The “Significant Writing Project” that I chose in order to showcase my growth throughout the semester of English 110 was the second out of three essays in which we used Christina Haas, James Paul Gee, Nair and Nair, and the IMRaD Cheatsheet.
Prompt: Write a six-page paper in which you develop your perspective on the role of the IMRaD paper format in what Gee might call the Discourse of the social and natural sciences.
Below are the links to the first and final draft of my Significant Writing Project:
Colomey – Paper 2 – First Draft
Colomey – Paper 2 – Final Draft
Below are the work cited for this project if you feel inclined to see the material we worked with:
- Gee, James Paul. “Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics: Introduction.” The Journal of Education, vol. 171, no. 1, 1989, pp. 5–17. JSTOR, JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/42743865.
- Gee, James Paul. “Chapter Three: Building Tasks.” An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method, Routledge, 2014, pp. 30–43.
- Haas, Christina. “Learning to Read Biology: One Student’s Rhetorical Development in College.” Written Communication, vol. 11, ser. 1, Jan. 1994, pp. 43–84. 1.
- Nair, P. K. R. Nair, V. D. “Chapter 2: Organization of a Research Paper: The IMRAD Format.” Scientific Writing and Communication in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Springer International Publishing, 2014, pp. 13–25.
