Writing+a+How-To+Guide

=Assignment Prompt & Guidelines: How-To Write a How-To Guide =

**So, what's the point of this wiki?** This wiki has been created so that you have a place to post your "How-To" guide for your peers to view easily. This wiki will be home to the entire classes' "How-To" guides.

**What will the "How-To" guide be about?** You are in complete control of the topic of your guide, but try to write about something you know your classmates may be able to do given your instructions (splitting atoms and cloning are strictly out of the question). The guide itself will be an intensely detailed, step-by-step walkthrough complete with a set of required materials. You must assume that your reader has no prior knowledge of the thing you are writing about.

**Wait, I can write about //anything//?** To an extent; before you even begin writing your "How-To" guide, you must submit a proposal to me with a complete list of materials. If the guide is inappropriate (read: not suitable to be taught in a classroom ) or far too expensive to complete (we won't be building computers or car engines), then it will be rejected. If you are having trouble coming up with an idea of your own, go to the "Assignment Model" page for a list of ideas.

**How in-depth does this need to be?** As I mentioned above, the guide needs to be thorough enough that someone who has never done what you are describing can follow it. For this reason, I advise against choosing to writing on a very complicated topic. You may be surprised to find how difficult it is to describe things that are practically sec0nd nature to you.

**And how long does this need to be?** However long it takes you to describe the thing you are writing about. I would suggest that it at least be one written page in length, but you are not bound to that rule. I am hoping that the detail you put into each step will provide more than enough material to create a sizable guide. If you find you are having trouble filling out the guide, try to include reasons //why// the steps are in the order they are in and why performing them in that order is important.