| Date |
Due |
Agenda |
| Jan. 9 |
|
• Course introduction |
| Jan. 11 |
• 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 |
| Jan. 16 |
• Read The Shape of Reason ch. 2 ("Critical Reading")
• Complete Reading Response 2 |
• Ch. 2 discussion
|
| Jan. 18 |
• Read The Shape of Reason ch. 3 ("The Deep Structure of Reasoning")
• Complete Reading Response 3
• Identify possible topics for Popular Argument Analysis |
• Ch. 3 discussion
• Topic discussion |
| Jan. 23 |
• Read The Shape of Reason ch. 4 ("Ethical Argument")
• Complete Reading Response 4
• Read King: "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" |
• Ch. 4 discussion
|
| Jan. 25 |
• Read The Shape of Reason ch. 5 ("Asking Questions, Generating Ideas")
• Complete Reading Response 5
|
• Ch. 5 discussion |
| Jan. 30 |
• Complete Popular Argument Analysis
• Prepare Popular Argument Analysis Presentation |
• Popular Argument Analysis Presentations |
| Feb. 1 |
• Read The Shape of Reason ch. 6 ("Giving Reasons")
• Complete Reading Response 6
|
• Continue Popular Argument Analysis Presentations
• Ch. 6 discussion
• Academic Argument Analysis introduction |
| Feb. 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 |
• Continue Popular Argument Analysis Presentations
• Ch. 7 discussion
|
| Feb. 8 |
• Read The Shape of Reason ch. 8 ("Revising and Editing")
• Identify possible topic for Academic Argument Analysis
• Complete Reading Response 8 |
• Continue Popular Argument Analysis Presentations
• Ch. 8 discussion
• Topic discussion |
| Feb. 13 |
• Read The Shape of Reason ch. 9 ("Implications for Research")
• Complete Reading Response 9 |
• Complete Popular Argument Analysis Presentations
• Ch. 9 discussion
|
| Feb. 15 |
• Complete Academic Argument Analysis
• Prepare Academic Argument Analysis Presentation |
• Academic Argument Analysis Presentations |
| Feb. 20 |
• Read America Now sec. 1 ("Language: Do Words Matter?")
• Complete Reading Response 10 |
• Continue Academic Argument Analysis Presentations
• Sec. 1 discussion
• Researched Argument 1 introduction |
| Feb. 22 |
• Read America Now sec. 2 ("Free Speech: Is It Endangered on Campus?")
• Complete Reading Response 11 |
• Continue Academic Argument Analysis Presentations
• Sec. 2 discussion
|
| Feb. 27 |
• Read America Now sec. 3 ("U.S. History: How Do We Remember Our Past?")
• Complete Reading Response 12 |
• Sec. 3 discussion
|
| Mar. 1 |
• Complete Annotated Bibliography draft (two sources with annotations) |
• Annotated Bibliography draft workshop |
| Mar. 6 |
|
No class |
| Mar. 8 |
|
No class |
| Mar. 13 |
• Read America Now sec. 4 ("A College Education: How Valuable Is It?")
• Complete Reading Response 13 |
• Sec. 4 discussion
|
| Mar. 15 |
• Read America Now sec. 5 ("Race: Does It Still Matter?")
• Review the Purdue OWL list of logical fallacies
• Complete Reading Response 14 |
• Sec. 5 discussion
|
| Mar. 20 |
• Read America Now sec. 6 ("Diversity and Identity: How Well Is American Immigration Working?")
• Complete Reading Response 15 |
• Sec. 6 discussion |
| Mar. 22 |
• Submit Researched Argument 1 draft |
• Researched Argument 1 draft workshop |
| Mar. 27 |
• Read America Now sec. 7 ("Guns: Can the Second Amendment Survive?")
• Complete Reading Response 16 |
• Sec. 7 discussion
|
| Mar. 29 |
|
No class |
| Apr. 3 |
• Read America Now sec. 8 ("Prisons, Police, Punishment: Is Our Criminal Justice System Broken?")
• Complete Reading Response 17 |
• Sec. 8 discussion
|
| Apr. 5 |
• Read America Now sec. 9 ("Our Battered Economy: Is the American Dream Over?")
• Complete Reading Response 18 |
• Sec. 9 discussion
|
| Apr. 10 |
• Submit as one file:
• Final Annotated Bibliography
• Final Researched Argument
• Final Argument Analysis |
• Researched Argument 2 introduction
• Dissoi Logoi workshop
|
| Apr. 12 |
• Read America Now sec. 10 ("Marriage: What Does It Mean Today?")
• Complete Reading Response 19 |
• Sec. 10 discussion
|
| Apr. 17 |
• Read America Now sec. 11 ("Gender: What Are the Issues Today?")
• Complete Reading Response 20 |
• Sec. 11 discussion
|
| Apr. 19 |
• Read America Now sec. 12 ("The Climate Crisis: Have We Reached the Point of No Return?")
• Complete Reading Response 21 |
• Sec. 12 discussion |
| Apr. 24 |
• Submit Researched Argument 2 draft |
• Researched Argument 2 draft workshop
• Complete IDEA evaluations |
| Apr. 26 |
|
No class |
May 1
(8:00) |
• Submit as one file (by end of day)
• Final Researched Argument
• Final Argument Analysis |
• Final questions & revisions |