Evaluation Assignment--evaluating an article as a precursor to a larger argumentative assignment

Evaluation Assignment--evaluating a service (resturant, car wash, salon, etc.) exclusive to Fort Wayne

Informative Assignment--informing about a skill or hobby the student may have

Observation Assignment--observing and expressing that observation--includes peer response and plan sheets

Profile Assignment--profiling a person who has impacted the student's life

Research Assignment--researching any topic of interest--includes peer response and plan sheets

Research Assignment--persuading or informing regarding an area of popular culture

Literacy Narrative--expressing a student's literacy history

Final Assessment--assessing a student's progress in P131

Summary Exercise Version 2--two summary response exercises

Writing Center Evaluation --describing and evaluating a Writing Center visit

Advertisement Evaluation--evaluating the methods and merits of print advertising

Analytical Research Assignment--investigates and analyzes how someone or something is an icon, symbol, or role model to a specific culture or subculture

Commentary Essay--analyzing and commenting on a contemporary issue

Evaluation Assignment--evaluating an Internet article as a precursor to a larger reserach assignment--used mostly in summer sessions

Gender Influence Assignment--researching a toy, figure, or character from popular culture that influences or reflects the student's childhood view of gender

Fairy Tale Assignment--showing a secondary character from a children's story from a different perspective--giving him/her history or detailing his/her point of view from a famous scene of the story

Informative Assignment--researching and informing about a faith/religion/myth beyond the student's own beliefs

Literacy Autobiography--expressing a student's literacy history

Metaphor Assignment--analyzing how a game of the student's choice reflects or represents life

Observation Assignment--observing and expressing that observation--includes peer response and plan sheets

Proposal Assignment--proposing a larger research project

Research Assignment--researching any topic of interest--includes peer response and plan sheets

Writing Projects Proposal Assignment--proposing topics for all later research projects

Business Email--responding to a prospective IPFW student's questions about the student's major

Collaborative Assignment--researching a topic from this list in collaborative groups

Direct Request and Reply--requesting anything and positively responding to the request

Indirect Letter--offering bad news professionally

Individual Report--researching a topic from this list individually

Interview Follow Up Letter--thanking a potential employer for an interview

Letter of Application--selling themselves in a cover letter

Memo--informing about a student's academic progress and future

Persuasive Sales Letter--persuading a hostile or non-responsive audience

Resume and Cover Letter--selling themselves in a resume and cover letter

Resume--selling themselves in a resume

Annotated Bibliography Assignment--analyzing and summarizing sources from a larger assignment

Comparative Analysis Assignment--comparing various research sources

Evaluation Assignment--evaluating an Internet source

Humanities Research Assignment--arguing a humanities topic or analyzing literature

I-Search Assignment--investigating several topics of interest to students

Research Assignment--researching a topic of the student's choice

Rhetorical Analysis--analyzing the composition of an article

Science Research Assignment--researching any scientific topic

Social Sciences Research Paper--researching any social sciences topic

Portfolio Assignment -- An assignment for building an evaluative portfolio to be submitted near the end of the course.