English 313w Final Paper/Project Proposal

English 313w

Northern Arizona Univeristy, Flagstaff AZ

 

Purpose: Most projects need a proposal before a supervisor or manager can okay the work. Your job is to do the preliminary work BEFORE spending lots of time and effort on a job unnecessary on the wrong path.

 

Specifications: Use the template presented here as a basic format for your proposal.

Remember that a common proposal includes $ breakdown. How many working hours the project will take, and sometimes you need to break down all the tasks for the team members involved. You don't need to do that for this paper. I want you to be aware this template is not for every sort of proposal, but it's a good general template.

 

 

Template

Date:
[followed by 4 spaces]

To:
From:
[when submitting hard copy, always inital next to your name]

Subject/Re: "Proposal for ..."

"I propose to...[say it in 1-2 sentences]"

"Currently, the subject X ....[a general description of your topic]"

"The audience for my paper is X while the audience for my project is Y. [if there is NO project included, exclude this part of the sentence]"

PLAN AND SECONDARY SOURCES

"My plan for the paper is to ..."

  • Follow up on A,B, and C in periodicals and journals
  • Set up interviews with D and E
  • Get the video "important video" through interlibrary loan

"My plan for the project is to... [if applicable]"

  • Work through Word's templates on X
  • find visuals of Y
  • Create a posterboard/webpage/newsletter/pamphlet/flash cards/sing... [whatever project you think you'll do).

Presently my 3 sources include:

  • Make sure you include a FULL citation of your sources

Projected Date for Full Draft

  • Offer 3 dates. The first draft, a revised draft, then your final paper you'll hand in.