Here are the slides for the in-class writing exercise with Mrs. Range from 4/21/16. This exercise is designed to help you develop clarity as you move toward writing your capstone proposal.

1. Social Awareness
Your Proposal and Pitch
Mayo High School, Rochester, MN. World Literature Capstone. Spring 2016.

2. Use the questions
that follow as
writing prompts.
Give yourself a minute or two to
write your response for each
question.
Answer based on all of the reading,
research, and thinking that you’ve
done up until this point.

3. What’s your topic?
Write:

4. What’s the issue?
Write:

5. Who is this an issue for?
Write:

6. Who might care about this issue?
Write:

7. What’s the best way to reach them?
Write:

8. How could you share information with them?
Write:

9. Now we’ll map your
responses to the
appropriate section
of the proposal
presentation.
Note places where you had a hard
time answering the question based
on your topic. Spend some extra
time working on those areas.
Also check to make sure you have
evidence and sources for the
appropriate sections of your writing
and presentation.

10. I. Introduction
A. Hook:
B. Description of topic (2-3 sent):
C. Explanation (why did you decide this topic?)
II. Body (Thread components for Social Awareness)
A. #1 Determine target audience for issue
1. Supporting detail (1 complete sent.)
2. Supporting detail (1 complete sent.)
B. #2 Identify marketing techniques
1. Supporting detail (1 complete sent.)
2. Supporting detail (1 complete sent.)
III. Conclusion
A. Summarize (What do you hope to learn or gain?):
B. Final Tie Back (Go back to your hook and use it to inspire, challenge,
or recommend):
Social
Awareness
Proposal
Outline

11. What’s your topic?
Write:
DESCRIPTION OF TOPIC

12. What’s the issue?
Write:
DESCRIPTION OF TOPIC

13. Who is this an issue for?
Write:
TARGET AUDIENCE

14. BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW?
evidence
(you will probably need a source here!)

15. Who might care about this issue?
Write:
TARGET AUDIENCE

16. BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW?
evidence
(you will probably need a source here!)

17. What’s the best way to reach them?
Write:
MARKETING TECHNIQUES

18. BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW?
evidence
(you will probably need a source here!)

19. How could you share information with them?
Write:
MARKETING TECHNIQUES

20. BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW?
evidence
(you will probably need a source here!)

21. I. Introduction
A. Hook:
B. Description of topic (2-3 sent):
C. Explanation (why did you decide this topic?)
II. Body (Thread components for Social Awareness)
A. #1 Determine target audience for issue
1. Supporting detail (1 complete sent.)
2. Supporting detail (1 complete sent.)
B. #2 Identify marketing techniques
1. Supporting detail (1 complete sent.)
2. Supporting detail (1 complete sent.)
III. Conclusion
A. Summarize (What do you hope to learn or gain?):
B. Final Tie Back (Go back to your hook and use it to inspire, challenge,
or recommend):
Social
Awareness
Proposal
Outline

22. If you have thorough
responses to each question
and have sources in the
appropriate sections, you’ve
completed the following
portions of the outline...
Hopefully this exercise has helped
pinpoint places where you need to
do some extra thinking, research, or
writing before finalizing your
proposal.

23. I. Introduction
A. Hook:
B. Description of topic (2-3 sent):
C. Explanation (why did you decide this topic?)
II. Body (Thread components for Social Awareness)
A. #1 Determine target audience for issue
1. Supporting detail (1 complete sent.)
2. Supporting detail (1 complete sent.)
B. #2 Identify marketing techniques
1. Supporting detail (1 complete sent.)
2. Supporting detail (1 complete sent.)
III. Conclusion
A. Summarize (What do you hope to learn or gain?):
B. Final Tie Back (Go back to your hook and use it to inspire, challenge,
or recommend):
Social
Awareness
Proposal
Outline

24. QUESTIONS?
Don’t forget to refer back to the research guide for more suggestions.