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1.  Please take the following quiz 13 question offered through Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on immigration in the United States.  This quiz is offered as part of the New Americans documentary.  Write your score down once completed  Take quiz

2.  Please read the following article "When in Rome".  On a separate piece of paper, please provide a typed summary (no more than one page) of the article.5 point miscellaneous assignment due Thursday, April 8. 
 

3.  Effective group presentations:  Please read article.
 

4.
         A.  Read article: Billy Joel article .  (You'll need Adobe Acrobat software to read)  On a piece of paper write out how thearticle relates to chapter #5.
        B.  Please read the following article "Effective Business Communication" (requires Adobe Acrobat reader).  On a sheet of paper, describe two points that were made in the article that you feel are important to business writing.
        C.  Parallel sentence structure:  Please read carefully the instructions and then complete the short assignment (on the bottom of the page)  at Purdue University's "Owl Writing Center".
        D .  Complete exercises 7.8 (a - h) and 7.10 (a - j) on page 202.
 

5.  Open the linked Word document PCC International Club.  Using this letterhead, prepare a letter using proper letter formatting.  Use the "block" letter format.

6.  Revise the following letter.  First,  improve letter formatting. Secondly look for opportunities to improve parallel phrasing and reduce wordiness.   Please print off and return to instructor once you are done.

7.  Writing for different business situations:  Please open the following document and read the assignment.  Complete the assignment in class today.
 

4. Please open the Exercises document and complete the assignments as directed.

5.
A.  Open tabs practice document and follow the directions.
B.  Read the Sun Research Consultants proposal.  As we discussed in class, look for opportunities to improve the readability of document using tabs, headers and other graphical highlighting.  Be careful not to overdo the formatting.  Use proofread and spell check.  Once you've completed please print out and return to instructor.

6.  Speech Research Memo (10 points).  Please follow the instructions on the linked page.
 

5.  Please open the Excel spreadsheet.  Refer to the "datasheet" in the workbook.  Please prepare two charts as instructed on the datasheet.

6.  Using the following powerpoint file "Deschutes River" , copy the two slides and insert them into your powepoint file that you created in class today.