COM 320 SDSU Brain Development During the Early Stages of Life Discussion

This project consists of two parts. Please format these as two separate sections within a single document.

1) Part I – Carefully read the prompt on Exercise 2A on page 223. In this option, you will adapt a scientific text for a general audience (approximately 400-500 words). You will include the original paragraph in your document, but this will not count toward your word count.

2) Part II – Memo on Part I: Analyze the writing you did in Part I in the form of a memo to me of about 200 words. Use the rubrics of content, form, style, and mechanics to critically assess your work. Include in the memo the citation for your source document.

I will include all other materials and information once a tutor has been chosen.

Requirements: part 1 (400-500 words), part 2 (about 200 words) Times New Roman Size 12 Font Double-Spaced APA Format Excluding the Title and Reference Pages  |   .doc file

Below is the prompt for the assignment, along with files/documents you will need to complete it!

Choice 2: Adapting a Scientific Text

This project consists of two parts. Please format these as two separate sections within a single document.

1) Part I – Carefully read the prompt on Exercise 2A on page 223. In this option, you will adapt a scientific text for a general audience (approximately 400-500 words). You will include the original paragraph in your document, but this will not count toward your word count.

2) Part II – Memo on Part I: Analyze the writing you did in Part I in the form of a memo to me of about 200 words. Use the rubrics of content, form, style, and mechanics to critically assess your work (attached). Include in the memo the citation for your source document.

You may choose a text you are interested in. Make sure the paragraph you are using comes from a scientific test published since 2018. Points will be deducted for texts older than that.

Adapt your chosen paragraph using the material you learned about writing for the public.

Provide enough background so a general audience will understand the paragraph (you may have to add some information if sufficient background is not included in the original paragraph).

Give the general reader, through your writing, enough reason to be interested in this.

You may use more than one paragraph and strong topic headings, if it calls for that.

• In your writing, you would want to think about why is this important politically, economically, and ethically.
• Remember that less than 40 percent of adults in this country have graduated college or any higher education. That means 60 percent are likely not familiar with any technical jargon or even basic concepts. When writing this, imagine your audience is someone interested in the topic, but without higher education in the sciences. That does not mean to “dumb it down”– it means that you should write for your audience.