Fall 2017 Final Project

Audience: Me and maybe a classmate or two, when we do some workshopping (I'll warn you ahead of time) in class.

Topic: Identify the biggest challenge you think you will face as a Consultant. We listed some earlier this semester and you can look them over here. It could be working with certain categories of students, coping with failure, helping in an area of study you do not know, providing advice about grammar and style. Identify techniques and theories that will assist you when you confront this challenge.

Format:

At least eight scholarly sources required. Local materials, such as our videos or Writer's Web pages, do not count toward the eight, though I welcome your employing them. Graff & Birkenstein, Glaser, or Hjortshoj each count as a single source. You are welcome to employ readings we did not cover but are at our e-reserve list. You should also look into research via the Library's databases and The Writing Lab Newsletter's online archive.

Printed, double-spaced, 2000 words or more. No need for a title. Put your name on page one and STAPLE the essay. First-person is fine as you are reflecting as well as analyzing.

You use MLA-format in-text citations and include a Works-Cited List. Writer’s Web has good examples; basically it’s (author page) without commas or “p.” (Bartholomae 200) or a short version of the title too, if you use two pieces by the same writer (Bartholomae “Inventing” 201). You may skip the author’s name if it appears in the signal phrase.

Ex. As Bartholomae notes, “quotation” or paraphrase (200).

I grade down for citation and grammatical errors--being careful is good practice for Writing Consultants.