertations; outside school, such writing takes the form of letters, memos, abstracts, summaries, proposals, reports, and planning documents of all kinds. Students who practice transactional forms of writing in their classroom will have lots of opportunities to practice it on their jobs. It is important, therefore, that students learn to do it well-clearly, correctly, concisely, coherently, and carefully.
GRADING TRANSACTIONAL WRITING
PURPOSE: To give form to your knowledge and skills and communicate them to others.
AUDIENCE: Your professor and/or other readers, such as peers or general readers.
EXAMPLES: Academic & scientific papers, business letters and memos, reports, reviews, informational articles, brochures, etc.
CORRECTNESS: The writing must follow the conventions your audience expects and is familiar with: conventional spelling and punctuation and grammar, proper format and style.
EVALUATION: Transactional writing is meant to be evaluated by the audience, who will usually look for such elements as:
- clear organization and train of thought,
- adequate development of ideas,
- clear reasoning,
- effective engagement with and guidance of the audience,
- an appropriate tone and a respectable persona
- concise and coherent prose,
- conventional spelling, punctuation, formatting, etc.
- informed use of disciplinary conventions (such as documentation style, tables and figures, etc.).
Rubric:
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