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Final Essay Prompt

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• Make sure you are following template for Toulmin or Rogerian modes of argumentation
• If you have any question, post below
• We will not be meeting on Sat: 11/30
• Essay Due: 12/7

11/16

2 Quizzes

• Chapter 5
• MLA/APA formatting

2 Response papers due

Write: 1/2 page abstract on topic you are considering writing about for your final essay

• Will you be using the Toulmin or Rogerian Model of Argument?

Final Response Papers

These are our last response papers for the semester

Using Ch.5: Strategies of Reasoning and James Baldwin Video Click Here

• Tell me if Baldwin is using induction or deduction in his line of reasoning
• What is his premise?
• What is his evidence
• Overall what is Baldwin trying to say in his assertions or defense?
• 1 full page (Response Paper)
• Due: 11/16

What it means to be a black man.  

• Using this James Baldwin video write a one page response to what he's talking about
• Click Here
• Do you relate or not?
• Does this happen in our culture or our demographic?
• 1 full page (Response Paper)
• Due: 11/16

Write 1 response paper on the following article

• The Myth of Whiteness in Classical Sculpture by Margaret Talbot
• You can read or listen to the article
• Click Here
• Due: 11/23

Write 1 response paper on the following video

• I will be providing a translation to this video soon
• Click Here
• Due: Before the end of term

Write 1 response paper on the following article

• Click Here
• Due: Before the end of term

11/9

Read: Ch.5 (172-192)
I will go over discussion during class
Last Chapter in book, last quiz

* If you did not complete essay last week you have this week to finish it. The most you can get is a C for the assignment.

11/2

Quiz: Ch. 4

Assignment:

• APA/MLA Lab
• Finish the following two lab assignments
• APA/MLA examples found on blogger
• Click here for labs

10/26

Attendance:

• Research shows that attendance is an important factor in student achievement  
• A number of you have been absent the last couple of weeks 
• If you missed a lecture I will not take time out of my schedule to accommodate your absence and reiterate what was discussed 
• You will need to contact a peer in class

Short Essay Due: 10/26

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Banksy Doc.

    

10/19

I will be covering MLA/APA formatting

• You will have a lab assignment for homework 

You should be finished reading Ch 4 

• Will be providing lecture 

Meet in regular classroom 

Update

Meet down the hall
Room 1-404

10/12

AGENDA:

• Take Ch. 3 quiz
• We will probably meet in a computer lab next week
• I will update the blog soon
• APA/MLA formatting 

 

Begin Reading CH.4

10/5

This week I will be doing a lecture on APA/MLA formatting

• in text citations
• reference pages
• academic databases
• research resources
• Do not miss this class if you do not know how to cite
• We will do a few lab workshops

Read: Ch. 3 Toulmin Model of Argument

• Omit Green Sections
• I will provide lecture before we quiz the following week

9/28

Read Ch. 2

• Quiz on chapter 2
• pg. 50-86 (Omit green sections)

Read: She urged her boyfriend to die. Now she's asking the Supreme Court to call it free speech

• Click on the link
• Write a 1 page response

9/21

9/14 : No class meeting

• Make sure that you are organizing and meeting with your group

9/21: Presentation & Essay Due

• See essay tab for prompts

The following students were absent and have been placed in group 7:

Mariana Jimenez

Minerva Laurel
Andrea Lopez

The following students have been placed in group 8:

Bryan Peña

Gilbert Zarate

• You need to email me your contact info so that I can pass that along to the rest of the group members
• Your presentation will be 10 min long

Update

Make sure you are using your gmail to access the readings and syllabus otherwise you will be redirected

J Reyna

9/7

Read The Following:

• Chapter 1 (Read The Following:
  
  • Chapter 1 (The Well-Crafted Argument)
  • Read The Article Below (Click Link)
  • Click Here
  • We will have a quiz on the article next time we meet 
  • 1 page argumentative response on the article (Who's at fault?)

Welcome

I want to take this opportunity to welcome everyone to our class forum. I will be integrating our readings, announcements, workshops, assignments, and discussions on here.  It would be wise if you begin to familiarize yourselves with the page. I look forward to meeting everyone. Look for more updates soon.