I just want a proposal for your topic, what you want to research

I just want a proposal for your topic, what you want to research. Remember, you are creating your own curriculum, your own course of study this quarter. By choosing a topic you are passionate about, you will remain engaged and, hopefully, have fun! Below are links to some sample proposals. I am not particular about the format, but I want to get a sense of what it is you want to research and write about. Provide a short list of five potential sources, listed in MLA style, at this point. Your style of choice may change once you start your research, depending on your topic, but at this point just use MLA (guidelines below). The guidelines will probably be useful for later assignments, so I recommend creating a bookmark for them. You will exchange rough drafts, give feedback and then submit a revised copy to me. So you have some time.

Note: be sure to include a separate document that includes the feedback you received on your proposal from your peers, each identified by the name of the student who gave the response, and your responses to the other members in your group, identifying which of your responses went with which student.  This way I can keep track of the peer reviews.

 Sample Proposals:

UW

http://depts.washington.edu/pswrite/Handouts/HowtoWriteaPaperProposal.pdf (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Essay UK

http://www.essay.uk.com/guides/essay/sample-research-paper-proposal.php (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Pennsylvania State University

http://writing.engr.psu.edu/workbooks/proposal.samples.html (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Guidelines for Bibliographic Formatting:

http://libguides.seattlecentral.edu/library/citLinks to an external site.

1. What is the thesis idea as you understand it?

2. Are the sources listed and formatted properly (see sample proposal in announcements)

3. Does this look like a topic appropriate for a 10-12 page paper?

4. What suggestions do you have for areas of development? Subtopics that might be addressed?