MUSC 302W: Musicianship VI: Writing Your Paper

Preliminary Thesis Paragraph

Due Monday, March 11, 2019 by 8 pm

(15 points)

At this stage, you will submit a rough draft of your thesis paragraph for the paper.  The paragraph should accomplish the following four things, most likely in this order:

• Sketch out the essential background for understanding the research question or problem
• Clearly articulate the research question or problem at hand (even if you don’t actually phrase it in the form of a question)
• Outline how you are going to explore that question or problem
• Forecast what you will conclude about the question or problem

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Further instructions can be found in the Instructions document on the homepage.

Outline of the paper, including a revised list of sources (minimum 5) and a revised thesis paragraph

Due Monday April 1, 2019 at 8 pm

(15 points)

At this stage, you will submit a document with the following items, in the following order:

• Revised thesis paragraph
• Blow-by-blow outline of the body of your paper, explaining the function of each paragraph in developing or supporting your thesis, and making reference to your sources when relevant
• A revised list of all your sources, cited properly (minimum 5)

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Further instructions can be found in the Instructions document on the homepage.

Rough Draft of Paper

Due Thursday, April 11, 2019 at the beginning of class

subtraction of up to 40 points if not completed

Turn this in on Blackboard, in MS Word or PDF format, under the menu option “Turn In Assignments Here.”  You must ALSO bring TWO PAPER COPIES of this assignment to class for peer feedback.

Further instructions can be found in the Instructions document on the homepage.

Final Version of Paper

Due Monday, April 29, 2019 at 8 pm

(160 points)

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Further instructions and the grading rubric can be found in the Instructions document on the homepage.

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