COMMUNITY RHETORICS:
ASSIGNMENT:
A brief but concrete proposal for your research paper (typed, double-spaced, etc., as usual).
DUE:
Proposal due: in class, Tuesday, October 21
Please note: The proposal is to be submitted to me in class on October 21. During class that day, you will complete a Research Topic Form. Directly after class that day, I will deliver the completed topic forms to the reference librarians who will be leading our Library Workshop on Thursday, October 23. They will base our Workshop on your specific topics.
Please remember, too, that your attendance at the Library Workshop is absolutely mandatory. Lack of attendance will result in a failing class participation grade!
To prepare for the Library Workshop, please take the Green Library Online Tour and comple modules 1 through 5 in SKIL (Stanford's Key to Information Litera
THE GENERAL IDEA/THE SPECIFIC POINT:
A Community Writing Research Project Proposal
If your research project will be a second community writing project for the quarter &endash; that is, for the direct use of your agency -- please submit a CWP contract describing the project. (Your plans, of course, must be pre-approved by the agency.) Describe the project according to its genre (or kind), its purpose, its audience, and its anticipated length (generally allow 250 words per typescript page). Also, make sure to explain where you anticipate finding most of your source material. Will your research include primary and secondary sources?
An Academic Research Paper Proposal
In a couple paragraphs, your research proposal should explain as specifically as possible what you plan to write your research paper about and where you expect to find your source material:
- Begin your proposal with your research question: what question at this point is driving your research?
- Explain your research paper topic briefly but specifically. What is your topic? Why is it important? What will the purpose of your research be? What will the purpose of your writing be? Who, aside from us, might your reader(s) be? What at this point do you think the main thrust of the paper might be?
- Is your research topic related at all to your Community Service Writing project? If it is, please explain how.
- What kinds of primary and secondary sources do you plan to use and how and where you propose to find them?