Instructions Selection Memo

Following the formal memo, you will have to work on the instructions selection memo.  The instructions selection memo should not be too much of a challenge for you.  The last assignment should have given you some practice with writing memos.  At this point in the semester for me, I was starting to understand the importance of writing a memo.  I also started to be more comfortable with writing one as well. 

The instructions selection memo assignment requires you to select a set of instructions for anything.  The goal of this assignment is to be a tool to help you start planning for your instruction analysis paper. The set of instruction you choose can be for a toy, a procedure, or anything else you want to write about. 

I looked at many different instructions to things I had at home and online.  I finally had decided on a set on instructions to make a kite.  All I needed to do at this point with the instruction was to print it out to hand in.  The real work was writing the memo.  My memo consisted of information that would be useful to the professor about my instruction.  My memo answered certain questions on how it could be relevant to my major, the goal of the instructions, the audience, etc.  I had to also write about how I was going to test my instructions.  I will explain about the testing more in the instructions analysis assignment.  I also included any feedback I should make my professor be aware of.  My memo was typed with a proper format.  I used headings for each section of memo to make it more organize and easy to read.  I typed my heading according to the instructions posted by the professor.  This memo explains what I plan and my goals are for what I want to accomplish for my instructions analysis paper. 

This assignment does not have as much writing to do as in your first one of others to come.  You still need to make sure that you get your memo edited before you turn it in.  This is, once again, a key part of having a good paper.  You also need to be sure that you follow all the instructions from your professor.  Like editing, following the instructions exactly the way it is asked also affects your grade.  Your memo maybe free of errors and typos, but does not have the heading the way you were asked.  This can cause you to get the grade you didn’t think you deserve.  I, myself, have done this and it was a difference between an A and a B.  I would have rather received an A, but my heading was incorrect.  So be sure to follow directions exactly.

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Instructions Selection Memo