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Juniors - Proposal Letter

Your assignment for tomorrow is to propose your topic in a letter - full block style. Please make the body of letter at least 100 words in length, including the following:
  • Your topic - stated specifically, including your purpose
  • Your thesis - the answer to your "thesis question"
  • Your support - an outline, or listing, of your main points only 
Please sign your letter: this locks you in to your topic. You will write your first of the essay tomorrow in class, so bring your book - marked for content using sticky notes or some other method. You'll want to include lots of examples from the text in this initial draft. The draft itself should be around 500 words in length, formatted according to MLA.

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