ENGL147N Advanced English Composition
Week 1 Assignment
Argument Research Essay Topic and Proposal
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: pp. 63-91, and review pp. 266-270
Lesson
Link (Word):Proposal Template (Links to an external site.)
Link (Word): Proposal Example (Links to an external site.)
Apply the following writing resources to your assignment:
Link (website): APA Citation and Writing
Instructions
The goal of an argument research proposal is to create a working argument stance and a basic plan that considers context, audience, and purpose and that presents potential approaches to research.
Keep in mind that rather than being an outline or structural plan for your essay, this proposal should ground you in the conversation, should offer direction for research needs, and should give your professor ample focused material viable for providing effective feedback before you begin researching and writing.
Access the Proposal Template and complete the three required sections.
For an example proposal and development techniques, refer to your textbook reading for the week.
Writing Requirements (APA format): For proper APA format, please see the APA section in the Chamberlain Writing Center.
Length: About 1 ½ - 2 pages (not including references page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
Argument Research Essay Proposal
Please complete all 3 parts of this template, using the example proposal template from the assignment instructions as your guide.
I. Based on our Week 1 Discussion and your current favorite choice for a topic/debate within the course theme announcement, answer the following:
A. State your stance within the debate you chose, without using “I.” (1 sentence)
B. Why is your stance a good one for an argument research essay? (at least 3 sentences)
C. Who might disagree with your stance and why? (at least 3 sentences)
D. Who do you imagine your audience will be? (at least 2 sentences)
II. In a full paragraph of 7-9 sentences, and without performing any research, please note what you already understand about the debate and what you do not already understand about the debate:
III. Next week, in Week 2, you will begin scholarly research in the library. This research will help you find opposing viewpoints (sources that disagree with you) and supporting viewpoints (sources that agree with you), as well as information to fill in missing gaps in knowledge you may have. With all three of these goals in mind, please list five possible search phrases you might use when you begin searching in the library.
ENGL147N Advanced English Composition
Week 2 Assignment
Pre-writing, Argumentative Essay Introduction and Thesis, an Argumentative Plan, and First Sources
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: Chapter 3 and pp. 94-107, 295-297, 306, 337-356
Lesson
Link (Word doc): Assignment Template (Links to an external site.)
Minimum of 4 scholarly sources
Apply the following writing resources to your assignment:
Link (website): APA Citation and Writing (Links to an external site.)
Instructions
For this assignment, you will continue to pre-write and plan for your argument research essay by applying pre-writing to your thesis from Week 1 (revised as necessary according to instructor feedback and your own further thought). You will also construct a first draft of your full introduction paragraph, modeling what you have learned from your Week 2 lesson. Finally, you will provide a list of at least four scholarly sources in APA Style that represent an equal number of sources that support your stance and sources that oppose your stance. See the APA section in the Chamberlain Writing Center for correct referencing of scholarly sources.
Access the Week 2 Assignment Template and complete the four required sections:
Your Current Thesis
Pre-writing
A Draft of Your Full Introduction Paragraph
List of Sources in APA Style (see the APA section in the Chamberlain Writing Center for correct referencing of scholarly sources)
For tips on and an example of what to do and what to avoid when writing an introduction, refer to the Week 1 lesson.
Writing Requirements
APA format (see the APA section in the Chamberlain Writing Center for correct APA format)
Length: 2 to 3 pages (not including title page & reference page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page & Reference Page (see the APA section of the Chamberlain Writing Center)
Reference page (4 articles)
Argument Essay Prewriting and Plan
Pre-writing, Argumentative Essay Introduction and Thesis, an Argumentative Plan, and First Sources
1. Your Thesis Statement: Please provide your thesis statement with a clear stance and situated within the debate you chose in Week 1.
2. Your Prewriting: With your thesis in mind, perform prewriting.
a. Brainstorm for a list of three reasons your stance is important and valid and write those three reasons below.
b. Brainstorm for a list of three reasonable opposing arguments others may make against your thesis/stance and write those three opposing arguments below.
3. Your Introduction Paragraph Draft: After carefully studying the techniques for writing good argument essay introduction paragraphs in the Week 2 lesson, please write the first draft of your full introduction paragraph for your argument research essay. Keep in mind: Overview of issue and existing debate, clearly stated thesis that asserts your particular stance and angle within the debate.
Please remember the sample introduction paragraph section from the Week 2 Lesson and model your introduction paragraph carefully on that example, also reading the explanation for each part of the introduction paragraph in the lesson.
4. Your Tentative Sources: Please create a list of at least four scholarly sources you are currently examining, including those you cited above. Two must be sources that in some way support your stance, and two must be sources that in some way oppose your stance. You must construct this list in full APA format and with each source employing full and correct APA standards. For proper individual APA source referencing and references page formatting, please see the APA section in the Chamberlain Writing Center.
ENGL147N Advanced English Composition
Week 3 Assignment
Guided Annotated Bibliography: Reading Critically and Practicing Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: pp. 2-26, 32-36, and review pages 270-293 & 337-356
Lesson
Link (Word doc): Sample Week 3 Assignment (Links to an external site.)
Minimum of 6 scholarly articles
Apply the following writing resources to your posts:
Link (website): APA Citation and Writing (Links to an external site.)
Instructions
For this assignment, complete the following:
Review from the lesson and textbook readings argumentative appeals, models for argument, effective and correct use of sources, and the purposes for/examples of annotated bibliographies. Assess any feedback provided by the professor and/or your peers from discussion.
Refer to the “Sample Week 3 Assignment” document for success.
Compose a full and complete annotated bibliography that includes the 6 scholarly sources with which you are most likely to work as you begin drafting your essay. These may change later, as you will continually research during drafting to find more powerful sources and/or new ideas for support and opposition. You may use sources from previous assignments if you have read and re-read them and feel they are highly valuable at this point still. You will:
Compose a full, rich, detailed paragraph discussing your research goals. The “Sample Week 3 Assignment” document will guide you.
Compose full APA References for six scholarly sources, ideally three that support your points and three that oppose them, but no fewer than two opposing sources.
Write a rich annotation for each source, according to best practices studied in your readings and as demonstrated in the “Sample Week 3 Assignment” document.
Keep in mind that your purpose is analytical. You will very briefly summarize the source in a single sentence, then move into the source’s credibility, relevance, timeliness, and usefulness, followed by detailing specific connections to your argument and points and to other sources, if applicable. By the time you have finished this assignment, you should have a very clear idea of how your argument and the conversation between your voice and your sources will play out. This assignment will also provide your instructor with a solid preview of the quality of your argument as a whole.
Before submission, proofread and edit carefully for APA, spelling, punctuation, and grammar. While you are strongly encouraged to utilize electronic proofreading and APA tools, that is just your first line of offense. You should then always perform your own careful proofreading, silently and aloud, asking others to proofread if possible.
Writing Requirements (APA format)
Length: 3-4 pages (not including the title page)
1-inch margins
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Title page
ENGL147N Advanced English Composition
Week 4 Assignment
Logical Fallacies Presentation: Poking (and Plugging) Holes in Arguments
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: pp. 157-173
Lesson
Sample Presentation download
Instructions
For this assignment, complete the following:
Review from the lesson and textbook readings the types of logical fallacies and examples.
Locate three advertisements online that were posted no later than one year ago. The advertisements may be any of the following types, and they do not need to all be the same type:
Advertisements for products, such as for a beauty product or an automobile
Political campaign ads
Advertisements that pop up on your social media threads, like on Facebook or Instagram
Keep in mind that this assignment requires you to identify logical fallacies, so choose your three advertisements carefully, looking for those in which you do see clear and identifiable logical fallacies at work. Search until you have three advertisements that will work well for this assignment on logical fallacies.
Create a PowerPoint presentation consisting of 11 slides:
An introduction slide with your name, the class, and the title of your presentation- don't be afraid to get creative with your title!
On one slide, show and cite the advertisement.
On another slide, name the fallacy that occurs and define the fallacy. For example, if you see an Ad Hominem fallacy, you will note that there is an Ad Hominem Fallacy and offer a definition of "Ad Hominem" using your own wording. Do not simply copy the definition from the lesson or textbook.
On the next slide, explain how and why a specific portion of the ad represents this specific fallacy. Be thorough and clear.
Repeat the above process with your other two advertisements. You should have three slides for each advertisement, for a total of nine body slides
A References slide in which you provide full APA-correct references for your three advertisements. You should not have additional references because everything else in your presentation should simply represent your learning in this module.
Note: Include everything on your slides visually. If you'd like to use voice-over, that's fine; just note that you will be graded on what is visually on the slides only. You may be as visually creative as you would like!
Writing Requirements
Length: 11 full PowerPoint slides
Text that is large enough for an audience to read
Full and proper APA in-text citation and Referencing for the information used from the three advertisements
No sources other than the three advertisements
Grading
This activity will be graded using the Logical Fallacies Presentation Rubric.
ENGL147N Advanced English Composition
Week 5 Assignment
Full Draft of the Argument Research Essay
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: pp. 293-318 and 337-356
Lesson
Minimum of 5 sources
Instructions
This assignment is a full draft of your Argument Research Paper download. This draft will demonstrate the argument and writing techniques studied in the course and will build upon the steps you have taken in all the previous weeks toward developing your Argument Research Paper. This draft is expected to meet all of the Argument Research Essay requirements for writing, content, length, and sources.
Writing Requirements for the Argument Research Essay First Draft, Due in Week 5, and for the Argument Essay Final Draft, Due in Week 7
Correct use of APA guidelines for the following:
Headers with pagination
Title Page
Margins, spacing, and paragraph indentation
APA in-text citation and referencing for all sources
Do not divide your essay into sections.
Do not use headings within your paper to indicate changes in topic. While longer APA essays and particular types of APA writing, such as scholarly articles, employ APA-style bolded headings to divide portions of the writing, you are writing a shorter academic essay. Your shift from one paragraph to the next should be signaled through your use of the effective transition and topic sentence rules we have practiced.
6-8 full pages for the essay itself, not including title page or references
Effective structure, including your introduction paragraph, your body paragraphs, and your conclusion paragraph
Use of third-person throughout. Focus on the topic, not on you nor on the essay. In other words: no first-person “I,” and no referring to the essay, such as “In this essay.”
At least 5 scholarly sources visibly used, cited, and referenced
Refer to the full Argument Research Essay Rubric
Your instructor will grade and offer feedback on this draft to help set you up toward additional success with your final draft in Week 7. In Week 6, you will post your draft to your peer review group area in discussion to also receive their feedback.
ENGL147N Advanced English Composition
Week 6 Assignment
Draft Progress Journal
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Week 6 Lesson
Your Current Draft and Revision Plans
Your Week 6 assignment is a 2-paragraph progress journal in which you reflect on your argument strategies and discuss your plans for making your argument stronger.
Note: You do not need to wait for your instructor’s feedback nor your peer’s feedback. This journal should include your own perspectives on your progress and your own goals for revision.
Instructions: Write 2 full, rich paragraphs on a Word document, with full APA formatting (see the APA section of the Chamberlain Writing Center).
In your first full paragraph, please discuss what you feel have been your successes and difficulties in using argumentative techniques toward:
Writing a strong introduction and thesis statement (See Week 2 Lesson)
Finding and addressing opposing viewpoints (See Weeks 2-5 Lessons)
Constructing good, full paragraphs of argument (See Week 4 Lesson)
Creating a cohesive argument overall in your essay (See Weeks 3-6 Lessons)
Creating a graceful, powerful conclusion paragraph (See Week 5 Lesson)
In your second full paragraph, discuss plans for strengthening your argument in the following areas:
Writing a strong introduction and thesis statement (See Week 2 Lesson)
Finding and addressing opposing viewpoints (See Weeks 2-5 Lessons)
Constructing good, full paragraphs of argument (See Week 4 Lesson)
Creating a cohesive argument overall in your essay (See Weeks 3-6 Lessons)
Creating a graceful, powerful conclusion paragraph (See Week 5 Lesson)
ENGL147N Advanced English Composition
Week 7 Assignment
Final Draft of the Argument Research Paper
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Textbook: pp. 293-318 and 337-356
Lesson
APA Guidelines (Links to an external site.)
This week's assignment is the final, revised draft of your Argument Research Paper. This final copy will demonstrate the argument, writing, and revision techniques studied in the course and will build upon the steps you have taken in previous weeks toward thoroughly and carefully revising your Argument Research Paper downloadoriginally composed and submitted in Week 5.
Writing Requirements for the Argument Research Essay Final Draft:
Correct use of APA guidelines for the following:
Headers with pagination
Title Page
Margins, spacing, and paragraph indentation
APA in-text citation and referencing for all sources
Do not divide your essay into sections.
Do not use headings within your paper to indicate changes in topic. While longer APA essays and particular types of APA writing, such as scholarly articles, employ APA-style bolded headings to divide portions of the writing, you are writing a shorter academic essay. Your shift from one paragraph to the next should be signaled through your use of the effective transition and topic sentence rules we have practiced.
6-8 full pages for the essay itself, not including title page or references
Effective structure, including your introduction paragraph, your body paragraphs, and your conclusion paragraph
At least 5 scholarly sources visibly used, cited, and referenced
ENGL147N Advanced English Composition
Week 8 Assignment
Go Forth and Change Lives: Thinking about the Role of Argument and Research in Your Twelve-Month Plan
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Lesson
Week 8 Assignment 1 Template (Links to an external site.)
This assignment is an exciting chance for you to address the course outcomes in a new and personalized manner. You will consider the next year in four "chunks" of months. Based on your passions and uses for argument in different areas of your life, you will evaluate possible argument scenarios, considering audience and argument techniques. This assignment will also afford you the exciting prospect of using the source evaluation skills you have learned via searching for books to place on your personal reading list, referencing them in correct APA Style, and explaining what excites you about those books. The assignment template will guide you in expressing your goals, in thinking about argument in different and fun contexts, and in identifying books for your 12-month reading list. The objective of this assignment is to provide you with further application of argument techniques and of information literacy tools.
Please use the template, composing your responses directly on the template. Approach this assignment with an eye toward change and the power you have for impacting the world around you.
Grading
This activity will be graded using the Argument Twelve-Month Plan Rubric.
Week 8 Assignment 1: Twelve-Month Argument and Research Plan
English 147
Name:
Date:
Part I: In the Next Few Months
Note today’s month/year through the month/year 3 months from now (example: December 2021 – March 2022).
Write Dates Here:
Next, Identify one personal, academic, or professional argument opportunity. What passion led you to choose this particular argument opportunity? Why did you decide to place it in this particular section (today through 3 months from now)? How will you approach this opportunity? How might it change the world?
Please respond with rich detail in at least one full, well-developed, rich paragraph here:
Reading List! Locate a book related to the above paragraph. There are no boundaries here regarding subject matter- have fun and make this a book you REALLY want to read!
Write the Title, Author, and Year Published here:
Why does this book excite you? How might it open your eyes to new ideas and actions? Please respond in at least three clear, detailed sentences here:
Part II: 4-6 Months from Now
Write Dates Here:
Next, Identify one personal, academic, or professional argument opportunity. What passion led you to choose this particular argument opportunity? Why did you decide to place it in this particular section (4-6 months from now)? How will you approach this opportunity? How might it change the world?
Please respond with rich detail in at least one full, well-developed, rich paragraph here:
Reading List! Locate a book related to the above paragraph. There are no boundaries here regarding subject matter- have fun and make this a book you REALLY want to read!
Write the Title, Author, and Year Published here:
Why does this book excite you? How might it open your eyes to new ideas and actions? Please respond in at least three clear, detailed sentences here:
Part III: 7-9 Months from Now
Write Dates Here:
Next, Identify one personal, academic, or professional argument opportunity. What passion led you to choose this particular argument opportunity? Why did you decide to place it in this particular section (7-9 months from now)? How will you approach this opportunity? How might it change the world?
Please respond with rich detail in at least one full, well-developed, rich paragraph here:
Reading List! Locate a book related to the above paragraph. There are no boundaries here regarding subject matter- have fun and make this a book you REALLY want to read!
Write the Title, Author, and Year Published here:
Why does this book excite you? How might it open your eyes to new ideas and actions? Please respond in at least three clear, detailed sentences here:
Part IV: 10-12 Months from Now
Write Dates Here:
Next, Identify one personal, academic, or professional argument opportunity. What passion led you to choose this particular argument opportunity? Why did you decide to place it in this particular section (10-12 months from now)? How will you approach this opportunity? How might it change the world?
Please respond with rich detail in at least one full, well-developed, rich paragraph here:
Reading List! Locate a book related to the above paragraph. There are no boundaries here regarding subject matter- have fun and make this a book you REALLY want to read!
Write the Title, Author, and Year Published here:
Why does this book excite you? How might it open your eyes to new ideas and actions? Please respond in at least three clear, detailed sentences here:
