Tim Hortons’ Coffee Shop
http://www.timhortons.com/us/en/index.php this is the website because you are going to write a the source at the end.
1298 Suncrest Towne Centre Drive, Morgantown, WV 26505
look at the picture online because you are going to talk about the place
Here are some goals of the assignment:
Conduct primary research in the form of an interview.
Conduct primary research by taking detailed notes about the place, paying special attention to sensory details.
Conduct secondary research in order to understand your subject’s context (WVU website, a DA article, a pamphlet/program, etc) and incorporate this source into your description
Integrate other voices into your writing through summary, paraphrase, and quotation.
Genre
The genre of this essay is a profile, and provides an in depth description of a place or event and uses quotes from spectators/participants to contextualize the place.
Research
To get the information you need to write your profile, you need to attend the place or event or visit the organization while people are in action. Take lots and lots of notes about your personal observations, noting sensory details. Next, you need to conduct an interview with one person or several people connected to the organization, place, event, or purpose, having thought out and written down your questions beforehand. Finally, you must find an outside source that provides context details.
Organization
One thing to avoid when composing your profile is to turn it into an interview transcript. You should use the first person ‘I’ in the profile. Include visual descriptions of people and places in the profile. Try describing all five senses and really let your audience see what you see! Work in quotes from your interview, as well as paraphrased information or quotation from your outside source. If it fits the subject, you can use photographs.
Assessment
You will receive comments and feedback on your “final for now” draft. I will read your conference and final for now draft to determine your success at:
Proposing a strong and appropriate topic for your profile to the class
Finding an appropriate interview subject
Using detail and description to fully contextualize your subject
Incorporating descriptive, sensory details
Finding, selecting, and integrating information from your interview and outside source
Introducing quoted material smoothly and effectively
Using and engaging an audience appropriate tone
Documenting your sources ethically and accurately through in text citation and on a Works Cited page
Meeting the required length of 4- pages
here is some question that I wrote for the interview that may help you in writing the profile:
where are you from? / what’s your major? / tell me about your journey in West Virginia University? / what classes are you taking this summer? / what’s your plan after graduating?
…………………….Answer preview…………………………
Tim Hortons’ Coffee Shop.Tim Hortons Coffee has quite a reputation wrapped around it. Each time I ask a friend to come with coffee, the only brand of coffee they come with through the door is usually Tim Hortons Coffee. It begs the question of whether there are no other Coffee serving companies like Java in Canada. I have never given the case so much attention till recently when I decided to dig deep about this famous brand in all of Canada. Why did people like it? Or was it the only option they had? Is Tim Hortons Coffee enjoying monopoly…………………
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