This week you will be submitting your first draft of your topic proposal. I have specific directions for this paper that you must follow in order for your final paper to be comprehensive

Peer Review for Topic Proposal and Problem Statement

This week you will be submitting your first draft of your topic proposal. I have specific directions for this paper that you must follow in order for your final paper to be comprehensive. If you have not viewed the videos in the announcements for week 1 you need to go back and do so. You will not be able to complete your post correctly if you have not. The directions in the assignment are not specific enough. You must follow my directions in my videos. They are built on the assignment directions but with more guidance. Use the template below. You need to type in the document and use my example as a guide. You should have two screens open. One with the template and one of my paper. Read the directions for each section on the template and follow them. You should also use the rubric I have attached to check your own work before submitting. For your peer responses you will use the same rubric to evaluate two of your peer’s proposals. The handouts you need are below.

Helpful Hint:

When I am researching a new topic, I will read a minimum of three articles before I begin the writing process. This allows me to become familiar enough with the material to synthesize my own original ideas and prevents plagiarism. You are creating something new that no one has ever written before and you want to use facts and evidence to make your argument. This does take significant time, but this is how research works.