Hi Everyone,

It was great talking with you all about your research projects today. I’m excited about the work you’ve engaged yourselves in and look forward to reading your final projects.

For Tuesday, please:

1) Complete, to the best of your abilities, the précis assignment. This assignment is ENTIRELY designed to help you. Do it and bring it to class.

2) Write a more formal proposal for your essay using the template I handed out today, which you can find here and please bring it to class.

3) You will notice that sentences 3/4 of the proposal template are dedicated to answer the “So What? Who Cares?” question. Please read this very short chapter from They Say/ISay, which should help you strategize ways to answer this question. Please bring this chapter to class (on your laptop/e-reader/etc. or printed out). We will discuss it for a portion of class.

You’re going to get into small groups again on Tuesday and present your proposals to your group members as well as discuss your answer to question #1 on the précis assignment so please be prepared.

Good luck and have a great weekend!