Devry ENGL135 Week 1 Course Project Latest 2018 November

ENGL135 Advanced Composition

Week 1 Course Project  

TOPIC SELECTION

First, review the Course Project Overview page located in the Introduction & Resources module.  You will notice that Course Project milestones are assigned in each week of the course.  Therefore, you may refer back to this Course Project Overview page frequently throughout the term.

This Course Project will address a topic within one of the course themes of education, arts and culture, technology, or the environment.

Read the Week 1 Lesson page for more information.

For this first Course Project milestone you will select a topic for your 8- to 10-page research project.

The assignment is a prewriting activity that requires your detailed responses. Please use the Topic Selection document (template and instructions) found in the Files section for this assignment. The responses for almost every question should be written in two paragraphs (approximately 250 words).  When you are finished, save the document as <your last name.Wk1 Topic Selection> and submit it by the end of the week.

The completed assignment is due at the end of Week 1 and is worth 50 points.

Note that there is a button located in the left side Course Menu labeled "Files".  See this Files area for support documents.  The Week 1 files are listed below, along with their specific folder location within the main Files > Advanced Composition folder:

What is your possible topic? Brainstorm five questions about it. 

How is the topic important to you and how does it affect you? What do you personally hope to gain or accomplish by writing about this topic?

Research your topic and provide a brief summary of the current points of view about the topic. Share at least two different/opposing positions on the topic

Describe whom you might choose as your audience. Who are your readers, and what are their needs, motivations, and influences? In what ways will you need to structure your writing to appeal to them?

What specific issue will you write about within the larger topic, and what unique angle will you provide?