Essay Assignments and Due Dates

We are going to write three arguments using themes from The Known World. The first essay will use The Classical Model of Argument.

The second essay will use the Toulmin Model and the last Rogerian. I will give students models and/or templates for each essay assignment.

The first essay will be due Tuesday, October 5. Bring in a completed Initial Planning Sheet and an outline. We will have a peer review that day and students will present their essay on Thursday, October 7. I said the essay could be 2-4 pages, but I don't know if you can do justice to your topic in two pages, so I have changed the assignment to 3-4 pages, plus a works cited.

Students will use the same evidence for all the essays and the same thesis , all that will change will be the arrangement and form of the essay. The presentation and Toulmin essay will be due October 12 and the Rogerian, October 14.

We'll practice writing an argument in class next week together. Follow the narrative and your essay will be fine. I also mentioned going to the sunrise ceremony on Alcatraz Island, Monday, October 11, 5 AM. Visit http://www.alcatrazcruises.com/website/pprog-upcoming-events.aspx

We also practiced developing signal phrases using a workbook I distributed. Many of the students borrowed the book. Please return next Thursday. Write on a separate sheet of paper. Thanks!

Bring in your novel you'd like to read for the class next week, so I can approve it. This essay will be due early November, let's say, week of Nov. 1-4. We will start the pre-writing the week of October 25-28.

We'll read a play in class and conclude the semester with a profile on an artist who is using their creativity to challenge inequity in society. This essay, which is your final, will be due, Nov. 22-25. Presentations will be Nov. 30.

The portfolio is due Dec. 9 electronically. We will begin assembling it Dec. 2 and 7. This is the end of the course.

Skills: Thesis development: topical invention and 3-part thesis, essay structure, mapping, academic research methods, grammar refresher, paraphrasing, MLA, argument, outlining,