Writing Case Analysis

Bring, completed, to the first tutoring session.

Eight points will be awarded when you bring a completed draft and this checklist to your first tutoring appointment; 2 points will be deducted if you don’t bring this completed checklist.

Twelve points will be awarded when you bring a polished draft to your second appointment—a draft that shows substantial improvement from the first meeting with the tutor. The first draft and checklist must also be brought to the second tutoring session to verify that your polished draft shows substantial improvement. If you don’t bring your first draft to the second tutoring session, you will lose 2 of the 12 points.

Before you come to the first tutoring session, your report should meet all of the following requirements. Review your draft as needed and revise it so it meets each requirement, and then check the requirement off. All lines should be checked before you meet with a tutor.

______Times New Roman 12 font

______Three pages maximum length

______1-inch margins

______Numbered pages

______Double spaced

______Indented paragraphs

______Short paragraphs—not longer than about 3-12 lines (not sentences) for easy access to the content

______Bolded headings for access—paragraph headings use the least space; for example,

Business-Level Strategy—At a business level. . .

______Formal language—no first or second-person pronouns (I, me, you, your, etc.), only third person; and formal vocabulary; for example, children instead of kids; people instead of guys; things or equipment instead of stuff, etc.

______Reference to graphics in the text of the report if they are included in an appendix

______Effective titles and labels on graphics; center graphics between side margins

______Good access to the recommendations—use numbers, bullets, or verbal cues such as “First, . . .”

and “Second, . . .”

______References to company are by name; the singular pronoun it; or the words the company. Do not

use the plural pronoun they; for example, Vivint, it, and the company.