The purpose of the first draft is to begin communicating your topic and to establish its relevance to a reader. T

The purpose of the first draft is to begin communicating your topic and to establish its relevance to a reader. The first draft will present an introduction (two to three paragraphs) and one section (two to three paragraphs) of the body of the paper. The first draft should include at least three of the sources you presented in your Annotated Bibliography. If you have made changes to your list of references, cite each new reference carefully both in the text and on the references page. The length of the first draft is three to four pages of text, not including the title and References pages (approximately 1000-1250 words).

The assignment includes a prewriting activity to plan the sections of the project, which is included on the “Week 4 First Draft Directions and Document Format” file, located in the Supplemental Materials folder in the Files section. When you are finished, save the document as <your last name.Wk4 Project First Draft> and submit it by the end of the week.

The Project First Draft is worth 70 points. Please use the grading rubric as a guideline for your assignment.

The files for this assignment are listed below, along with their location:

Week 4 First Draft Directions and Document Format [Files > Advanced Composition > Supplemental Materials]

Week 4 First Draft Sample [Files > Advanced Composition > Supplemental Materials]

Week 4 Grading Rubric First Draft [Files > Advanced Composition > Grading Rubrics]