Read Chapter 3 in the Bedford Researcher. In your daybook, complete the green box on page 39 that helps you develop and define your research question. Create three or four effective research questions that focus on a specific issue in your service-learning community, reflect your writing situation, and are narrow enough to allow you to collect information in time to meet your deadline. Write these top three or four questions in your daybook.

On Wednesday, I will have a conference sign-up sheet for you and your group. Your group will sign up for a 45-minute meeting with me on Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday of the following week. Those dates are Oct. 2, Oct. 4, and Oct. 5. At this meeting, you will turn in your completed (signed) service-learning contract and agreements, and each of you will share your individual research proposal (perspectus) with the group. We will collectively give you feedback, and I will either approve your prospectus or direct you to revise and resubmit. Chapter 3 (pg. 42) of the Bedford Researcher outlines the elements of a research proposal. You can also access Chrissa Bellomy's prospectus in her MGRP. I am requiring a hybrid style that includes the following:

1. An introduction which describes the issue, presents the research question, includes a working thesis, describes your purpose, identifies your reader and describes their needs and interests
2. A Plan to Collect Information
3. A Description of Genres with Voice, Audience and Rational (see Bellomy)
4. A Project Timeline
5. A Working Bibliography of Sources (what, if anything you've consulted thus far)
6. An overview of key challenges