Action List for the Rest of the Semester

Your final Action List!

• On Thursday, April 28, class will again be an open-lab with time to work.  Those who show up with get credit for DWA #24, though most of you do not need it.
• On Friday, April 29, I need to have optional revisions of the Communication Strategies Proposal and the Letter to Your Congressional Representative by noon: I cannot accept late revisions for any reason.
• On Tuesday, May 3, I need to have your Public Health Posters (and memo) by 3:30 PM; we will look at the posters in class, and I cannot accept late posters for any reason.

That's it!

Action List for Tuesday, April 26, 2011

A couple of people have asked for extensions on the report. Since I am not taking any late reports for any reason and since moving the deadline would still allow me to get them graded in time to turn in final grades, I am moving the deadline to 8:00 PM on Monday. I have office hours from 1:00 to 3:00 on Friday (with someone already scheduled at 2:00), and you can email specific questions, but not entire drafts, over the weekend.

• Email the Drug Company Analysis Report to me by 8:00 PM on Monday, April 25, 2011; remember that I cannot accept late reports for any reason.
• Start thinking of the topic for your Public Health Posters.
• Remember that DWA #23 will take place during class; since I intend to keep most of class time open for you to do your own work, all who show up and hang around will get credit.

Action List for Thursday, April 21, 2011

• Complete drafting of your report.
• Email to me drafts of Executive Summaries/Abstracts for your report that you would like us to go over in class by 6:00 PM on Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

Action List for Tuesday, April 19, 2011

• Continue researching and begin drafting your report.
• Email to me drafts of any part of your report that you would like us to go over in class by 6:00 PM on Monday, April 18, 2011; this does NOT include Executive Summaries or Abstracts, which I want to go over separately on Thursday.
• See this website if you want guidance on learning how to create an automatic Table of Contents in Microsoft Word (I have decided not to go over this in class because people are working from different versions of Word, so you may want to google for help with your version if this link does not help).

Action List for Thursday, April 14, 2011

• Finalize your topic for the Drug Company Analysis Report as much as possible; bring your topic and two or three questions you hope to answer in your report to class.

Action List for Tuesday, April 12, 2011

• Get as close as you can to choosing your topic for your Drug Company Analysis Report.

Action List for Thursday, April 7, 2011

• Read Writing in the Health Professions, Chp. 9 (pgs. 205-28).
• Remember that DWA #18 will take place during class.
• Start thinking of topics for your Drug Company Analysis Report.

Action List for Tuesday, April 5, 2011

• Read Writing in the Health Professions, Chp. 8 (pgs. 186-204).
• Remember that DWA #17 will be held during class.
• Begin thinking about possible topics for the Drug Company Analysis Report.

Action List for Thursday, March 31, 2011

• Read Writing in the Health Professions, Chp. 7 (pgs. 160-85).
• Remember that DWA #16 will be held during class.

Action List for Tuesday, March 29, 2011

• Read Writing in the Health Professions, Chp. 6 (pgs. 134-59).
• Remember that DWA #15 will be held during class.

Action List for Thursday, March 24, 2011

• Read Writing in the Health Professions, Chp. 11 (pgs. 258-86).
• Remember that DWA #14 will be held during class.

Action List for Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Ah, Spring Break is upon us! We have finished eight weeks of the semester. When we return, we will have just over six weeks left. So, get some sleep and rest up for the final push.

• Email the Letter to Your Congressional Representative to me anytime between 4:45 on Thursday, March 10, 2011, until noon on Friday, March 11, 2011.
• Read Writing in the Health Professions, Chp. 10 (pgs. 229-57).
• Remember that DWA #13 will take place during class.  As we return to the textbook, I am going to resume asking specific questions about the reading at the start of class.

Action List for Thursday, March 10

• Email drafts of any paragraphs or letters to me by 1:00 PM on Thursday, March 10, 2001, if you would like the possibility of us reviewing them anonymously in class.
• Bring as complete a draft as possible to class so that you can use it as we work on formatting and style issues.

Action List for Tuesday, March 8, 2011

I will not hold office hours on Friday, March 9, 2011, because of the basketball tournament on campus and parking headaches.  Please email any questions or concerns you have to me.

• Email the Communication Strategies Proposal to me anytime after 4:45 PM on Thursday, March 3, 2001, until noon on Friday, March 4, 2011.
• Start thinking about your position on the issue of taxing nonjuice, sugary drinks.
• Remember that DWA #12 will take place during class.

Action List for Thursday, March 3, 2011

• Read "Tax and Sip" by Barbara Kiviat (PDF).
• Remember that DWA #11 will take place during class.

Action List for Tuesday, March 1, 2011

We will not meet as a class on Thursday, February 24, 2011.  Use that time to draft your Communication Strategies Proposal.  I will be in my office during class time (at least until 4:30) to answer questions and look over drafts.  For our meeting next Tuesday:

• Begin drafting your Communication Strategies Proposal.
• Email any draft paragraphs or pages to me by 1:00 PM on Tuesday, March 1, if you would like to allow us to review them anonymously in class.
• Remember that DWA #10 will take place during class.

Action List for Tuesday, February 22, 2011

• Do some brainstorming or fastwriting for the Communication Strategies Proposal to start planning what will go in your formal project.

Action List for Thursday, February 17, 2011

• Read "The Parallel Chart" by Rita Charon (PDF).
• Remember that DWA #8 will take place during class.

Action List for Tuesday, February 15, 2011

• Read "Attention, Representation, and Affiliation" by Rita Charon (PDF).
• Remember that DWA #7 will take place during class.

Action List for Thursday, February 10, 2011

• Read Writing in the Health Professions, Chp. 5 (pgs. 115-33).
• Remember that DWA #6 will take place during class.