Note to students: please give one copy of this form to your agency mentor and another copy to your instructor. Make certain, also, to keep a copy for yourself. If you add a second page for a group contract, include the name of each person in your group. Type or print clearly in ink.

This contract should be written and signed during the initial meeting between the student writer and agency mentor and reviewed and approved by the instructor subsequently.

Organization: ___________________________________________________

Web Address: _________________________________________________

Location: _____________________ Mailing Address: ______________________

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Agency Mentor: _______________________ Phone: ______________________

Email: ______________________

Student Writer: _______________________ Phone: ______________________

Email: ______________________

Instructor: Carolyn Ross Phone: 415-488-9351

Email: cbross@stanford.edu

Course: "Writing for Real" Class Web Site: http://www.stanford.edu/~cbross/W4R/index.html

Quarter or Semester/Year: Winter 2003

Briefly describe the kind of speaking project on which you and your collaborator(s) will be working (i.e. leading a discussion group at your agency, giving a presentation in the community, producing a video project that will be presented to an audience).

What is the rhetorical setting for your speang project? Who is your audience? What is your purpose? What outcome do you expect or desire? What special considerations might you need to think about in relation to your audience? What are their particular needs and expectations? (I.E is your audience a group of senior citizens? young children? people whose first language is not English?)

How long will your presentation/media piece be? Will you need visuals such as posters, overheads, or videos?

How will you get all of the information and support (perhaps technical) that you need? How often will you work with the Oral Communications Consultant at the Speaking Center at the Center for Teaching and Learning? How much time will you need to spend at the agency working with your mentor or other people at the agency or in the community preparing? How much time will you have to speand with your peer cololaborator(s) preparing?

Deadline for draft (that is, consultation with instuctor, agency mentor, and/or Oral Communications Consultant) ________________________________

Deadline for final copy: ____________________________

Writer's signature: _________________________________ date: ______________

Agency Mentor's signature: __________________________ date: ______________

Instructor's signature: _______________________________ date: _____________