Are Plastic Bag Bans Good for the Climate?

Read Part 1: Understanding Argument Chapter 1. What is Argument? Chapter 2. Critical Reading of Written Argument Chapter 3. Critical Reading of Multimodal Argument Chapter 4. Writing Argument Analysis Complete practice assignments: Part One Assignments: 1. Read pages 3-5 and complete the discussion questions on Figures 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 on page 5. Then read “The Financial Case for Trade School over College” by Mel Bondar an complete the discussion questions. A. Read and complete the Reading, Writing and Discussion Questions for two of the following essays and be prepared to discuss your answers in class on Wednesday, 2/6: Do not complete the questions requiring you to write an essay. Also do not forget to label each assignment. “How Dare You”, Greta Thunberg (pg. 22) “News, Propaganda, and Pseudo-Events”, Mark R. Levin (pg. 25) “The Tale of Two Airlines”, Chris. Elliott (pg. 28) “Reimagining Masculinity”, Ocean Vuong (33) “Giving Up Our Privacy : Is it Worth It?”, Whitney Cramer (39) B. Find an Article from a magazine, newspaper, or online and then annotate it. After completing the annotations, you must write a referential and rhetorical summary paragraph. 2/6 C. Find a political cartoon and bring it to class to discuss it in small groups and in class on Thursday 2/6 D. Chapter 3: Critical reading of Multimodal Arguments (pg. 42), 2/11: Read Visual Rhetoric and complete the R&D Questions on pgs. 48, 58, 68. Do not complete questions asking you to write an essay or paragraph. Read Audio and Audiovisual Rhetoric and complete R&D Questions on pg. 68. Do not complete questions asking you to write an essay or paragraph. Read “Online Environments” and complete R&D questions on page 81. Also, complete assignment #6 and Writing Suggestions #3. (E) Chapter 4: Writing Argument Analysis (pg. 89):Read the following essay “Are Plastic Bag Bans Good for the Climate?” and complete the R&D Questions on page 113, questions 1-8, for #8 write a short essay analysis using claim announces organization structure (pg. 93), 9/6. You must write an evaluation of the essay as a part of your essay. Due 2/18 Part One Essay: Will be graded separately as the part 1 essay assignment. Locate two editorials or two articles that take a different stand on the same controversial issue. Write an analysis in which you objectively compare the two articles using parallel order comparison or point by point comparison (see page 94) as examples of argumentation. Also, write an evaluation paragraph separately as a part of the self assessment. Read Part 1: Understanding Argument Chapter 1. What is Argument? Chapter 2. Critical Reading of Written Argument Chapter 3. Critical Reading of Multimodal Argument Chapter 4. Writing Argument Analysis Complete practice assignments: Part One Assignments: 1. Read pages 3-5 and complete the discussion questions on Figures 1.1, 1.2, and 1.3 on page 5. Then read “The Financial Case for Trade School over College” by Mel Bondar an complete the discussion questions. A. Read and complete the Reading, Writing and Discussion Questions for two of the following essays and be prepared to discuss your answers in class on Wednesday, 2/6: Do not complete the questions requiring you to write an essay. Also do not forget to label each assignment. “How Dare You”, Greta Thunberg (pg. 22) “News, Propaganda, and Pseudo-Events”, Mark R. Levin (pg. 25) “The Tale of Two Airlines”, Chris. Elliott (pg. 28) “Reimagining Masculinity”, Ocean Vuong (33) “Giving Up Our Privacy : Is it Worth It?”, Whitney Cramer (39) B. Find an Article from a magazine, newspaper, or online and then annotate it. After completing the annotations, you must write a referential and rhetorical summary paragraph. 2/6 C. Find a political cartoon and bring it to class to discuss it in small groups and in class on Thursday 2/6 D. Chapter 3: Critical reading of Multimodal Arguments (pg. 42), 2/11: Read Visual Rhetoric and complete the R&D Questions on pgs. 48, 58, 68. Do not complete questions asking you to write an essay or paragraph. Read Audio and Audiovisual Rhetoric and complete R&D Questions on pg. 68. Do not complete questions asking you to write an essay or paragraph. Read “Online Environments” and complete R&D questions on page 81. Also, complete assignment #6 and Writing Suggestions #3. (E) Chapter 4: Writing Argument Analysis (pg. 89):Read the following essay “Are Plastic Bag Bans Good for the Climate?” and complete the R&D Questions on page 113, questions 1-8, for #8 write a short essay analysis using claim announces organization structure (pg. 93), 9/6. You must write an evaluation of the essay as a part of your essay. Due 2/18 Part One Essay: Will be graded separately as the part 1 essay assignment. Locate two editorials or two articles that take a different stand on the same controversial issue. Write an analysis in which you objectively compare the two articles using parallel order comparison or point by point comparison (see page 94) as examples of argumentation.

 

 

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