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Week 16
(12/7-12/11)

Final Revision Workshop

Research Paper and Research Project due
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Extra Credit Option

Write a letter to a specific audience (demographic group, public official . . .) connected to your research topic.  Explain to that audience why the  issue is worthy of their attention and what you would like your audience to understand and/or to do about the issue.  Where appropriate, include evidence from your research to support your assertion or argument.  If possible or appropriate, include a point of concession to allow for possible points of compromise with a potentially adversarial audience.
 
 

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Week 1
(8/24-8/28)
Self-introduction paragraph due in class.

Introduce yourself by name and/or nickname.

Describe your educational and career goals:

What are your educational goals in this class?
(e.g., the skills you hope to develop, the grade you hope to earn, the number of hours you plan to spend on
homework . . .?)

What are your educational goals at MiraCosta College?
(e.g., major, certificate, transfer, degree . . .)

How do your educational goals in this class relate to your educational goals at MiraCosta College?

Do you plan to transfer to another college or university after reaching your educational goals at
MiraCosta College? (Have you met with an academic counselor?)

How do your educational goals relate to your career goals?

What are your career goals?  (Have you met with a career counselor?)

How/Why did you choose your career goals?

How can this class help you succeed in your career?

Describe your favorite hobby.

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Quiz
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Please write 3-4 well-developed sentences that address the prompt below.
(Please write double space and identify w, w, w/w, h, w and S, V, cc, sc, vp when you finish.)

Choose a noun (friend, student,  . . .), adjective [busy, friendly, stubborn . . .], or verb [work, run, sleep, ) that might be used to describe your personality or your life (personality, activities, responsibilities, . . .).
-Define the word using familiar language.
-Explain why you have chosen the word.
-Describe one or more specific situations in which the word might accurately be used to define you/your life.
**Be sure to generate/provide plenty of specific details (who, what (action), when, where (setting), how (tone/attitude/mood/feeling), why (motivation) . . . to illustrate how and why the word that you have chosen appropriate defines as essential aspect of your personality/life (past or present).

Be creative and have fun!
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Please write 3-4 well-developed sentences that address the prompt below.
(Please write double space and identify w, w, w/w, h, w and S, V, cc, sc, vp when you finish.)
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Week 2
(8/31-9/4)

Describe a specific situation in which the word might accurately be used to define your personality or your life.
Be sure to generate/provide plenty of specific details (who, what (action), when, where (setting), how
(tone/attitude/mood/feeling), why (motivation) . . . to illustrate how and why the word that you have chosen
appropriately defines an essential aspect your life (past or present).

What do you want your audience to learn about the person/word that you have chosen as the focus for
essay 1.  Connect your response to 2 or more of the following concepts: identity, assumptions, bias,
context, objectivity, subjectivity, cultural and/or media influence . . .

Are there any benefits, limitations, or problems that can result from being labeled by the word?

Identify two or three goals for improving your writing skills.  Describe two or more strategies you plan to use to detect and correct patterns of error during the revision process.

Please write 3-4 well-developed sentences that address the prompt below.
(Please write double space and identify w, w, w/w, h, w and S, V, cc, sc, vp when you finish.)
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Week 3
(9/8-9/11)

Summarize your first impressions of the advertisement that you have chosen as the focus for Essay 2.
Which compositional elements of the advertisement stood out?  Who is the target audience?  What message(s) does the ad project/promote?

Compare/contrast your first impressions of and reactions to the ad with a more objective examination of the
visual and written composition of the advertisement.  Orient your readers by describing the compositional layout of the ad:  Where are the images located?  Where is the prominent text placed?  Why? (see prompt)
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Week 4
(9/14-9/18)

What does the ad suggest about the target audience?  Connect your response to issues of behavior, lifestyle, values, demographics, desires, attitude, . . .  How does the ad appeal to the values (ethos), reasoning (logos), and emotions (pathos) of the targeted audience?

Create a syllogism that illustrates the marketing pitch suggested by advertisement you analyzed for
Essay 2.

Identify two or three goals for improving your writing skills.  Describe two or more strategies you plan to use to detect and correct patterns of error during the revision process.
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Week 5
(9/21-9/25)

Summarize the reading selection you have selected as the focus for essay 3.  Identify the author's audience and
purpose (message/argument).  Describe the significance of the title in relation to the author's
message/argument.
Provide an overview of the types of evidence/examples the author presents to support his/her
message/argument.
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Week 6
(9/28-10/2)

Summarize the reading selection you have selected as the focus for essay 3.  Identify the author's audience and
purpose (message/argument).  Describe the significance of the title in relation to the author's
message/argument.
Provide an overview of the types of evidence/examples the author presents to support his/her
message/argument.

Analyze a key passage from the reading selection you selected as the focus for essay 3.
Analyze the relationship between the author's claim and evidence.
Explain how the author's reasoning, diction, tone, and/or imagery might appeal to specific values, intellectual interests, and/or emotions of a specific (target) audience (who may or may not agree with the author's position) and compel that audience to take action that might  benefit their lives and/or the lives of others.

** Add a qualifier or point of concession as needed to clarify your analysis of the author's logic.
 

Create a syllogism that illustrates the author's argument/message in the article you are analyzing for
Essay 3.
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Week 7
(10/5-10/9)

Analyze a different passage from the reading selection you selected as the focus for essay 3.
Analyze the relationship between the author's claim and evidence.
Explain how the author's reasoning, diction, tone, and/or imagery might appeal to specific values, intellectual interests, and/or emotions of a specific (target) audience (who may or may not agree with the author's position) and compel that audience to take action that might  benefit their lives and/or the lives of others.

Where can you find the criteria I use to evaluate your work?

Where can you find the scoring guide?

What are the five criteria used to evaluate your essays?

Which two criteria are used to evaluate your quizzes?
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Week 8
(10/12-10/16)

Midterm exam

Explain how the title relates to the author's message/argument your in essay 4 reading selection.

Identify the author's audience and purpose (message/argument).
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Week 9
(10/19-10/23)

Summarize the reading selection you have selected as the focus for essay 4.  Identify the author's audience and
purpose (message/argument).  Describe the significance of the title in relation to the author's
message/argument.
Provide an overview of the types of evidence/examples the author presents to support his/her
message/argument.

Create a syllogism that illustrates the author's argument/message in the article you are analyzing for
Essay 4.

** Add a qualifier or point of concession as needed to clarify your analysis of the author's logic.

Analyze a key passage from the reading selection you selected as the focus for essay 4.
Analyze the relationship between the author's claim and evidence.
Explain how the author's reasoning, diction, tone, and/or imagery might appeal to specific values, intellectual interests, and/or emotions of a specific (target) audience (who may or may not agree with the author's position) and compel that audience to take action that might  benefit their lives and/or the lives of others.

** Add a qualifier or point of concession as needed to clarify your analysis of the author's logic.
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Week 10
(10/26-10/30)

Create a syllogism that illustrates the author's argument/message in the article you are analyzing for
Essay 4.

** Add a qualifier or point of concession as needed to clarify your analysis of the author's logic.
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Analyze a key passage from the reading selection you selected as the focus for essay 4.
Analyze the relationship between the author's claim and evidence.
Explain how the author's reasoning, diction, tone, and/or imagery might appeal to specific values, intellectual interests, and/or emotions of a specific (target) audience (who may or may not agree with the author's position) and compel that audience to take action that might  benefit their lives and/or the lives of others.

** Add a qualifier or point of concession as needed to clarify your analysis of the author's logic.
Pick any topic of current debate that has been argued from a minimum of 3 perspectives.  Be prepared
to narrow the primary scope of your research to a five year time frame.
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Write a one page proposal defining your research topic and explaining why you selected the topic.
In addition, based on your preliminary assumptions, establish your position in the debate.

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Week 11
(11/2-11/6)

Begin your Working Bibliography.

Expand/Complete your Working Bibliography.

Summarize your research findings.  Write a source introduction sentence for one source.  Identify the
type of source (historical, literary, legal, biographical . . .), Title, name(s) of author(s) and credentials, and
research sub topics addressed.  Also, identify the author's debate position.

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Week 12
(11/9-11/12)

Complete your Working Bibliography:
Create a syllogism to illustrate each of the three debate positions/perspectives you have identified through your research.

Begin your Research Paper.

Copy/Paste your syllogisms at the beginning of each viewpoint section.

Analyze a key piece of evidence/support from your research that supports the debate positions/perspective articulated by the syllogism.

Integrate key words from the passage into your response as they relate to specific assumptions and values
surrounding your research topic.

Identify a potential audience and explain how that audience might benefit from reading this source?  How and why?
Week 13
(11/16-11/20)

Continue drafting your research paper

Analyze a key piece of evidence/support from your research that supports the debate positions/perspective articulated by the syllogism.

Integrate key words from the passage into your response as they relate to specific assumptions and values
surrounding your research topic.

Identify a potential audience and explain how that audience might benefit from reading this source?  How and why?
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Revise the syllogism at the beginning of each viewpoint section by introducing two or three related interest groups and explaining how and why those interest groups support the claims and reasoning that support the viewpoint.

Analyze a key piece of evidence/support from your research that supports the debate positions/perspective articulated by the syllogism.

Integrate key words from the passage into your response as they relate to specific assumptions and values
surrounding your research topic.

Identify a potential audience and explain how that audience might benefit from reading this source?  How and why?Identify two or three goals for improving your writing skills.  Describe two or more strategies you plan to use to detect and correct patterns of error during the revision process.

Begin revising your research paper.
 

Transition Check:  Be sure the last sentence of each paragraph and the topic sentence of the next paragraph share key words or phrases and an implicit or explicit connection to the central idea of your paper.
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Write 3-4 well-developed sentences that address the prompt below.
(Please write double space and identify w, w, w/w, h, w and S, V, cc, sc, vp when you finish.)
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Week 14
(11/23-11/25)

Revise the syllogisms at the beginning of each viewpoint section.

Analyze a key piece of evidence/support from your research that supports the debate positions/perspective articulated by the syllogism.

Integrate key words from the passage into your response as they relate to specific assumptions and values
surrounding your research topic.
dentify two or three goals for improving your writing skills.  Describe two or more strategies you plan to use to detect and correct patterns of error during the revision process.
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Week 15
(11/30-12/4)

Revision Workshop

Peer review

Transition Check:  Be sure the last sentence of each paragraph and the topic sentence of the next paragraph share key words or phrases and an implicit or explicit connection to the central idea of your paper.