Low-Stakes Writing 2: Using SPACE to Provide Directions
In-Class Exercise 3: Providing Directions
For this assignment, you are going to experiment with providing and improving
directions to a classmate. First, you need to select a location within a 10-minute walking
distance from your Jabs Hall classroom. Then, you will write directions for a classmate to
follow during class for In-Class Exercise 3. Using the feedback you get on those
directions from your classmate and instructor, you will revise your directions. Then, you
will explain how your understanding of SPACE considerations informed those changes.
Though this activity might seem removed from the kind of instructions you will typically
give at work, the nature of providing instructions is similar no matter the kind of
directions being provided. Giving instructions to others is a fairly common workplace
activity.
This assignment has three parts: (1) writing directions for In-class Exercise 3, (2) revising
those directions, and (3) explaining your revisions using course concepts.
1. Bring a printed copy of directions for a classmate to follow for In-Class Exercise
3. You will include your original instructions in this document for comparison to
your revised directions. The following restrictions apply to the directions:
• Only written words can be used to convey the directions. You may not
provide illustrations or other aid.
