Research Paper INTRODUCTIONS

You are to write a one-page introduction to your research paper.  Be sure to have a good opening - some kind of an attention-getter for your audience. Start with a general background of the thesis and move closer and more specific until the end of the introduction, where you will write your thesis (and underline it). 

In your reply to your peers, be sure to reply to two peers who have not already had two replies.  If you do, you will be asked to do a third one to someone who did not get two replies.  Try to get your introductions done early so that you do not hold anyone up until the last minute on Sunday night.  Be sure to critique the introductions, making suggestions for both mechanics and for content.  If there is a need to improve sentence structure, be specific.  If the introduction is chaotic, then please offer suggestions.

            BE SURE TO HELP YOUR PEER WRITE A BETTER INTRODUCTION

A Dilemma

You discover that your neighbor has lost his job.  His wife is ill and cannot work.  They have six children ranging in ages from 1 1/2 to 8 years of age.  There is no money for Christmas gifts.  A few of the local churches have provided the family some charity but it is not enough to satisfy their many financial obligations. One of the children suffers from diabetes and the medical expenses are eating this family.

You are riding along the turnpike and decide to use the restroom facilities at one of the rest stops.  As you enter, no one else is around.  You are alone.  You see a nice looking bag sitting in the corner.  You open it.  There is a note claiming that the money in the bag is a total of $10,000.00.  The note also says "whoever gets this bag of money and this note, you must either keep all of the money or give it away to one person."  You have no idea who left the money there. What would you do?