Dr. M.

Keaton English 1002 Spring, 2014

Assignment for Unit Four
Social Justice Literacy: Letter Reports
Assignment: 1 policy proposal (letter format)
Purpose of the policy proposal:
To enhance your social justice literacy and thus your critical thinking aout social
justice
To de!onstrate con"entions o# usiness genres and style
To de!onstrate a prole!$solution critical thinking skill
Writers Task: Write a policy proposal in a letter format. . The idea is that you %ill
identify a problem in a former or current workplace of yours and propose a solution
to a person who has the power to sole the problem, The report should de!onstrate
your understanding o# a& the issue as a %hole, & the usiness genre o# 'in#or!al& report
%riting, c& usiness style and d& your audience's&. (e!e!er, usiness %riting has #our
#unctions) in#or!ing, persuading, generating good%ill, and sa"ing readers ti!e.
Possible !trategies:
1. *denti#y prole!s you+"e encountered, on the jo
2. Think aout %hich prole!s !ay e addressed y speaking or %riting,that is,
%ork as rhetorical prole!s
-. .rainstor! solutions
4. Think aout your audience,i.e., %ho has the po%er to i!ple!ent your solutions/
0. Think aout your prole!+s solution as an outco!e that oth you and your
audience %ant to ha"e happen
1. Study the e2a!ples to gather in#or!ation on ho% to #or!at your report
Topic:
3ropose a ne% process #or dealing %ith a prole! in one o# your current
or #or!er interests in social justice
Audience:
4ou deter!ine this, ased on %ho has the po%er to !ake your solution happen.
"ormat:
3olicy proposal5 letter #or!at5 2 pp. single$spaced
#rading $riteria: %s this policy proposal
6learly de#ining a prole! and proposing a solution/
7ppropriately addressing the audience you de#ine, in#or!ing the!, persuading
the!, generating good %ill, and sa"ing the! ti!e/
E##ecti"ely organi8ed %ith appropriate sections and correct section headings/
E##ecti"ely organi8ed %ith indi"idual paragraphs, %ith topic sentences and
in#or!ation supporting each topic sentence/
9i"en the purpose and audience, presenting in#or!ation in ter!s o# audience
needs and ene#its/
E##ecti"ely introduced %ith prole! and purpose state!ents/

&ue for peer reiew Wed'( Apr )*( and for final credit "ri'( +ay )