1st Week - October 19 through October 25, 2009
"I cans:"
I can craft a 1 to 5 minute speech for a class debate.
I can write a debate resolution.
I can identify arguments, rebuttals in debates and essays.
I can follow arguments through transitions.
I can introduce an authority using "according to" and identify the
author properly.
Homework: Read four argumentative readings from 50 Essays and/or Norton. Research and find essays to use in the debate next week (6 more are required). Craft arguments, rebuttals, quotations and introductions for the debate.
Readings: Edward Said's "Clashing Civilizations" in 50 Essays. Johathan Rauch's "In Defense of Prejudice," Stephen Jay Gould's "Women's Brains," and Adrienne Rich's "Taking Women Students Seriously," all three in Norton.
Writing: The following are formal assignments to be turned in the day following assignment.
In order to ready yourself for the coming debate, please do the following for EACH of the four readings:
1. State the main argument the wirter expresses.
2. State two supporting arguments and identify the evidence used to support
them.
3. Indicate any rebuttals the author mounts against his/her opponents (each
writer mentions the opposition, of course).
4. Copy down the complete sentence in which each author introduces other writers
or researchers.
5. Finally, make a list of EACH transition the author uses - there will be
many which occur between paragraphs and many more which are used between sentences.
In class: Debate groups will work with resolutions, evidence from articles, organizing arguments and evidence, introducing authors indicating who they are, ways to build ethos and handle the opposition. In addition, the class will write a timed argumentative essay on Thursday for teacher scoring using lessons learned from the Baldwin writing, scoring and revision.
Vocabulary Review of the exam. New words are due MONDAY next week.
Quizzes: One never knows, does one?
Testing: None this week.
