This assignment asks you to propose what you will do for the independent project portion of this class. Your proposal probably will be 2-4 single-spaced pages, depending upon the level of detail you are able to generate at an early stage of your project. If the proposal is too vague, I will return it to you ungraded with feedback so you can revise and return it to me. Once accepted, your proposal becomes a contract, and can only be changed through writing me a memo outlining changes and your reasons for them.

The Project You Are Proposing:
I’m expecting a project(s) that will include at least three related components: reading, writing, and revising. Now these might all be the same project: reading four hypertext novels, writing 4 one page reading reports, writing your own 12 page hypertext short story, and redrafting that story as a film script. Or you may prefer three short, more clearly differentiated projects: reading three books for a sociology project, and writing a research paper for your sociology professor that employs those books as sources, and redrafting the same research into a brochure for students. This proposal is where you tell me what you will do; but moreover, you are writing an argument, arguing that what you proposal fits the assignment, is beneficial to your education and life, but is also of a scope that can be completed in the course of a sixteen week semester.

Basic Structure for this Proposal
Proposal. (What you will do.) This portion describes sort of project(s) you will undertake, what shape they will take, what your product(s) will be. Keep in mind that you must have a component:

• for reading (a reading list at the end of the proposal, in correct MLA format, with the number of pages you’ll read + how I will know you’ve done the reading–will you keep a reading journal, turn in summaries, schedule a conference to discuss the material with me, etc. You must let me know.)
• for writing (how many pages will you write? In what genre? What will this work look like? Is it a traditional paper, or something else?)
• for redrafting (what will the new audience for the redraft be? How long will it be? What genre are you employing? How does it relate to the research you are doing for this project?)

Objectives. (How does the work you meet the assignment and meet your own goals?)

Methods. (How will you do it? What is your plan for carrying out this research and delivering two related products?) Generally, what will you do to meet these objectives?

Timeline. (When will you do it.) Provide a calendar for completion of the assignment–this is where you tell me you will be undertaking the various parts of your project.