Checklist for Major Assignment #1

As you write and revise your project, be sure that you have completed the following:

• Defined clearly and precisely the terms genre, audience, and purpose
• Selected  one source from the course list of readings for the project
• Analyzed the source in your project, rather than merely summarized it, using appropriately the key terms of genre, audience, and purpose
• Provided meaningful topic sentences for each paragraph, preparing your readers for the Big Idea of that paragraph
• Begun to develop a theory of writing–let’s call it The Big Idea– that makes connections among the concepts of genre, audience, and purpose
• Used MLA format
  • Included in-text citations for the borrowed passages you have
    • Quoted
    • Paraphrased
    • Summarized
  • Included an MLA-formatted Works Cited list
• Proofread carefully
• Included a Post Write

Checklist for Major Assignment #2

As you write and revise your project, be sure that you have completed the following:

• Stated a clear and relevant research question
• Provided purposeful topic sentences for each paragraph, preparing your readers for the Big Idea of that paragraph
• Provided meaningful transitions to make it easier for your reader to follow
• Integrated within your essay the following:
  • At least three academic sources (that is, peer-reviewed)
  • At least two popular media sources (such as a TED Talk or an post on Buzzfeed) relevant to your topic.
• Have edited the document for tone appropriate to the target audience and purpose
• Introduced the sources that you plan to use appropriately for the audience of your project, taking care to use signal phrases
• Included in-text citations for the borrowed passages you have
  • Quoted
  • Paraphrased
  • Summarized
• Provided an MLA-formatted Works Cited page
• Proofread carefully
• Included a Post Write

Checklist for Major Assignment #3

As you write and revise your project, be sure that you have

• Created a composition using three different genres taken from the list given, one of which must be an infographic
• Followed the conventions or requirements of each genre
• An infographic, with
  •  a clear, focused  message
  • relevant data
  • an appealing design, appropriate to your subject and audience
• Focused on the same, general topic as your research essay
• Provided reliable access to all genres, with clear resolution to view graphics
• Used a minimum of five sources, three of which may be from your research essay and additional sources may be of your own choosing
• Targeted a specific audience and tailored your rhetorical strategy to that particular audience
• Included a rationale that gives reasons why you chose the genre, states your purpose, and connects the genre with a particular audience
• Cited your sources and provided a Works Cited list in MLA format with a minimum of five sources (three from Essay #2 may count here) appropriate to the audience you define in your audience strategy
• Included a Post Write