Reading Proposal Memo--Assignment Sheet

Engl 1020, O'Donnell, ETSU, Spring 2014

Last update: April 2, 2014

Assignment:  Propose an Article from Your Bibliography, for our Entire Class to Read in the Next Couple of Weeks

This article proposal is due in class on Friday, April 4. 

The Assignment

Pick one article from your bibliography that you think is actually good for a general audience.  That is, pick one article that you can genuinely and sincerely say, to your classmates, "you will enjoy reading this." 

Then, write a memo to me and your classmates, in which you propose that article as a reading assignment for the entire class.  The whole class will read your memo and give the article an up or down vote.

Guidelines

Your goal is to describe the article clearly and honestly, so that people can decide whether or not they want to read it.  Consider the following:

- Include basic citation information, including author, title, periodical, web site address, and also the length of the article. 

- Describe what's good about the article.  What makes it interesting, worth reading.

- Who is the author?  What other sorts of things has she or he written? 

- Discuss the style and readability of the article.  Describe the style.  Include a few select quotes. 

You should be able to do all of this in one page.