Print edition. This document describes a composition assignment that I have used successfully during my years of teaching at Ohio University. This document describes a Progress Report that can be assigned at school, but Progress Reports are commonly used at work.
In my junior composition courses at Ohio University, I require a long paper at the end of the quarter. Midway between the date the long paper is assigned and the date the long paper is due, I require students to write a Progress Report that details the work that the student has done on the paper and the work that remains to be done on the paper. One benefit of my doing this is that students are motivated to work on the long paper so that they have actual progress to report.
