Course
Guide
Module 1:
Starting
Module 2:
Planning
Module 3:
Organizing
Module 4:
Guiding
Module 5:
Drafting
Module 6:
Improving
Next
Steps

Module 2
Starting Off Right with Planning

Click on the links below to go to that section of the module.

  • Introduction
  • Learning Objectives
  • The Writer’s Purpose
  • Anticipating the Needs of Your Readers
  • The Main Message
  • Analyzing Reader Dialogues
  • Assignment 2: Dialogue With the Reader Worksheet
  • Resources and Documents
  • Summary

Resources and Documents

 Reflections Files

  • Determine Your Purpose
  • Conduct a Reader Analysis
  • Analyze Purpose, Reader, Reader’s Question
  • Determine the Main Message

Sample texts

  • ESAF/SAF E-mail
  • VP’s Visit E-mail
  • Suggested Discussion Points for Strategic Engagement of [Region X] [Urban Unit] in Ruritania, 2011–2015
  • Kurchani Sustainable Urban Transport Project (Asiana): Road Paving Samples for the Ancient Temple Palace Area

Other resources

  • Background Readings: Report Writing
  • Module 2 Printable (PDF format)
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