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Schedule

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Week/dates	Schedule
Week 1	In class: Introductions, icebreakers, syllabus, assignments, course overview. Homework for first class. Introducing key terms: rhetorical situation, argument, claims, evidence, appeals, strategies, qualifiers, rebuttals. Apply to short texts (Snape and Kristof). Quiz on key terms and pages 4-14 RWEA (Reading, Writing, and Evaluating Argument) Read pp. 4-14 of RWEA (Reading, Writing, and Evaluating Argument), and Snape and Kristof. Do homework exercises. Homework
Week 2	Applying concepts continued. Types of argument, claims, and evidence. Ethos & pathos. Read pp. 14-19, 22-23 of RWEA; Kristof ("Animal Cruelty or the Price of Dinner?"; Rifkin, "A Change of Heart about Animals," Smith-Holt, “I Had to Bury my 26-Year Old Son.” (Watch the 4 minute video, "We Buy Insulin or We Die" for background information on Smith-Holt) Homework Mapping moves, charting choices. Analyzing what texts “do” as well as “say.” How stories persuade. Read pages 26 - 35 of RWEA; May's “The Stories We Tell Ourselves.” Homework
Week 3	Positioning, performance, and persuasion. Mapping arguments about the 2020 protests. Groups present on one of the 4 texts Read Killer Mike speech (and video) President Bush, President Obama, Renkl. Homework Discussing and analyzing Hari's "The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered" Watch video of Hari's TED talk. Read Hari's "The Likely Cause of Addiction Has Been Discovered," make notes using Hypothesis. Homework
Week 4	Writing about claims, evidence, and strategies. Read They Say/I Say sections on "The Art of Summarizing" and "The Art of Quoting," and RWEA pp. 44-50. Homework: compose introduction and two paragraphs. Introductions and metadiscourse. Building body sections. Read handouts on introductions and body sections, and RWEA pp. 66-68. Homework: develop introduction and body paragraphs. Draft conclusion.
Week 5	Paper 1 draft due Drafting and peer review workshops Homework: share your draft with two peers (Google Docs) Conferences with instructor Homework post revision plan to Google drive
Week 6	Conferences with instructor Revision plan Paper 1 final and brief reflection due Homework

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