english paper

Indicate two different criteria that might be used when deciding whether a city might be a good choice for someone in your career field. Please note: you are not arguing here about a specific city itself. Instead, you are suggesting the types of things that could be used, such as the weather.(Don't use this as one of the criteria in your response.) Be sure to state which career field you are referring to.

Explain the reasoning for your criteria in one or more paragraphs for each criterion. Why would these criteria be important in making the decision of whether to move to this city? What types of things would someone need to know in deciding whether these criteria are favorable or not? (For instance, in considering weather, you'd probably want to know average temperature during each season, typical rain or snow outlooks, and any particular threats the city tends to experience due to weather.) 

2- the city that you need to write about.

Purpose

The report on a city is an analytical report. You will be drawing a conclusion about whether a specific city would be a good location for someone in your career field, based on the specific criteria noted in the report. 

One goal of the report is for you to practice coming up with reasonable criteria and applying them in order to draw a well-defended conclusion. Another goal is to practice research skills, including finding, using, and documenting secondary research. 

Context

You have received an internship in department of the college where you will receive your degree. You've learned that many students in your field receive job offers that require them to move to another state. As a service, the department wants to prepare reports that give an overview of some of the more popular cities, to help students in their decision of whether to accept the offers when they graduate. You have been assigned a specific city to investigate. 

Requirements

I will assign your city, and your report must be on this city. (I am going to assign different cities to each student in class.)

The report must use at least four sources for the information. At least three of these must be secondary sources. If you know someone who has lived in your assigned city, you may interview that person as the fourth source. Give credit to all sources used. 

The report must contain at least five criteria that a person would reasonably use in determining whether that city is a good choice for them. It may, of course, contain more than this. We will discuss possible criteria in the discussion this week, but you may use criteria that are not mentioned in the discussion. 

The report should be at least five pages long. i anticipate that the visuals used will not take up more than one page of this length. 

The report must have at least two visuals (photographs, charts, graphs). If these are copied from someone, give credit to the source. 

Structure and Content

The report must be structured as a report, with headings that indicate the major sections. Don't use a heading for the introduction, but use headings (and possibly subheadings) for the other sections (the criteria and the conclusion). 

The introduction should give the purpose of the report and a general overview of the city.

The body of the report will go over each criterion separately, bringing in research information on that criterion. You will probably want to draw conclusions about each criterion as part of this. For instance, a city might be seen as good for its cultural offerings but poor for weather, and you'd indicate this at the end of the discussion in each section.

The discussion of each criterion may be broken up into separate paragraphs as needed, based on the information gathered. You don't want to have long paragraphs that lack unity, but you might be able to cover the information on one particular criterion in one paragraph. For instance, a discussion of the mass transit system in Detroit could probably be covered in one paragraph, while a discussion of the mass transit system of New York City would take several paragraphs because of the different types. Basically, don't assume that each section of the report body has to be just one paragraph. Reports generally have more than one paragraph for each section. 

The conclusion should give recommendations about whether this city seems to be a good choice for a graduate in your career field, based on the criteria used. 

Please see the rubric below for the grading criteria. 

Rubric

1190 Report Rubric

Format:

Audience

Readers of business reports tend to be busy people. They sometimes are not experts in the areas they manage, such as a manager in an IT department who is not a network specialist.

To help them out, report writers should do this:

· Use brief paragraphs, so the main ideas are easy to spot

· Put the main ideas in the beginning, so readers don’t have to read the whole report if they don’t want to

· Use headings and subheadings that give a clear indication of the topic of their section, so readers can jump to the information they want

· Include appendices with the technical data that can be viewed by experts if needed

· Have a clear order of ideas throughout, moving from most to least important in most cases

Writer’s Role

The writer may be writing vertically (to someone above in the organization or below in the organization) or horizontally (to coworkers or clients). The tone is influenced by the relationship between the writer and reader.

· Follow any style guidelines by the organization, including degrees of formality or informality (such as using titles or first names)

· Understand that your writing actually belongs to the organization that paid for it and can be used by others in the future

· Be careful about ethics. Don’t “bury” bad news in the middle of the report if it might result in someone’s safety being impacted, for instance.

Environment

Business readers often work in busy, noisy offices where they can be interrupted frequently. Brief paragraphs and headings help them find their place in a document if they are interrupted. In addition, business reports often include the following aids:

· Heading (To, From, Date, Subject or Re), to remind the business readers of just why they have this report

· Executive summary to give the major purpose, findings, and conclusions in a very brief format

· Visuals, to condense large amounts of data in easy to read forms

· Table of contents, to make sections in long reports easy to find

Purpose

Business readers are not reading the report for pleasure or to pass time but rather to get information needed in order to make a decision. Business writers should help the readers out by doing the following:

· Use only information that is relevant to the purpose of the report

· Provide analysis, not just simple facts, unless reader only wants information

SAMPLE

Here is a typical structure for a short business report. Include visuals (graphs, pictures, charts, pictures, etc.) when these would be useful.

To:                  

From:             

Date:              

Subject:         

Give an overview that indicates the background of the report, such as who authorized it and why it is needed. Include what work the writer has done in creating the report.

Present the major conclusions and recommendations if called for.

Heading 1

Give a brief overview of the contents of this section.

Subheading 1

One to several paragraphs

Subheading 2

One to several paragraphs, etc.

Heading 2

Give a brief overview of the contents of this section.

Subheading 1

One to several paragraphs, etc.

Conclusions

Summarize major points if needed.

Repeat conclusions and recommendations.

Appendix I

Appendix ii, etc.

A few points to keep in mind:

· Make the headings and subheadings parallel in format (“Research Results,” “Next Steps,” etc. OR “Collecting Information,” “Determining Next Steps,” etc., for instance).

· Give a specific subject line (“Recommendations for Next Location,” for example, rather than “Recommendations.”

· Give a couple of sentences at least under each heading. Don’t go directly from a heading to a subheading.

· Use at least two subheadings in each section.

· Use at least two paragraphs under most or all subheadings.

· Use visual interest, such as bolding, to make the parts stand out, but be restrained in the number of choices.