Introduction to Democratic Participation through Digital Literacy

Unit 1: Writing a Proposal Topic Choices:

For our proposal unit, you must choose one of the following topics to focus on with the intention of MAKING CHANGE. 1) 2) 3) 4) Bullying (in our community) Lockers for VISA students Create/Organize a VISA football team Student phone/wireless use throughout the day (break and lunch)

Requirements:
Remember that in a formal, fully developed proposal you MUST: 1) Identify and define the problem 2) Present an effective solution 3) Predict results 4) Make a Request

Today you will be drafting on the back side of this assignment sheet. You are not required to COMMIT to a topic, but you must commit to completing this draft by the close of todays period. If you decide later that you want to switch topics, thats ok! Below is a laid out plan for proposal due dates!
Monday 23 Tuesday 24 Wednesday Thursday 25 & 26 (10 points) Turn in draft on the backside of this paper 2 &3 (15 points) Step 3 Draft focus Friday 27 (20 points)
FIRST DRAFT: Uploaded to Turnitin.com by midnight on Sunday, 9/29 by 11:59pm

30 (15 points) Step 1 Draft focus due

1 (15 points) Step 2 Draft focus

4 (15 points) Step 4 Draft focus

Name:__________________________________________ Period:_________ Network #:___________ Please label each step and begin to draft each step based on the choices on the front of this sheet. Include at least 2 complete sentences in step for the draft below.

Final Draft Due October 15th by 11:59pm (60 pts)

My Chosen Topic:__________________ ___________________________________

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