Re: Sample Project for "Take Your Kids to Work" Day

[Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>]

I love Daniel's suggestion of instructions for how to clean your room.  
One of my first technical writing class assignments way back when was to 
write instructions for making balloon animals a project in a speech 
class required instructions for how to tie shoe laces, but both of those 
instructions would be a bit complicated for a child.  I have a few less 
complicated suggestions and some that could get too complicated, but 
that have simpler options for kids.

    * How to care for pet.
    * How to schedule homework and playtime.
    * How to plan a party, like a birthday party.
    * How to organize a desk at an office.
    * Emergency instructions for some particular emergency, like:
          o what to do if somebody falls and is unconscious.
          o what to in a fire.
          o what to do in an earthquake.
          o how to find the fire extinguishers in the office.
    * How to answer the office phone (with the company greeting) and
      other phone procedures, like transfer calls, put calls on hold,
      and check voicemail.

Lauren


On 11/1/2010 6:35 AM, Suzette Leeming wrote:
> Our company always organizes an excellent program for the Take Your Kids to
> Work day, which is going to be on Wednesday. I've always given a short
> presentation on technical writing, and then given them a short exercise -
> writing the instructions for making a peanut butter sandwich. I'm getting
> bored with that though, and wondered if anyone had any ideas on something
> else I could give them; preferably something that doesn't require a lot of
> preparation.


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