Day37 : Creating Effective Titles

Objectives: We will be able to...

1. Recognize the importance and effectiveness of titles.
2. Determine the characteristics of an effective title.
3. Create a title for GRP.

APA Formatting Guide (with annotations)

APA Format (w/o annotations)

Double check your Individual Conference Schedule next week!

Effective Titles PPT

Poll Everywhere

Sample conversation about improving an academic-style title

guest657747: mark
markfullmer@digsby.org: hello!
guest657747: does this sound ACademic
guest657747: "Settling: A Modern Day Woman's Dilema"?
markfullmer@digsby.org: (two m's in dilemma)
guest657747: ugh
guest657747: haha
markfullmer@digsby.org: It's starting to sound academic, but it could be better.
markfullmer@digsby.org: let's see...
guest657747: ok well is it good, I'm having trouble with a title for this one
markfullmer@digsby.org: remember: an academic style title has 3 parts.
guest657747: ok
guest657747: hmm
guest657747: so I need two parts, the first one a hook and the second what its going to be talking about?
markfullmer@digsby.org: part A I think you've got: "A Modern Day Woman's Dilemma"
markfullmer@digsby.org: Exactly
guest657747: btw
guest657747: this is andreas if you havn't figured it out by now
markfullmer@digsby.org: The second part should be something that talks about analyzing the meaning of settling as related to marriage in the 21st century
guest657747: hmm
markfullmer@digsby.org: with a specific emphasis on changing gender roles for females
markfullmer@digsby.org: does that make sense?
markfullmer@digsby.org: btw, hey Andreas!
guest657747: um, ya
markfullmer@digsby.org: great.
guest657747: So if I said "A Modern Day Woman's Dilemma: Settling in the Twenty First Century"?
markfullmer@digsby.org: Getting there
guest657747: It sounds academic to me but I'm never sure jaja
markfullmer@digsby.org: haha
guest657747: idk what to do!
markfullmer@digsby.org: could you sneak in somehting about changing gender roles & marriage?
markfullmer@digsby.org: (and you don't need to spell out 21st)
guest657747: what do you mean by changing gender roles
markfullmer@digsby.org: well, settling means something different now than it used to because women's role in society is different now.
guest657747: oh I see
guest657747: so Ineed to be more specific
guest657747: ok
markfullmer@digsby.org: oftentimes, academic titles use simple listing
guest657747: "A Modern Day Woman's Dilema: Settling and Marriage in the 21st Century"
guest657747: BAMM!
markfullmer@digsby.org: so you might say something like:
markfullmer@digsby.org: Getting really close Andreas!
guest657747: ugh!
markfullmer@digsby.org: Can I make a slight suggestion?
guest657747: always
markfullmer@digsby.org: "A Modern Day Woman's Dilemma: Marriage, Gender Roles, and the Meaning of Settling in the 21st Century"
guest657747: That sounds Academic to me
markfullmer@digsby.org: good good good!
guest657747: why cant Academic Writing come naturally to me
guest657747: ahha
markfullmer@digsby.org: heheh
markfullmer@digsby.org: spend 2 years in grad school and it'll be easy.
guest657747: well actually
guest657747: I plan to go to art school
guest657747: instead
markfullmer@digsby.org: can I quote this discussion on the website for others working on their titles
guest657747: ya
guest657747: sure
markfullmer@digsby.org: thx

Homework

DUE Tonight, Friday, April 19th, 11:59 PM
1. Complete your GRP Final Version.


Sunday, April, 21st 11:59PM

2. Complete your IRP Final Version. Create the title for your IRP.

3. Use this checklist to make your GRP/IRP better.
    For IRP, Bring your QUESTIONS about IRP to the individual conferences!! :)