Date Due Agenda
Aug. 23
• Course introduction
Aug. 28 • Read The Shape of Reason ch. 1 ("Writing and the College Community")
• Complete Reading Response 1
• Watch course introduction video
• Print and sign Course Contract		 • Ch. 1 discussion
• Popular Argument Analysis introduction
Aug. 30 • Read The Shape of Reason ch. 2 ("Critical Reading")
• Complete Reading Response 2
• Review the Purdue OWL list of logical fallacies 		• Ch. 2 discussion
• Popular Argument Analysis discussion cont.
Sept. 4 • Read The Shape of Reason ch. 3 ("The Deep Structure of Reasoning")
• Complete Reading Response 3
• Submit possible topics for Popular Argument Analysis		 • Ch. 3 discussion
Sept. 6 • Read The Shape of Reason ch. 4 ("Ethical Argument")
• Complete Reading Response 4		 • Ch. 4 discussion
• Topic discussion
Sept. 11
No class
Sept. 13
No class
Sept. 18
No class
Sept. 20
No class
Sept. 25
No class
Sept. 27
No class
Oct. 2
No class
Oct. 4
No class
Oct. 9 • Read The Shape of Reason ch. 5 ("Asking Questions, Generating Ideas")
• Complete Reading Response 5
• Read (and listen to, if possible) King: "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" (a textual transcription is available here if needed)		 • King discussion
• Ch. 5 discussion
• Popular Argument Analysis discussion cont.
Oct. 11 • Complete Popular Argument Analysis
• Prepare Popular Argument Analysis Presentation		 • Popular Argument Analysis Presentations
Oct. 16 • View video discussion
• Read The Shape of Reason ch. 6 ("Giving Reasons")
• Complete Reading Response 6
• Read The Shape of Reason ch. 7 ("Developing Structures")
• Read Heffernan: "Our Best Hope for Civil Discourse Online Is on...Reddit"
• Look through r/changemyview/
• Complete Reading Response 7		 • Academic Argument Analysis introduction
• Ch. 6 discussion
• Ch. 7 discussion
• Popular Argument Analysis Presentations cont.
Oct. 18 • Submit possible topic choices for Academic Argument Analysis
• Read The Shape of Reason ch. 8 ("Revising and Editing")
• Complete Reading Response 8		 • Ch. 8 discussion
• Topic discussion
• Popular Argument Analysis Presentations cont.
Oct. 23 • View video discussion
• Read The Shape of Reason ch. 9 ("Implications for Research")
• Complete Reading Response 9
• Read America Now sec. 1 ("Language: Do Words Matter?" starts on pg. 47)
• Complete Reading Response 10		 • Ch. 9 discussion
• Sec. 1 discussion 
Oct. 25 • View video discussion
• Read America Now sec. 2 ("Free Speech: Is It Endangered on Campus?")
• Complete Reading Response 11
• Read America Now sec. 3 ("U.S. History: How Do We Remember Our Past?")
• Complete Reading Response 12		 • Sec. 2 discussion
• Sec. 3 discussion
Oct. 30 • Complete Academic Argument Analysis
• Prepare for Academic Argument Analysis Debate		 • Academic Argument Analysis Debate
• Sec. 3 discussion cont.
Nov. 1 • Read America Now sec. 4 ("A College Education: How Valuable Is It?")
• Complete Reading Response 13		 • Researched Argument 1 introduction
• Academic Argument Analysis Debate cont.
• Sec. 4 discussion
Nov. 6 • View video discussion
• Read America Now sec. 5 ("Race: Does It Still Matter?")
• Complete Reading Response 14
• Read America Now sec. 6 ("Diversity and Identity: How Well Is American Immigration Working?")
• Complete Reading Response 15		 • Sec. 5 discussion
• Sec. 6 discussion
Nov. 8 • Complete Annotated Bibliography draft (two documented sources with annotations) • Annotated Bibliography draft workshop
Nov. 13 • View video discussion
• Read America Now sec. 7 ("Guns: Can the Second Amendment Survive?")
• Complete Reading Response 16
• Read America Now sec. 8 ("Prisons, Police, Punishment: Is Our Criminal Justice System Broken?")
• Complete Reading Response 17		 • Sec. 7 discussion
• Sec. 8 discussion
Nov. 15 • Submit finished Annotated Bibliography
• Read America Now sec. 9 ("Our Battered Economy: Is the American Dream Over?")
• Complete Reading Response 18		 • Sec. 9 discussion
Nov. 20 • Submit Researched Argument 1 draft

 • Researched Argument 1 draft workshop
Nov. 22
No class
Nov. 27 • View video discussion
• Read America Now sec. 10 ("Marriage: What Does It Mean Today?")
• Complete Reading Response 19
• Read America Now sec. 11 ("Gender: What Are the Issues Today?")
• Complete Reading Response 20		 • Sec. 10 discussion
• Sec. 11 discussion
Nov. 29 • Submit Researched Argument 1 final version
• Submit Argument Analysis		 • Researched Argument 2 introduction
• Dissoi Logoi workshop
Dec. 4 • Read America Now sec. 12 ("The Climate Crisis: Have We Reached the Point of No Return?")
• Complete Reading Response 21		 • Sec. 12 discussion
• Self Assessment discussion
Dec. 6 • Submit Researched Argument 2 draft • Researched Argument 2 draft workshop
• Complete IDEA evaluations
Dec. 12
(8:00)		 • Submit (by end of day)
   • Final Researched Argument 2
   • Final Argument Analysis
• Prepare Self Assessment		 • Self Assessment meetings