Assigned Reading and Writing

Assigned Reading in The Scott Foresman Handbook for Writers (TSFH)

• Chapter 5 “How Do You Revise, Edit, and Proofread?

• Chapter 17 “How Do You Write Stylish Sentences?

Assigned Writing

• Complete Exercise 5.1 in TSFH “Paragraph Mapping” (Reverse Outline). Focus on the weakest and least effective paragraphs in your proposal.

• After rereading the assignment, use the guidelines we established in class for titles to create a series of headings for each part of your research proposal. Be very sure your proposal contains all required parts. Position the headings for each part of your text flush with the left-hand margin. Be creative, but keep the headings clean and unobtrusive.

Purpose
Audience
Literature Review. . . .

• Add graphic elements to your final draft: drop caps or small caps. . . photographs. . . charts. . . maps.
  

Further Instructions

• Be sure to bring two identical printed copies of the final draft of your research proposal to class on Thursday. Post a copy of your final draft to your blog.

• Inside a standard file folder, position the two copies of your proposal on top of your most-recent (initialed) draft. Underneath your initialed draft, place your
  

1. paragraph map
2. earlier drafts
3. notes:direct quotations from sources,summaries and paraphrases, outlines, free writes, idea maps. . .
   

I need to see the entire genesis and evolution of your research proposal inside your folder.