Unit 2: Argument
Lesson Materials: 1. PowerPoint Presentation
Lesson Objectives: 1. Begin to plan and prepare your final argument paper; 2. Draw connections between a reading and the final major writing assignment; 3. Understand how the rhetorical situation shapes an argument paper.
Connection to Paper/Project Goals: This lesson is dedicated to the organizational and content aspects of your writing for the final argument paper.
Connection to Course Goals: This lesson helps you continue to understand the various ways a rhetorical situation can influence the objectives of an argument, and reinforces your understanding of writing as a drafting process.
Activities:
- Outlining and Reverse Outlining: Outline or brainstorm a reverse outline of an argument paper.
- Draft Review Handout: conduct a peer review on the first draft of the argument paper.
- Implementing changes: Use the time remaining to implement changes to the first draft of your argument paper.