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First Year Writing Program
The First-Year Writing Program Award for Outstanding Research Project
Sponsored by Cengage, publishers of Writing Analytically The First-Year Writing Program Award for Outstanding Research Project recognizes an outstanding analytical research project completed in English 110 at The Ohio State University. Three awards for $100 each, sponsored by Cengage Publishing (Writing Analytically), are available. Instructors can nominate one student each year for the Award. A nomination for the Award must include:- The student's analytical research project, both hard copy and (.doc);
- Hard copy of the one-page nominating form filled out completely and signed by both the instructor and the student.
- Carefully analyzes the message of a primary source, one conveyed by written, visual, and/or audio texts;
- Examines the purpose of the message and to whom the message is conveyed while speculating on its effectiveness in context;
- Explains why the way the message is conveyed is timely and relevant and discusses what is at stake in participating in an academic conversation about the topic;
- Includes a complex thesis that makes a compelling claim about how the primary source communicates a message to a specific audience;
- Sustains an evolving thesis by introducing complicating evidence and integrating relevant secondary source material;
- Follows academic conventions, documents all source material correctly, and avoids sentence-level errors while using appropriate and sophisticated sentence structure and style.
Nomination Form
The First-Year Writing Program Award for Outstanding Research Project
Sponsored by Cengage, publishers of Writing Analytically
Instructor's name: _______________________________________________________________
Instructor's email: _______________________________________________________________
Instructor's phone:
Course taught: English _________ QU: _________ Year: _________
I nominate the student named below who wrote the attached paper. I have removed any comments, feedback, and grading information from the paper.
Instructor's signature: _______________________________________________________________
Student's name: _______________________________________________________________
Title of paper: _______________________________________________________________
Student's local address: _______________________________________________________________
Student's email: _______________________________________________________________
Student's phone: _______________________________________________________________
By signing this form, if I receive the First-Year Writing Program Award for Outstanding Research Project, I grant permission to the Program to use my paper in activities connected with the First-Year Writing Program, including teaching, training, presentations, promotion, and publication.
Student's signature: _______________________________________________________________
Return this form and the student's paper to:
Carolyn Wilkins, Writing Program Assistant
Department of English
421 Denney Hall
