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Week 4

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Overview
Assign4: Proposal
What is a proposal?
How do we persuade?
Persuasion  in a Proposal
Proposal Audience
Proposal Structure
Proposal - Report Comparison
Proposal Samples
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Overview of the Proposal Project
Here’s what is going to happen over the next five weeks. This proposal assignment has many layers, so check this overview carefully. If you have questions, please ask!

NOTE: You will write the proposal in increments: one section at a time by submitting rough drafts of each proposal section.
  1. You will read material about the proposal in general.
  2. You will read about each section of the proposal.
  3. You will submit a rough draft of each section of the proposal.
  4. During week 7 you will complete a progress report in which you summarize secondary (library) research that you complete so you can write the background section of the proposal.
  5. During week 9, you will submit a final draft of your proposal.

Week 5 (this week)

  1. Read the Proposal Introduction material and take the quiz on the proposal Introduction material (Task 1). Be sure to read the Request For Proposals (RFP)—the proposal assignment.
  2. Take the quiz.
  3. Start writing your proposal by writing the Objectives Section rough draft (Task 2).

Week 6

1. Read the material about the Problem and Methods sections, and write your proposal’s Problem Section rough draft and Methods section rough draft (Task 1).

2. Read the material on the proposal’s Background section (Task 2).

3. Read the Progress Report Assignment (Task 3) and start compiling research to write the background section rough draft of the proposal.

Week 7

1. Complete the summary exercise (Task 1). This will ensure you know how to summarize a document.

2. Submit the progress report (Task 2). This will help you prepare to write the background section of the proposal.

3. Re-read the information about the background section (Task 3).

Week 8

1. Read the material about the Background Section and submit a rough draft of that section (Task 1).

2. Read the material about the other sections of the proposal and submit the rough drafts of those other sections (Task 2).

Week 9

Submit the final draft of the proposal.

 

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