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Take quiz 6. Answer as many of the self-evaluation questions (in as much depth as you can using specific examples–no yes or no answers) for your reflection for Essay 3. Post to your blog as your final blog post for the semester! Please complete the teacher survey/evaluation for the class–you should have been emailed this to yourContinue reading “12/11/19 – Quiz 6 and Essay 3 Reflection”

In groups, go over the types of fallacies we covered in “Fallacies of Argument.” Fallacies PowerPoint Complete the exercise on pages 8-9 and post to your blog. Opportunity to earn extra credit for correct answers. Homework for Tuesday, 12/10: Post your final draft of Essay 3 to D2L and to the blog by class time.Continue reading “12/5/19 – Fallacies (Review)”

Go over the Essay 3 and the Final Presentation Prompt. Watch: TED Talk on Overcoming Presentation Anxiety Sample Speech Outlines Call to Action “Functions of the Presentation to Persuade” Call to Action PowerPoint Additional support: Organizing Your Argument Paper, Effective Persuasion Presentation Images – Copyright (Library Database and Creative Commons) Types of Visual Aids: PowerPoint/Google Slides: Using PowerPoint Prezi: Creating PresentationsContinue reading “12/4/19 – On Presenting”

Look over revision suggestions from me and your peers on Google Docs. Ask me any questions you have by the end of class today. Go over strategies for revising an argument paper, especially #2. In-Class Writing: Similar to the chart (#2) in the “Revising an Argument Paper” document, chart out your claims and your evidence. Ask yourself, doContinue reading “12/3/19 – Revising Essay 3”

Due by class time: Post your second draft (4 pages) of essay 3 to your blog and to D2L. Make a copy on Google Docs and share with me (jspencerlevy@pima.edu) and your peer-reviewer(s). In-Class: By midnight tonight, provide peer feedback for 2 classmates. On the Google Doc they shared with you, comment on any: Unsupported claimsContinue reading “11/27/19 – Peer Review”

Take Quiz 5. When you are finished, read: “Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing.” In-Class Writing: Pull up your Grammar Guide. Go over your final drafts of Essay 1 and 2 and post the rules to your blog with examples from your essay of grammar edits marked in D2L (first the error, and then the sentence corrected). If you doContinue reading “11/26/19”

Go over forming a thesis and testing a thesis. They Say/I Say Templates for the researched argument essay. Drafting Essay 3 Quiz Terms for Tuesday Interpreting Turnitin results. In-Class Writing: Submit at least 2 pages of Essay 3 and your Works Cited to D2L. Post to your blog. Share with me on Google Docs ifContinue reading “11/21/19”

“So one of the most robust findings in the history of political psychology is this pattern identified by Jon Haidt and Jesse Graham, psychologists, that liberals and conservatives tend to endorse different values to different degrees. So for example, we find that liberals tend to endorse values like equality and fairness and care and protection from harm more than conservatives do. And conservativesContinue reading “11/20/19 – Appealing to Pathos”

In Class: Talk to as many peers (your audience) as possible today. Get an understanding of what they know and don’t know about your argument (what are you going to have to explain in depth for them to be on the same page?). Find at least one person who is a sympathetic audience member, oneContinue reading “11/19/19”