Homework for Weds.

Write a Paper Proposal:

The description for this assignment is on page 174. It should be 1-2 solid paragraphs, and it will help you focus in on exactly what you really are planning to do in your paper. If you're going into a field where you'll be submitting papers to present at conferences, the paper proposal is what you submit to the conference as your presentation- you're telling them what your paper is going to be about, so they can decide if they want to offer you a spot on a panel. As someone who wrote one just last quarter, it really did help to shape up my thought process on my final paper and made me feel a lot better about what I was working on- like I had a viable idea.

Include what your topic is, why you're writing about that topic, why that topic is important, how you plan to approach your topic, what you want to accomplish in your paper (convince who of what?), where you're looking for research, and why the topic is important to you and why you have a right to discuss it.

A good example of a paper proposal can be found in the Student Guide on page 175.

Proposals should be posted to the blog, and turned in as a hard copy during class on Weds.