ESSAY #2 for the ENGLISH 4 class.... (that meets Thursday nites...)

There is a LOT of information in this document…. Do NOT just read this ONE time and think you have it all figured out!!  You need to read this SEVERAL times so that you fully understand what is being asked of you. Of course, if you have questions, you can contact me. 

We started brainstorming 2 weeks ago an activity/event/interaction that can be presented at the STACK Center community event. As you know, the STACK  event is postponed, but it will be rescheduled at a later date. So, your goal for this Essay #2 is to write up a proposal for an activity/event/interaction that can be featured at the STACK Center event.  

You should write this essay as if it is a proposal. (In other words, you are pretending that you are trying to convince the organizers of the STACK event that your activity/event/interaction would be a GREAT addition to the event. Your audience is the city of Hayward.) 

Even though you might not use quotes in a real proposal, for this essay you will be finding and using quotes in your paragraphs. (They actually will help the persuasiveness of the proposal.)

Each proposal question below should be answered in detail. You MUST NOT  just give a one word or one sentence answer.  Your responses to these questions is your proposal.   Once you’ve completed all of the questions, you will compile your responses into a single document. Though I’m not requiring this, you should feel encouraged to design your proposal in Canva. Check out the link and see if you can do this… 

You should include pictures and design layouts of your event in your proposal. When possible, you should do Rule of 3  in answering the questions. 

Proposal Questions:

1. What is the name of your activity/event/interaction?  (you should have a catchy and clever name)
2. Describe in great detail, what exactly is your activity/event/interaction? What will people see at your event? What will they do? How will you decorate your area?
3. What makes your activity/event/interaction innovative?  
4.  As you may recall, The Stack Center will feature five program areas: health and wellness, education and technology, art and recreation, economic development, and outdoor spaces (https://www.stackcenter.org/programs.html).  Your proposed activity/event/interaction should correspond to one of these five or you can propose an entirely new category. Identify the Program Area your activity/event/interaction falls under and explain why you think your activity/event/interaction fits under that category.  You might fit into more than one category. If that’s the case, write why you think it fits into multiple categories.  
5. Who is the audience for your event? Why are you targeting that audience?
6. What information will you be LEARNING from the attendees? 
7. What information will you be SHARING with the attendees?
8. How will you disguise this information, so that your event can be more interactive and you are not just TELLING people things, or ASKING people questions like you are doing some survey. 
9. Identify the challenges that could potentially impede this activity/event/interaction from being successful and describe how you plan to overcome them. 
10. Why do you think this activity/event/interaction will be successful?  
11. Budget 

• What materials will be needed to create your activity/event/interaction?
• How much will the materials cost?
• Where will you get the materials (provide links)
• you are encouraged as much as possible to use repurposed/reused/recycled materials. 

The Page minimum is 7 pages of writing.  WIth pictures etc, the proposal might be as long as 10 pages… 

The proposal essay is due Thursday, April 2nd.
You will be emailing me a PDF of your proposal.

The first draft is on Thursday, March 26th. You will email me (or share on google docs) your paper at that time. 

To get started on this, I would like you to email me your answers to Qs 1-2-3-4-5 by this SUNDAY, March 22nd.