... understand what writing involves and to know howto handle words and sentences and paragraphs That you can learn If you do, you can communicate what you want to communicate in words other people can ... literary ambitions Journals store perceptions, ideas, emotions, actions—all future material for essays or stories The Journals of Henry Thoreau are a famous example, as are A Writer's Diary by ... usage dictates that when beautiful functions as an adverb it takes an -ly ending, that ain yt and a double negative like a in't got no or haven't got no should be avoided Grammar and usage are often...
... be an active decision rather than a ‘waitand-see’ passive process The ‘wait-and-see’ approach has another potential disadvantage: you may learn less about writing; you may not develop as a writer ... multifaceted; they may even be contradictory: Looking back • It takes a long time to strike a balance between what you want to and what the supervisor wants You can waste as much as a year • It’s ... psycho-social, rhetorical • Swales (1990) made a case for learning the ‘genres’ of academic writing and Swales and Feak (1994) demonstrated a genre-based approach in a textbook for non-native speakers...
... is a paragraph for a cover letter that addresses both the primary issues and the hot button In our coastal area, pollution from area industry has raised temperatures of the bay so that the native ... best-known grants There are also project grants, which make up the bulk of grants to organizations Each grant maker has its individual “personality.” Federal grants vary by department and agency One ... About Measurability Communication with the Funder The Role of Documentation Internal Evaluation Team External Evaluation Team Checklist — Evaluation Plan Last Words Examples of Evaluation Plans...
... sure to number the pages Program Narrative Applicants are strongly encouraged to limit the application narrative to no more than 25 double-spaced, standard-type pages Describe how the applicant ... most proposal writers, a summary is the most difficult part of aproposaltowrite It often takes an uninvolved person to stand back and make the hard choices about the small amount of information ... application 10 Appendices Applicants must include baseline data on student outcomes for one year, as Appendix A Applicants may also include supporting documentation as appendices to the narrative...
... proposal The following is another example Goal What? Create a natural habitat for Kodiak bears What approach? Study the native habitat and include all natural elements and hidden viewing locations ... Additionally, a decade of shrinking numbers caused the intervention and response capacity of many anti-abuse organizations to weaken As demand declined, these organizations naturally reallocated ... bears with the result that the habitat is as close to the home territory of the bears as possible Objective What? Research the habitat of the Kodiak bears What approach? Access National Geographic...
... stakeholders to improve program and assess performance— quantitative and qualitative, formative, and summative Who will it? Project director, site directors, and evaluator For how many or how ... develop measurement tools Who will it? Evaluator For how many or how much? All goals and objectives With what result or benefit? Appropriate measurement tools are available for data collection ... question How will it happen? (Method/Strategy) Match type of data to evaluation question Who will it? For how many or how much? Project All goals and director, site objectives directors, and evaluator...
... Set-up Training Supplemental academic activities Applied learning activities Recreational activities Social/health services and activities Parental involvement activities Evaluation Management and ... is a good idea to include an organization chart Again, not show every aspect of your organization — just the parts of it that are important to the project Be sure to show the project as integral ... You must always research the funder and read all available material to uncover the hot buttons, and insure your project matches what they want to fund Take an example from the Ford Foundation’s...
... temporary space created at a centrally located fire department by parking a truck outside Once we are able to move into a permanent facility, an assistant director, training coordinator, and shipping ... funding ceases The funder wants to fund projects that are important to the grantee organization An organization chart is a way of showing that in a graphic Exhibit 8.1 is an example of an organization ... ATOD ATOD Advisory Board Project Director Hotline Manager Outreach Coordinator Performance Arts Director The ATOD Commission has managed grants averaging $3 million a year for over 20 years Grants...
... in your proposal Internal Evaluation Team It is a good idea to designate an evaluation person or a team internally to review data and compile evaluation reports This can be an individual, if the ... learned by staff, participants, and parents The evaluator will deliver an evaluation report to the grant maker and the district as soon as practically possible after the end of each program year ... information about a particular topic There are many national clearinghouses, and some states have them as well You can contact related professional organizations at the state level to publish information...
... communications with community leaders, as assistant to the city managers He also has led meetings in the city manager’s absence Summary Mr McCarlson has organizational and technical skills to enhance ... should have at least 10 years of experience in education Site coordinators should have experience leading a team to meet an educational goal Professional activities Site coordinators should be active ... institutional reorganization plan was adopted by two other school districts as a model plan The parent education program has trained over 100 parents a year for three years All schools now have a Web...
... coordinator will travel to Washington, D.C., for a mandatory meeting The airline ticket, coach fare, is $1,250.89 Meals Meals can be expressed at a per diem amount that the traveler will be allowed ... meals Or, there can be a set amount per meal The following are examples • Two staff will travel to training in Atlanta, Georgia They will be eating three meals a day for three days Our organization ... each lab At our discount rate, the cost will be $2,050 per workstation The total is $102,500 • Each laboratory has to have a fax machine for communicating with the pharmacy and hospital There are...
... Science Research Coordinator Principal Investigator Analysis Research Animal Management EXHIBIT 17.2 Another Organization Chart Executive Director Administrative Manager Technical Manager Research Coordinator ... 2000 James, Lauren, ed Heart Smart for Seniors National Heart Association, February 2000 Macon, Margarie Physical Therapy for Geriatric Patients National Physical Therapy Association, January 2001 ... justification, 284 Measurability and evaluation plan, 202 formative and summative evaluation measures, 204 qualitative and quantitative data, 204 Mission statement, 71– 73 See also Goals; Objectives...
... than the appearance In many cases, a reasonably neat diagram can be drawn by hand faster than with a graphics package, and you can scan it if you want an electronic version Either is usually satisfactory ... There are several disadvantages to this format One is that athesis is both allowed and expected to have more detail than a journal article For journal articles, one usually has to reduce the ... Relatively often a researcher requests athesis in order to obtain more detail about howa study was performed Another disadvantage is that your journal articles may have some common material...
... Even more valuable are full-scale literature reviews Search hard for Mary Beth Norton, ed., The American Historical Association’s Guide to Historical Literature, assoc ed Pamela Gerardi, 3rd ed., ... Henry James and Edith Wharton.” In international studies, your broad interest in America’s wars might lead toathesis on “The Evolution of American Air Power in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq.” ... is a lot easier to plan and write your thesis after you have written a few seminar papers You’ll know much more about howto conduct research and howto present it effectively You also learn how...
... information can be handled within a graphical format, such as tables and graphs, though a paragraph explanation of each is generally required Make sure to include total dollar (or other currency) amounts ... with a somewhat more balanced picture of what the company may face as it attempts to implement the plan (Length: 2-3 pages) Internal Factors • Discuss company factors that may affect the plan o ... spreadsheet-style layout showing detailed breakdown of marketing revenues and expenses (Length: 2-4 pages) • Current Sales Analysis o Overall industry sales and market share (for at least the last year) total...
... broad general interest To make a long story short, we defined seven areas of the company’s activities that would be naturally attractive to potential readers However, it didn’t stop there If all ... ask yourself the question: I know that no one wants to read what I am going to write, so how can I write something they will want to read? Until you can find at least one good answer (preferably ... Starting from the assumption that no one would want to read anything about the company, I and my colleagues (it was a brainstorming) asked ourselves: What things does this company that people...
... know what the customers want—today and, more important in the clothing business, to keep half-astep ahead Howto sell Howto manage inventory Howto judge people Your Likes and Dislikes Take a few ... with and able to make financial projections, and have done the necessary research, you may be able to create a plan in one day But understand that a quick plan is a stripped-down version of a business ... tastes have changed and will undoubtedly change again and again, but it’s a lot harder to accurately predict what will be popular in a few years I wish there were a central source of information...
... that restates the thesis and wraps up the argument PREPARED BY SANDRA DANIEL Thesis Statement – part An effective thesis statement should make a strong assumption about the topic and serve as a ... start with a narrow focus and end your conclusion with a broad statement about the topic An effective five paragraph essay shows not only a writer’s ability to make an argument but organizational ... body paragraphs, or supporting paragraphs, should focus on the thesis statement and serve to strengthen the argument as a whole Each paragraph should start with a topic sentence and feature supporting...