Paper 2 Presubmission

A presubmission report is more than detailed a proposal, but less than a rough draft.

• Include a meaningful title and a full thesis paragraph. The thesis paragraph should include a reasoning blueprint. Your blueprint presents your main points, in the order that your paper will develop them, so it also serves as the outline for the whole paper.
• Include the direct quotations that you plan to use for one supporting point. For Paper 2, include both primary and secondary sources. Include quotations that both support and challenge the point you plan to make.
• Include a preliminary conclusion (showing the relationship between your title, your thesis paragraph, and your conclusion).
• Include a properly formatted MLA-style Works Cited list.

As always, you may change your thesis after you have submitted the Presubmission Report. I won't force you to include all of the quotes that you include in your presubmission.  If, while you are working on your presubmission, your topic changes drastically, that is probably a very good sign.

My goal in asking you to write your presubmission report is to get you to commit to a thesis that you can actually investigate with the resources that are available to you.

Expect your peers and me to make suggestions for major revisions, and be open to the new thoughts that come with those new possibilities.