Monday, April 6, 2020

4th Short Writing - 45 points

For the final short writing assignment, students will submit 4-5 sentence proposal for their final paper along with a rough outline.

4th Short Paper

Final Paper Proposal & Outline

1-page minimum, 2-page maximum.

Due April 8th or at the latest April 17th


Goals:

  • Propose the topic for your final paper.
  • State your inquiry, the problem you'll explore, your intent.
  • Plan and outline, see Dr. Fike's example here.
  • Not sure what to write!? Submit at least 2 separate ideas and see this post for ideas.

Format:

  • use your 3rd Short Writing Annotated Bibliography, and begin writing this assignment immediately below it in Dropbox Paper, re-title that Paper XMEN-Lastname-proposal
  • 5 free bonus points for early delivery April 8th or April 10th

Evaluation

Worth 45 points:
  • 15 points: craft of writing, spelling, grammar
  • 20 points: statement of intent, opinion or point of view, reason why your paper would be worth reading (what value it delivers), clarity and organization of outline
  • 5 points: thought provoking ideas or a singularly provoking idea
  • 5 points: presentation, professionalism, following directions