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PROJECT 2 SCHEDULE Weeks 5-9
Dissoi Logoi Argument
The schedule lists the work you need to complete by the end of each week.
Submit work listed in red by 11:59 PM on the day and date indicated.
Week Complete the Following
Monday
9-20
to
Sunday
9-26
1. Read: Assignment Sheet
2. Study:
• Slidedoc 1
• Slidedoc 2.
3. Watch Video: “Why You Think You’re Right --- Even If You’re Wrong”
by Julia Galef.
4. Go to ProCon.org and choose an issue.
5. Signup for a digital workspace if you are using one for your dossier,
and create your digital research dossier notebook. Remember to title
your notebook with your first and last name.
Monday
9-27
to
Sunday
10-3
1. Follow the directions in the assignment sheet to choose four pro and four
con arguments from ProCon.org.
2. Blog Post 1 Due: 10-30. Go to the blog forum and follow the directions to
respond to the questions, post links to your arguments, and the link to your
dossier.
3. Read the two chapter excerpts from Perspectives on Argument: “Types of
Claims” and “Types of Proofs”
4. Study Slidedoc 3: How to Analyze Written Arguments.
5. Blog Post 2 Due: 10-3. Choose one pro and one con argument to analyze
types of claims and proofs and also analyze the context for each argument.
Use the two worksheets to help you. Next, go to the blog forum and follow
the directions.
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Week Complete the Following
Monday
10-4
to
Sunday
10-10
1. Study:
• Logical Fallacies List (posted under links on the project page)
• Slidedoc 4: How to Analyze Visual Arguments
2. Blog Post 3 Due: 10-8. Go to the reader's comments for your issue on
the ProCon.org website. Cut/paste a comment where the writer is
making a logical fallacy. Refer to the list of logical fallacies to name/
explain the type of fallacy.
Next, cut/paste a comment where the writer is being a "soldier" and
another comment where the writer is being a "scout." Refer to Galef's
video you watched in week 5. NOTE: if you don't find any reader's
comments for your issue do a search. Often "public comments on X issue" will
yield Reddit threads or other sites where people are discussing the issue.
3. Blog Post 4 Due: 10-10. Choose one pro and one con visual argument
and analyze the visual argument in both for this blog post. Next, go
to the blog forum and follow the directions.
4. Peer Review Rhetorical Analysis Argument Part 1 Due:
10-8. Go to the peer review forum and follow the directions to post a
draft of your paper.
5. Peer Review Rhetorical Analysis Argument Part 2 Due:
10-10. Go to the peer review forum and follow the directions to
respond to a peer's draft.
RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ARGUMENT and DOSSIER DUE: 10-12. Submit your paper as a Word
or PDF to the submissions drop box located at the bottom of the project page. Since you have
already shared your Dossier link with me, you do not do so again.
Week 8
Monday
10-11 to
Sunday
10-17
1. Read: “The Toulmin Method” and complete the Toulmin Exercise
(both are posted under Links on the project page).
2. Study Slidedoc 5: The Toulmin Model and How to Create a Toulmin
Diagram.
3. Blog Post 5 Due: 10-15. Create a Toulmin Diagram for the pro editorial
argument you will write. Your diagram should include the Grounds,
Warrant, Backing, and Claim. Next, go to
the blog forum and follow the directions to post your diagram.
4. Blog Post 6 Due: 10-17. Create a Toulmin Diagram for the con
editorial argument you will write. Your diagram should include the
Grounds, Warrant, Backing, and Claim. Next, go to the blog forum and
follow the directions to post your diagram.
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Week Complete the Following
Monday
10-18
to
Sunday
10-24
1. Read: Sample Outline for an Op-Ed (posted to handouts).
2. Peer Review Pro and Con Opinion Editorial Arguments Part 1
Due: 10-22. Go to the peer review forum and follow the
directions to post drafts of your pro and con arguments.
3. Peer Review Pro and Con Opinion Editorial Arguments Part 2
Due: 10-24. Go to the peer review forum and follow the
directions to respond to a peer's drafts.
PRO and CON EDITORIAL ARGUMENTS DUE 10-31. Submit your two arguments as a Word
or PDF file to the submissions drop box located at the bottom of the project page. You
may submit these in one file or two.
