Assignment: Partial Draft Report (Rough Draft)

Weight: 15%

Due Date: Friday, March22, 2024, at 4:00 p.m.

[Note: Final Draft is due Thursday, April 11, 2204]

Submission: Upload Completed Report Draft to Moodle

Assignment Details

This assignment consists of the submission of 100% of the report draft of a student's technical report:

• Front Matter
• Body | Discussion | Analysis of Data
• Back Matter

Students are expected to achieve a 60% mark on the rough draft (from both the English and Technical instructors.

Rough Draft Body-Discussion-Analysis Section Overview

Introduction: include thesis scope, report overview, and background section (optional); incorporate any preamble information or information from previous assignments that are relevant to your report into your Introduction (e.g. topic statement, research question)

Body: include sections containing all researched information that provide topic clarification and elaboration; include researched analytical arguments, which answer the research question and prove (or on occasion disprove) the thesis statement as described in the Introduction; include data analysis and conclusions based on the data analysis, as it pertains to your report and thesis

Conclusion: include summary of report elements; address outcomes and report conclusions (e.g. information that addresses the thesis statement); provide any final conclusions and recommendations (based on research and analysis)

Rough Draft Checklist

Select a topic that interests you but that also has a relevant connection to your program, industry, or field-in-general allows is important.

Report Content that needs to be included within your Partial Draft:

FRONT MATTER ELEMENTS

• [Completed] Title
• [Completed] Letter of Transmittal
• [In-Progress] Abstract
• [Completed] Table of Contents (incorporating your Heading/Sub-Heading feedback from the Outline Planner assignment)
• [Completed] List of Figures | List of Tables
• [In-Progress] Acknowledgements

BODY/DISCUSSION ELEMENTS

• [Completed] The Introduction section (1.0) of your report that includes paraphrased or summarized information from a credible source.
  • The introduction section must also incorporate your topic, research question, and provisional thesis statement
  • Most of this information can be incorporated from previous assignments, update, and revise for this assignment
• [Completed] Discussion/Body Section
  • Include quoted and summarized information from a credible source or sources
  • Include visuals with Figure number, captions, and sources
  • Acknowledgement of research
  • Technical writing and paragraph structure
• [In-Progress and as Close-to-Finished] Analysis of Data
• [In-Progress and as Close-to-Finished] Conclusions

• [In-Progress and as Close-to-Finished] Reference
• [Optional | In-Progress and as Close-to-Finished] Appendices

Remember

In-text citations are needed for all research: summaries, quotes, visuals, course-pack material, databases, lecture notes, lectures, etc.

A References page that includes the sources documented as in-text citations in the body of the text is needed

• A partial list of References page that includes sources documented as In-Text Citations); include more resources (more than 5) than were in your Annotated Bibliography
• Your References (and In-text Citations) should style guidelines

Illustrations and Visuals (figures or tables) are needed and should be properly incorporated into the report: captioned, numbered, titled, and cited appropriately

• Illustration commentary should: Preview Visual/Illustration (with caption), Present Illustration, discuss what needs to be observed in the Visual, Analyze Visual/Illustration, then connect analysis to your topic
• A citation needs to be included in the lead-in statement or with the caption

X/70: Marking/Feedback Rubric - Partial Draft Report

Note: If the submitted content is not of sufficient length or complexity, the assignment may receive a failing (or reduced) grade.

Note: My research topic is Lithium Brine Extraction in Clearwater, Alberta. and my thesis would be " Investigating Geological Suitability and Economic Potential for Lithium Brine Extraction in Clearwater, Alberta" or You can choose the new Thesis on same topic.