Proposal and Research Plan

Selection Proposal and Research Plan - Major Paper 3 think about some of the ideas you explored already this semester in this class and in your other courses at CSN. Then conduct some preliminary research. Use the CSN Library module Start Your Research (Links to an external site.) to make sure your topic is the one you want to spend the next five weeks exploring. It is helpful to find background information. (Links to an external site.) Prewriting/Proposal/Organization: Review "Writing a Project Proposal," Chapter 19 in Everyone's an Author (372-376/"Project Proposals," Chapter 16; 356-360), and submit a proposal and project plan for your essay. Answer the following questions to work towards a proposal and plan. Prepare a formal or graphical plan to organize the the management of your research. Plan what you need to know to properly explore this topic. Plan to write approximately 250-500 words. Feel free to discuss your plan with a Writing Center or Smarthinking tutor. • What topic have you chosen? • What preliminary research have you done? • What discoveries or questions could be answered through your research? • Why does this stuff interest you? • Why would this stuff interest your readers? • What insights would you like to gain? • What information do you need to explore in order to write about this topic? • List any evidence you have gathered (examples, quotations, quantitative and qualitative data) that you would like to explore further. What you will submit to me Write and submit a brief (250-500) overview of what you are going to do in your paper. It consists of three parts: • an indication of the focus of your essay • a statement of what question your research is going to explore • an idea of some of the sources you might be able to use Note: In order to keep yourself on track with the fundamentals of the paper assignment, you must articulate the three elements of your proposal by starting off with each of the following fragments, exactly as they stand. For example, you will write... The topic I am going to explore is __________________. The reason this topic is important, interesting, or relevant is because _________________________________. The preliminary articles I've found include ____________________________. While this might seem restrictive, it will force you to think about the assignment in precisely the right way...and it will save you a lot of trouble later with claim and organization.The more specific you are in this proposal, the less preparation work you will have to do when you start drafting. To get started by talking to a tutor, click here: Get a Reader: Online and On Campus Resources