Field Project Assignments - A+ Work Required. Zero Plagiarism

ENGL 602

Writing in Your Field Project: Final Product Instructions

This is the assignment that the Project Proposal and Annotated Bibliography have been leading to. Before you start writing it, read your instructor’s grading feedback on the Annotated Bibliography, along with any other feedback your instructor may have given by email, etc. In addition, since this is a lengthy assignment, you should not wait long to begin composing it.

You will produce an 11-13-page piece of research-based writing in a genre commonly used in the workplace in a field you are either currently working in or planning to enter. This product can be in any genre that involves research and could logically fit within the limits of 11-13 pages of writing: empirical article, lesson plan, sermon, case study, proposal, SWOT analysis, literature review, report, journalistic article, grant application, observational narrative, presentation script, or any other genre approved by the instructor. The project may include tables, figures, embedded videos, and other media appropriate to the genre. However, at least 75% (a rough estimate) of the document must consist of written text.

Some genres typically call for a thesis statement, research question, or hypothesis at the beginning of the piece; others do not. Regardless of the genre you are writing in, the instructor should be able to discover your purpose for writing (even if this does not appear until the end of the piece) and evaluate whether or not you have fulfilled this purpose.

You are required to use (quote, paraphrase, summarize, or otherwise use ideas from) at least 8 sources (which means you do not have to use all 15 of the sources in the Annotated Bibliography). Although many of the above-listed genres (such as a sermon) normally do not provide visible citations of sources, in this assignment you are required to show your research by citing sources both in-text (through parenthetical citations, footnotes, etc.) and in a reference list/bibliography/works cited page at the end, according to the documentation style most commonly used in the field in which you are writing. However, you do not need to follow the formatting requirements (e.g., spacing, title pages, etc.) for an academic paper in that documentation style. Rather, follow the formatting conventions typically used for the genre you are writing in. If you don’t know what those conventions are, look for a guide or template online. Ask your instructor if you need help.

Please note that the range of 11-13 pages applies only to the body of the paper. The reference list/bibliography/works cited does not count toward the page total, nor does any “front matter” (title page, abstract, etc.).

Before you submit your proposal, use the rubric as a checklist to make sure you have addressed all necessary parts of the assignment.