Paper 1: personal position on a text; letter to editor of Argus
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Paper 2: compare two authors and take a position of your own for classmates
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Paper 3: report on local issue (e.g., housing) for local community
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Paper 4: persuasive paper (e.g., an advocacy web site)
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Paper 5: short research paper analyzing popular phenomenon
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Sources: personal experience, 1 reading
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Sources: two readings
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Sources: 3-4; some assigned; various kinds of sources
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Sources: 5-6; none assigned; various kinds, some stipulated.
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Sources: 8-10; none assigned; various kinds, some stipulated
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Goals: expression; critical reading; summary; quoting; thesis sentence; claims & support
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Goals: critical reading; claims & support; thesis; analyzing tenets & arguments; analyzing evidence
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Goals: analyzing evidence; summary; quoting; synthesizing main ideas from multiple sources
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Goals: summary; quoting; citing sources; creating effective claims with evidence; shaping a logical chain; using powerful language
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Goals: analysis; summary; using sources to back claims; crafting a cohesive argument
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Prep work: class discussion with focus questions; summarizing (glossing); freewriting & invention; in-class conferences on thesis statements
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Prep work: discussion of texts; role-playing; double-entry glossing or group records; online chat; analyzing syllogisms and assumptions
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Prep work: how to organize information; evaluating sources; integrating & citing sources; small group discussion; library tutorial
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Prep work: whole- and small-group discussion of persuasive readings; resistant reader role; conferences; collaboration?
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Prep work: more evaluation of sources; conferences; one-on-one buddy system; small group review
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