English 1301

THERE IS 3 ASSIGNMENTS HERE TO COMPLETE. PLEASE FOLLOW ALL INSTRUCTIONS. IT IS DUE BY MONDAY.  02/26/2018

Discussion 5.1

You should have already chosen a topic for your final essay.  Now, you need to explore the multiple viewpoints associated with that topic. Go to the discussion board and write a brief essay (300 words minimum) summarizing some of the multiple viewpoints associated with that topic (for and against, pro and con).  At the end of your essay, present your own opinion on the topic in the form of a thesis statement or arguable claim.  Refer to the previous video lesson on constructing an arguable thesis to help you.

As you respond to your peers (2 replies, 100 words each), try to fill in any gaps you see in their understanding of the pros and cons of the issue.  In addition, evaluate the thesis statement.  Does it make a limited and arguable claim about the topic or issue?  If not, suggest ways to improve the thesis.

These are the vocabulary words for Unit 5.  Remember to incorporate them into your Discussion Board in this unit.

Plausible       Objectivity       Substantiated

Integrity         Effusive          Superfluous

Sanction       Fabricated      Ambiguous

Ambivalent

Learning Activity: Choosing a Topic

• Choosing a TopicAs you move through this unit you will need to have in mind a topic about which you want to research and argue.  You will choose your topics from the Opposing Viewpoints database available through the DCCCD libraries. The link below will take you to the database:  
  www.dcccd.edu/databases
  
  Scroll down to "Opposing Viewpoints." When you get to the "Opposing Viewpoints" page you should see a login screen that asks for your DCCCD email and your eConnect password. If you are having trouble  check the tab "Updates on Using Library Databases" in the Unit 5 assignment page. You can also contact the library reference dest at 972-238-6082 if you are having problems. I do not have any login codes for students.
  If all of this fails, you can proceed without using the databases. Check the topics listed below, select one, and do your own research.
  Here is a list of issues that you are to choose from for your final essay.  The topics are as follows:
  U.S. Borders (Emigration & Immigration)
  
  • Cuba & Immigration
  • Children of illegal immigrants
  •  Social Justice
    
  • Civil Rights
  • Popular Culture
    
  • Culture of Beauty
  • Celebrity Culture
  • Renewable Energy
    Animal Experimentation
    Technology & Education
    Vaccines
    Privacy
    Criminal Justice
    Millennial Generation
    Genetically Modified Foods
    Browse these topics and select one that you are interested in writing about.  This topic will be the focus of your individual assignments in this unit.

Writer's Notebook 5.1

For this Writer’s Notebook assignment, you will be practicing paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting. First, you should choose an article that you will be using as a source for your Argument essay. Then, you should find three different pieces of evidence that you might use in your essay as support material. Complete the Writer's Notebook in 4 steps as explained below:

1. Create a "quotation sandwich" out of one of the pieces of evidence. 

2. Paraphrase a different piece of evidence. Include both the original and your paraphrase for comparison.

3. Summarize another piece of evidence. Again, include the original and your summary.

4. Include an in-text citation for each! At the end, be sure to include a Works Cited entry for each source.

Writer's Notebook 5.2

USE THIS LINK FOR THIS NOTEBOOK AND READ THE ASSIGNMENT CAREFULLY 

https://dcccd.blackboard.com/webapps/blackboard/content/contentWrapper.jsp?content_id=_12420188_1&displayName=Lesson%3A+Basic+Argument+Essay+Structure&course_id=_237908_1&navItem=content&href=https%3A%2F%2Fdlc.dcccd.edu%2Fembed.php%3Fkey%3Ddcccd%2B1dcccd234%2Benglishcomp1rlc-units%2Fbasic-argument-essay-structure&cR2XilcGYOo=OPutPusAPRePSuJXq9bhNsxUuowSsJ0dyS48PJHl8e4%3D

For your final Writer's notebook in this course, you will create an outline for the argument essay. Use one of the outline templates provided in the previous lesson "Basic Argument Essay Structure."  You can then use the outline to help you focus and organize the first draft of your argument.

Reasons Followed By Counterarguments

I. Introduction

         Necessary Background

         Thesis

II. First Reason

         Topic Sentence

         Evidence & Explanation

         Wrap-up / connect to the thesis

III. Second Reason (same as above)

IV. Continue with more reasons

V.  Refute Counterarguments (Counterargument

paragraphs can go anywhere, but they often go

toward the end)

VI. Conclusion

          Might include a call to action

          Or a statement of the implications

Reason/Counterargument

I. Introduction

          Necessary Background

          Thesis

II. First Reason

          Topic Sentence

          Evidence

          Wrap-up

III. Refute counterarguments (if necessary)

IV. Second reason (same as II.)

V.  Refute counterarguments (if necessary)

VI. Continue with this pattern

VII. Conclusion

          Might include a call to action

          Or a statement of implications