This document outlines the schedule and assignments for a persuasive writing project over 5 weeks. It includes reading assignments, blog posts, drafts, and peer reviews. The goal is for students to research a public policy issue, write analyses of arguments on both sides of the issue, and create their own pro and con editorials applying Toulmin's model of argumentation. The final project includes submitting a rhetorical analysis paper and dossier as well as the two editorial arguments.

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PROJECT 2 SCHEDULE Weeks 5-9
Dissoi Logoi Argument
The schedule lists the work you need to complete by the end of each week.
Submit work listed in red by 11:59 PM on the day and date indicated.
Week Complete the Following
Week 5
Monday
2/8
to
Sunday
2/14
1. Read: Assignment Sheet
2. Study:
• Slidedoc 1
• Slidedoc 2.
3. Watch Video: “Why You Think You’re Right --- Even If You’re Wrong” by
Julia Galef.
4. Go to ProCon.org and choose an issue that interests you. If you don’t
find one that interests you, do a search to identify a public policy
issue that you are interested in.
5. Create your notebook in OneNote and set it up to organize the data
you will gather using sections, pages, and subpages. Remember to
title your notebook with your first and last name.
Week 6
Monday
2/15
to
Sunday
2/21
PRESIDENTS’ DAY: Monday 2/15 – UI Closed
1. Follow the directions in the assignment sheet to choose four pro and
four con arguments from ProCon.org and/or other sources.
2. Blog Post 1 Due: Monday, 2/15. Go to the blog forum and follow the
directions to respond to the questions.
3. Read the two chapter excerpts from Perspectives on Argument:
• “Types of Claims”
• “Types of Proofs”
4. Study Slidedoc 3: How to Analyze Written Arguments.
5. Blog Post 2 Due: Sunday, 2/21. Choose one (1) pro and one (1) con
argument to analyze types of claims and proofs and also analyze the
context for each argument. Two analyses all together.
Use the two worksheets to help you. Next, go to the blog forum and
follow the directions.

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Week Complete the Following
Week 7
Monday
2/22
to
Sunday
2/28
1. Study:
• Logical Fallacies List (posted under links on the project page)
• Slidedoc 4: How to Analyze Visual Arguments
2. Blog Post 3 Due: Monday, 2/22. Go to the reader's comments for your
issue on the ProCon.org website. Cut/paste a comment where the
writer is making a logical fallacy. Refer to the list of logical fallacies to
name/explain the type of fallacy.
Next, cut/paste a comment where the writer is being a "soldier" and
another comment where the writer is being a "scout." Refer to Galef's
video you watched in week 5.
NOTE: if you don't find any reader's comments for your issue do a
search. Often "public comments on X issue" will yield Reddit threads or
other sites where people are discussing the issue.
3. Blog Post 4 Due: Monday, 2/22. Choose one (1) pro and one (1) con
visual argument and analyze the visual argument in both for this blog
post. Next, go to the blog forum and follow the directions.
4. Optional Draft of Rhetorical Analysis due Friday, 2/26
5. Peer Review Rhetorical Analysis Argument Part 1 Due: Friday, 2/26. Go
to the peer review forum and follow the directions to post a draft of
your paper.
6. Peer Review Rhetorical Analysis Argument Part 2 Due:
Sunday, 2/28. Go to the peer review forum and follow the directions to
respond to a peer's draft.
Week 8
Monday
3/1
to
Sunday
3/7
1. Read: “The Toulmin Method” and complete the Toulmin Exercise (both
are posted under Links on the project page).
2. Study Slidedoc 5: The Toulmin Model and How to Create a Toulmin
Diagram.
3. Blog Post 5 Due: Monday, 3/1. Create a Toulmin Diagram for the PRO
editorial argument you will write. Your diagram should include the
following:
• Grounds,
• Warrant,
• Backing, and
• Claim.
Next, go to the blog forum and follow the directions to post your
diagram and respond to others.

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4. Blog Post 6 Due: Wednesday 3/3. Create a Toulmin Diagram for the
CON editorial argument you will write. Your diagram should include the
following:
• Grounds,
• Warrant,
• Backing, and
• Claim.
Next, go to the blog forum and follow the directions to post your
diagram and respond to others.
Week 9
Monday
3/8
to
Sunday
3/14
1. Read: Sample Outline for an Op-Ed (posted to handouts).
2. Optional Draft of Editorials due Monday, 3/8
3. Peer Review Pro and Con Opinion Editorial Arguments Part 1 Due:
Monday, 3/8. Go to the peer review forum and follow the directions to
post drafts of your pro and con arguments.
4. Peer Review Pro and Con Opinion Editorial Arguments Part 2 Due:
Wednesday, 3/10. Go to the peer review forum and follow the
directions to respond to a peer's drafts.
RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ARGUMENT and DOSSIER DUE: SUNDAY, MARCH 14th AT 11:59PM
• Submit your paper as a Word or PDF to the submissions drop box located at the
bottom of the project page.
• Post the link to your OneNote dossier at the top of your paper.
PRO and CON EDITORIAL ARGUMENTS DUE: SUNDAY, MARCH 14TH AT 11:59PM.
• Submit your two op-ed arguments as a Word or PDF file to the submissions drop
box located at the bottom of the project page. You may submit these in one file or
two.