January 2019
Week 5: Argumentative Writing: How to Address the Opposition; Rhetoric on film: Blackfish
Monday Jan 28
Tuesday Jan 29
Wednesday Jan 30
Thursday Jan 31
Friday Feb 1
- Midterm return: essay models and missed questions
- Participation eval (2nd MP)
- Looking ahead (and downhill) through the 2nd half
- Work time (full draft of thesis and body paragraphs due Sunday 11:59pm)
Tuesday Jan 29
- Snow day #2
Wednesday Jan 30
- Snow day #3
Thursday Jan 31
- How to address the opposition: concession and refutation
- Slides / Example / You do
- Work time (full draft of thesis and body paragraphs due Monday 9:00am)
Friday Feb 1
- Share your doc with neffj@
- Work time (full draft of thesis and body paragraphs due Monday 9:00am)
Week 4: Midterms etc.
Week 3: What makes a good working thesis? & Making your sources speak
Monday Jan 14
Tuesday Jan 15
Wednesday Jan 16
Thursday Jan 17
Friday Jan 18
- Pulling evidence from sources and giving credit where credit's due (Source Sheet and MLA in-text citation)
- We'll use a shared source to complete an example together.
- Pitch meetings
Tuesday Jan 15
- What makes a good working thesis?
- work time: source sheet and working thesis
Wednesday Jan 16
- Outline your argument / work time
Thursday Jan 17
- Writing the body: How to make your sources speak
Friday Jan 18
- Midterm review (essay prep and discussion)
Week 2: Rhetoric and the powers of persuasion
Monday Jan 7
Tuesday Jan 8
Wednesday Jan 9
Thursday Jan 10
Friday Jan 11
- Padlet: Rhetoric Gone Right/Wrong (discussion buddies)
- sign-up for Brave New Worlds gallery walk/presentations
Tuesday Jan 8
- What do college professors expect in student writing?
- "Genius Hour": class collaborative brainstorm of research questions
- Check out the brainstorming/research question links in Schoology for some more ideas (or go with your own interests if you have some already)
- Write down at least two potential guiding questions you'd love to investigate for this paper
Wednesday Jan 9
- Begin your research: find at least one potential source
Thursday Jan 10
- Research day: find at least two sources that offer responses to your research question
- These two sources should oppose or complicate each other
- Read(watch/listen) and annotate them so that you comprehend them and begin to gather potential evidence relevant to your research question
- (Due by end of Friday's class) Post your pitch. You'll need to show and tell me:
- Your research question and your preliminary thoughts in response to it
- Your two (or more) complicating sources and a summary of each author's main ideas or claims
Friday Jan 11
- Quiz: Aristotle's rhetoric and the three appeals (refer to Nearpod/notes in Schoology)
- (Due by end of Friday's class) Post your pitch. You'll need to show and tell me:
- Your research question and your preliminary thoughts in response to it
- Your two (or more) complicating sources and a summary of each author's main ideas or claims