The bulk of your grade in this course will be determined by your performance on five major assignments. Additional details about each paper, as well as a PDF copy of each assignment sheet, will be added to this page as the semester progresses.

Paper #1 — Literacy Narrative

• Due on September 15, 2011
• Worth 10% of your grade
• Download full assignment sheet (PDF)

Paper #2 — Research Proposal

• Due on September 22, 2011
• Worth 10% of your grade
• List of Broad Research Questions
• Research Proposal Template

Paper #3 — Annotated Bibliography

• Due on October 20, 2011
• Worth 20% of your grade
• Download full assignment sheet (PDF)

Paper #4 — Research Paper

• Due on November 10, 2011
• Worth 25% of your grade
• Download full assignment sheet (PDF)

Paper #5 — Instructional Comic

• Due on December 13, 2011 (during our final exam)
• Worth 10% of your grade
• Download full assignment sheet (PDF)