This document provides the schedule and assignments for Project 3 of an ENGL 309 course. It outlines the due dates for scaffolding homework assignments leading up to a white paper that is due on March 1st. The white paper must solve a problem for a professional audience. An annotated bibliography is due on February 23rd. Class sessions will provide instruction on defining problems, establishing footing, outlining structures, and professional writing style as students work on their white papers. Individual writing conferences are scheduled for February 25th to discuss drafts. A completed draft must be brought to class on February 27th for a workshop.

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PROJECT 3 SCHEDULE
White Paper: Solving a Problem for a Professional
Audience
All scaffolding work (homework assignments) is due before class on the date
due. Late assignments will lose one letter grade (or the equivalent number of
points) per day.
Unless otherwise indicated, all readings and links are on the BbLearn Project 3
page.
Date In Class Work Due
Thursday,
2/6
Introduce Project 3: White
Paper
Brainstorm possible audiences
and problems for your topic
Semester Topic Proposal due, 11:59 pm
Tuesday,
2/11
Quiz on assigned PP reading
Discuss footing – in-class
analysis of footing in Lockton
Global and Target Logistics
white papers
Read Chapters 1 – 2 in Performing Prose
Read Lockton Global “Ebola Outbreak” and
Target Logistics “Optimizing Sleep white
papers, paying attention to how they define a
problem for their audience and establish
footing.
Thursday
2/13
Introduce annotated
bibliography assignment
Assisted research time (bring
your laptops)
Tuesday,
2/18
White paper structure and quick
outlines
Framing solutions for the white
paper
Read the World Youth Alliance HIV/AIDS
white paper
Thursday,
2/20
Page design and professional
writing style
Read Joe Moxley’s “Principles of Design”
Sunday,
2/23
Annotated bibliography due by 11:59 pm
(post to Bblearn under Assignment 3)

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Tuesday,
2/25
No Class – individual writing
Conferences
Bring a completed draft of your white paper to
your conference
Thursday,
2/27
Workshop completed white
paper
Introduce Assignment 4:
Imitative Essay
Bring a completed, designed draft of your
white paper to class
Sunday,
3/1
White Paper due, 11:59 pm