Day 31: Drafting the GRP (1)

Objectives:
Students will be able to:
a. examine and reflect on the sections of their GRP outline.
b. briefly write down five sections/ideas to include in their IRP outline.
c. recall and understand the parts of an introduction.
d. write an introduction for the GRP.

I. GRP OUTLINE: Taking into consideration the outlines you produced last class, and the sources we have on the topic, I have written a working outline that we could use to start the drafting of the GRP. Take a few minutes to go over the sections listed. Go over the articles and the HCEF website and see how we can use that information to develop these sections. (5 min)

II. Take a few minutes to think about the topic and purpose of your Individual Research Paper. List ideas you are including in your IRP. (10 min)

III. WRITING THE INTRODUCTION FOR THE GRP (5 min)

• Check Day 7 and what we learned about introductions then.

• Think about the parts of an effective introduction:

a) The hook/attention grabber to introduce the topic (general statement, question, quotation, anecdote, surprising statement, historical review, famous person, etc.)

Almost every time you turn on the television you will find a number of shows which are extremely violent.

Are you bothered by the excessive violence on prime time television?

A recent article in Time Magazine states that the viewing of extremely violent television shows is the number one cause of violence in our inner cities.

b) Provide the context/background information on the topic (brief statements). This part of the introduction gives the reader an initial idea of what the topic is.

c) Present the thesis statement. Tell the reader what the research paper will do and how this will be done.

III. PRACTICE (15 min)
Get in groups of two and open a Word document to write a first draft for the GRP introduction.
Write your names on the document.
Send your document to my email address as an attachment: torresx2@illinois.edu

HOMEWORK

These are your assignments:

1. IRP OUTLINE is due on Friday, April 6 at 12:00 midnight. Please open a folder and label it: IRP_Tentative Outline. Upload your outline on this folder.

2. INTRODUCTION FOR THE IRP is due on Monday, April 9. Please open a folder on Dropbox and label it IRP_Introduction. Upload your introduction on this folder.

3. Start writing your IRP first draft following your outline. Next week we will be working in developing body and conclusions. This first draft will be presented in class on Monday, April 16.

4. Choose one of your classmates to be your peer reviser. This person will read your written work and give you their opinion as a reader. You will be asked to listen to this revising carefully and try to improve your paper based on comments made.