Assignment Summary
Write your half draft of Writing Project 1, using the learning materials (textbook chapters, project instructions, supplemental learning materials, etc.) available in Module 2.
Submit your half draft of Writing Project 1 on this page for instructor grading. Submit your draft as a Word document. (If using Google Docs, do the following to convert your file: go to File / Download and select Microsoft Word (.docx); then name and save your file.) You may also write a message to your instructor in the text box (optional).
Half Draft Requirements
- An introductory paragraph that attempts to gain the interest of readers and introduces your closed research theme reading.
- A full and accurate summary of the closed research theme reading
- In-text citations of “They Say” summaries and quotations of the closed research theme reading and other sources, if you use any
- APA style formatting with a References (APA) page
- Observation of the conventions of Standard Written English
- 350-450 words (no more, no less) for the half draft (References list does not count in the minimum word-count requirement)
- See the assessment rubric at the bottom of this page for an understanding of how the half-draft will be graded