Practical Argument Outline for 16-Week Semester
Unit One, Chapters 1-6 and 22
Lesson 1: Chapter 1 Understanding Argument: Is College Education Worth the Money?
Lesson 2: Chapter 22: Should Every American Go to College?
Lesson 3: Chapters 2 and 3: Thinking and Reading Critically: Do Violent Media Images Trigger Violent Behavior?
Lesson 4: Chapter 4: Writing a Rhetorical Analysis and Chapter 5: Logic and Fallacies: Have Colleges Gone Too Far to Accommodate Students with Disabilities?
Lesson 5: Chapter 6: Rogerian and Toulmin Arguments: Is Online Education as Good as Classroom Education?
Choose one of the five questions for Essay 1.
Unit Two, Chapters 7-15
Lesson 1: Chapter 7 Planning and Drafting Argumentative Essay; Chapters 8-9: Evaluating Sources. Do Social-Networking Sites Threaten Our Privacy?
Lesson 2: Chapter 10, Documenting Sources, and Chapter 11, Avoiding Plagiarism. Where Should We Draw the Line with Plagiarism?
Lesson 3: Chapter 12: Definition Arguments; Is Wikipedia a Legitimate Research Source?
Lesson 4: Chapter 13: Causal Arguments. Should the Drinking Age Be Lowered?
Lesson 5: Chapter 14: Evaluation Arguments; Are Internships a Good Deal for College Students?
Lesson 6: Chapter 15: Proposal Arguments. Should the Government Do More to Relieve the Student-Loan Burden?
Choose one of the six choices for Essay 2
Unit 3, Chapters 16-21, 23-26
Lesson 1: Chapter 16: Argument by Analogy. Should College Athletes Be Paid?
Lesson 2: Chapter 17: Ethical Arguments. How Far Should Colleges Go to Keep Campuses Safe?
Lesson 3: Chapters 18 and 19. Should Study Drugs Be Banned? Should Controversial Sports Mascots Be Replaced?
Lesson 4: Chapters 20 and 21. Should the Names of Sex Offenders Continue to Be Made Public? Do the Benefits of Bottled Water Outweigh the Costs?
Lesson 5: Chapters 23 and 24. Should We Eat Meat? Is America Safer Now Than Before 9/11?
Lesson 6: Chapters 25 and 26: Is the Glass Ceiling a Myth or a Reality? Does the United States Need a Federal DREAM Act?
Choose from one of the ten choices for Essay 3.
First three essays would be approx. 1,000 words.
The fourth essay, the fourth unit, would be 1,500 words. You could use The New Jim Crow.
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