113proposal

Eng 113 Proposal Format Guidelines

Gatekeeping Criteria for Papers

These criteria are conditions that must be present so that I may evaluate your papers. These conditions apply to all papers unless specified otherwise. If these conditions are not present, I reserve the right to refuse to read the paper, or the paper may receive a D or E grade..

The report should be organized according to the proposal in the textbook. FOLLOW THE OUTLINED FORMAT ON PAGE 584. Leaving sections out will be penalized. Ask me if it appears a section is not applicable.
Major report is a proposal (Chapter 24). Check with me if you have the proper topic for the proposal which is a proposal to “DO” or “Change”" something
Report length should be 5-8 pages in length excluding the cover page, glossary, appendix, etc.
Cover page should contain the title in the middle; lower right information should include your name, English 113, and the date.
Table of contents is needed in each report while a glossary and appendix are optional. See textbook for format.
Margins: 2” left, if bound; if not bound, 1 1/2”. Right, top, and side margins should be approximately 1”. Double space report. Quotes over 3 lines are indented 5 (left and right) and are single spaced. Allow double spacing prior to and after this type of quote.
Ellipsis dots (using. . . to indicate omitted material) are also permitted.
Page numbers appear on all pages except the cover page and table of contents. Place in the upper right corner about 1/2” down. Use i, ii, iii, etc. for appendix, and glossary pages.
Report should be typed or word processed and is due on the date assigned. NO late papers will be accepted. Reports should have at least 10 quotes, facts, statistics etc. from at least 3 different sources. Possible sources include pamphlets, encyclopedias, interviews, magazines, books, and legitimate, respected publishers from the Internet. The Internet may be used for two of the sources. One of the main purposes of this proposals is to learn to do research. Not having the requisite number of quotes/facts/stats from three sources will result in a serious deduction..
For sourcing, students should a works cited (with a work cited page).
The works cited page or bibliography is placed immediately after the report concludes. You may want to consider purchasing an MLA source book on doing works cited although there is a section in the back of the book on MLA documentation.. There are also several links in "Resources" to help you do your sources correctly. Incorrect in-text citations and not having a Work Cited page will result in a major deduction.
The report should contain at least three visual aids (if bigger than 4” x 4”, put in an appendix). Visual aids could include photographs, maps, charts, graphs, drawings, etc. Identify each aid with a heading, caption under visual, and cite the source for each. There serious deduction for no visual aids.
Proofread your paper very carefully. Correct spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, and grammar count as part of the grade. Be aware that some spell and grammar checkers will not catch all errors. Also, they cannot differentiate between words like "there" and "their"; they are both words, so one will be accepted in place of the other when it should not be. Further, if you type "toe" for "to" as in "to the class", it will be accepted as correct. Always proofread and revise several times so as not to loose points on errors. The chart below will help you understand what I am looking for when I evaluate your proposal paper.

Category

A Range

B Range

C Range

D Range

Organization	Highly effective thesis, well developed and supported; cohesive; very logical reasoning	Clear thesis, developed and supported well, transitions throughout most of the paper; sound reasoning while developing paper	Adequate thesis, some problem with development and examples; some transitions; reasoning may not always be logical	Thesis is unclear, major problems with development and examples, few if any transitions; lacking logical reasoning
Thesis	Appears in paragraph 1; clearly stated; focused; not generalized	Clear, but may be too generalized	Very general thesis; may not appear in paragraph one	Vague thesis, or none apparent
Introduction	Exciting, informative, and descriptive; good lead in	Attracts reader's attention as it leads in to the paper	General, not specifically informative, uninteresting	Dull, uninformative; provides no lead in to the paper
Body (support and examples)	Shows strong evidence, logical reasoning; highly appropriate, and relevant examples	Good evidence with logical reasoning; appropriate, and relevant, examples	Evidence or support is present, but it is irrelevant, inappropriate, or illogical	Few, or no, support is present; use of highly irrelevant, inappropriate, or illogical examples
Conclusion	Summarizes and closes with highly thoughtful, and logical, insights; restates thesis	Provides good summary and close with some insights; restates thesis	Adequately summarizes paper/essay; may not restate thesis	Lacks clear closure to essay; does not restate thesis; "drops off" abruptly
Transitions	Utilizes excellent transitional devices between paragraphs, sentences, and ideas	Good transitional devices used between sentence, paragraphs, and ideas; may be redundant	Adequately uses transitions, but not consistently; artificially contrived at times, by repeating	Transitions are lacking throughout the paper; little effort made to unify paragraphs, etc.
Grammar, sentence structure, and punctuation	Conventions of English used correctly; easy to read	Very few errors; overall, easy to read	Some errors, occasionally multiple; some distraction for the reader	Excessive errors which make reading and understanding difficult
Spelling	Accurate without fault	Mostly accurate	Some errors	Excessive errors
MLA Citations	Accurate; quoted, and paraphrased, material correctly cited; correct number of sources and quotes	Fairly accurate; material, quoted or paraphrased, done in fairly consistent format; few errors; number of quotes and sources near perfect	Some errors with quoted, or paraphrased, material; format may be wrong or inconsistent; some inaccuracies may occur; some quotes and sources, but not required amount	Multiple or excessive problems with quoted, or paraphrased, material either in format, inaccuracies, or inconsistencies; few or no quotes or sources included

CHECK YOUR DUE DATE IN THE "ASSIGNMENTS" SECTION! NO LATE PAPERS!

Last updated: July, 2006
Patricia A. Hutchins
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