Argumentative

For the third major assignment, your will decide on a topic to write a source-based argumentative essay.

You should use at least 5 sources in your essay. This means that you have to do extensive research on your topic. I suggest that you choose a topic that relates directly to your current course work in your major field, but with a few constraints:

• You will be writing for a general, educated audience, not for professional peers.
• You may NOT revise a paper you have already written. It is vital that you go through the entire writing process in this class in order to practice what you are learning.
• You may NOT use a paper that you are writing for another class (see Student Code, §I-402(a))
• All papers should be double spaced, appropriate font, with 1 inch margins.
• Grammar issues should be resolved before handing in any final draft.
• Proper citation throughout the paper is required along with a "References" page at the end of the paper. Any paper failing to properly cite will be considered plagiarized.

Schedule and Checkpoints: You should have whatever is due each day in your outline. This can be considered a rough draft, and can always be changed; the idea is that you are making progress and not rushing to complete everything in the end.

10-30 Library Day *topic due
11-1 Logical fallacies *sources due
11-6 Opposing arguments and refuting *thesis statement due
11-8 Refutation and practice writing argumentative essays *topic sentences and supporting details due
11-13 Debate *introduction and conclusion due
11-15 Peer Review of Argumentative Essay *Argumentative Essay Draft 1 due

---Thanksgiving Break---

11-27 Oral presentations guidelines
11-29 Conferences (NO CLASS)
12-4 Presentation Day 1
12-6 Presentation Day 2
12-11 Presentation Day 3 (Final day of class!)

12-16 *Final Argumentative Essays due in dropbox by 12:00 Noon