English 1002
UNIT FOUR
WHITE PAPER
Assignments
• White Paper with References and Annotated Bibliography
• SLO-J
In this unit, we will focus on writing a White Paper. Usingthe Proposal paper from Unit Two and the Annotated Bibliography from Unit Three as a foundation, you will produce aWhite Paper with a strong References list and a comprehensive Annotated Bibliography for the issue you first explored in Unit One and the proposal you wrote in Unit Two. You will modify and expand the Proposal paper from Unit Two to conform to the genre of White Paper. For the White Paper, you will select the most relevant sources from Research Logs and References you have built in Units One and Two and, if necessary, add new relevant sources. You will then list these sources on the References page using APA style. The White Paper will also include an Annotated Bibliography. This Annotated Bibliography will be a revised version of the Annotated Bibliography from Unit Three. The revisions will reflect any necessary corrections, elaborations, and, if necessary, additions. The Annotated Bibliography must include a minimum of eighteen sources that demonstrate your expertise (ethos) on the problem.
In a Student Learning Outcomes Journal (SLO-J), you will record your personal reflections on how your work in this unit helped you develop critical skills as a writer.
A White Paper is not simply a research paper. Rather, it is an evidence-based, problem-driven, solution-seekingauthoritative genrecommon in many professional and public settings. A White Paper, usually between five to twenty pages long, addresses a specific problem relevant to the targeted audience and proposes a solution. A White Paper concisely informs the audience about a problem to help the audience understand the complexities of a problem, solve a problem, or decide on a best course of action. A White Paperinforms the audience by usingcredible, verified sources and objective reasoning. A White Paper presents the credible, verified sources in a References list that follows APA guidelines. It also offers an Annotated Bibliographywith individual 100-200 word annotations that include bibliographic information in APA style, a summary, an analysis and evaluation, and a reflection on the purpose each source serves.
Goals:
• Conducting academic research
• Enhancing critical thinking about available sources
• Demonstrating ability to adapt writing to different genre conventions, in this case to the genre of white papers
• Practicing writing as a citizen, not simply as a student
• Demonstrating ability to develop and sustain strong informative summaries, analyses, and evaluations
• Enhancing your civic literacy and, hence, your critical thinking about the public sphere
• Demonstrating ability to develop and sustain a persuasive, informed, evidence-basednarrative
Topics
Asocial issue that you raised in Unit One, narrowed down to a problem in Unit Two, researched further in Unit Three, and will present in Unit Five (Multimodal Presentation).
Audience:
General public or a specific audience of your choice
Restrictions:
• None (but your writing must demonstrate that the sources are relevant to the problem)
Format:
White Paper as explained in class
Must include a References list
Must include an Annotated Bibliography
APA style
SLO-Journal:
• Use a personal narrative style
• Provide specific examples
