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PRESENTATION SCHEDULE

Week Two (Jan 24-28) T  Critical Thinking  Examining Assumptions  Critical Analysis Assignment Handout  Critical analysis 1: The Undercover Parent? (pg. 18) Should We Save the Jerboa (pg. 26)

R  Critical Reading  Active Reading  Paraphrasing and summarizing  Reason vs. Rationalization  Procedures in Argument  Critical Analysis 2: On Racist Speech (pg.61) Anthony Sanchez Protecting Freedom of Expression on the Campus (pg. 66) Abigail Cortez When Identity Politics Is Rational (pg. 111) Benjamin Chapa/Maria Carillo

Week Three (Jan 31-Feb 4 ) T  Critical Writing  Writing an Analysis of an Argument  Critical analysis 3: For environmental balance, Pick Up a Rifle ( pg. 183) Angela Montano Violent Media Is Good For Kids (pg. 195) Raven Henry/ Stephanie Turner Bring Back Flogging (pg. 192) Jennifer Johnson

 Developing an Argument of Your Own  Planning, Drafting, and Revising an Argument  Rhetorical Analysis Of Audience, Purpose, and Occasion  Critical analysis 4: Why I don’t Spare “Spare Change.” (pg. 259) Brittany Billington Modest Proposal (pg. 217) Chanel Flowers Animal Liberation (pg. 205) Alan Escamilla

Week Four (Feb 7-11)

T  Understanding Research, formatting, and planning a research  Choosing Research Area  Locating research materials  Evaluating Sources R  Taking Notes  Note cards: Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Synthesizing  Compiling Annotated Bibliography

1  Topic Report: Presenting a proposal  Formatting and planning a research  E-campus discussion 4 posted

Week Five (Feb 14-18) T  Using noodle tool  Quoting sources  Appropriate use of quotations  MLA format, in text citation, and work cited  Plagiarizing, paraphrasing, and using common knowledge

 17th and 18th Closed for Faculty Development Day

Week Six (Feb 21-25)

 Conference Day: Research Proposal and Plan

R  Conference Day: Research Proposal and Plan

Week Seven (Feb 28-Mar 4)

T  The Toulmin’s Model of Argument  Critical Analysis 5: Raise Wages Not Walls (pg. 333) Benjamin Chapa Why We Built the Ivory Tower (pg. 547) Raven Henry / Ali Verticoli America’s Most Overrated Product: The Bachelor’s Degree (pg. 560) Jocqueline Boswell Should the Obama Generation Drop Out? (pg. 565) Nitique Williams Re-imagining Liberal Education (pg. 571) Anthony Sanchez/ Raul Gonzalez

 A Moralist’s View  Critical Analysis 6: Famine, Affluence, and Morality (pg. 402) Alisia Woods Lifeboat Ethics: The Case against Helping the Poor (pg. 414) Raven/ Ali Three Letters (to an Ethicist) (pg. 424) Jacqueline Boswell

Week Eight (Mar 7-11)

T  Logician’s View  Critical Analysis 7: The Equal Rights Amendment: Is It Still Needed? Yes, the Era Is Still Needed (pg. 511) Maria No, Era Is Not Needed (pg. 513) Abigail

R  Rogerian Argument  Critical Analysis 8: Communication: Its Blocking and Its Facilitation (pg. 457)

 Sexual Harassment: Is There Any Doubt about What It Is?

Cultural Fascism (pg. 718) Raul The Reasonable Woman Standard (pg. 708) Lizet Sexual Harassment (pg. 704) James/ Jacob

Week 9 (Mar 14-18)

SPRING BREAK

Week Ten (Mar 21-25)

T  A Literary Critic’s View  Critical Analysis 9: Mending Wall (pg. 473) The Story of an Hour (pg. 485) Brittany The Greater Part of the Stories Current Today We Shall Have to Reject (pg. 490) Bhrayan

 Immigration: What is to be done?

3  Critical Analysis 10: Five Myths about Immigration pg. 689 Lizet The Worker Next Door pg. 693 Julio Our Brave New World of Immigration pg. 698 Gemma Angels in America pg. 696 Paige

Week Eleven (Mar 28-Apr 1)

 Research Report

R  Research Report

Week Twelve (Apr 4-8)

 Racial Profiling: Should Airports Use It To Screen Passengers?  Critical Analysis 11 Yes, Racial Profiling Is Sometimes Acceptable (pg. 527) Stephanie No Racial Profiling Is Unacceptable (pg. 529) Jennifer

 Service: A Duty? A Benefit? Or Both, or Perhaps Neither?  Critical Analysis 12 The Case for “Service” (pg. 778) Braylon/ Jacob The Failure of an All-Volunteer Military (pg. 787) Abigail

R  Marriage: What Is Its Future?  Critical Analysis 13 Gay Marriage, Make Them Legal (pg. 721) Gemma Gay Marriage, an Oxymoron (pg. 723) Paige Backward Logic in the Courts (pg. 726) James

Week Thirteen (Apr 11-15 )

Thursday, Apr 14th is the last day to drop with a grade of ‘W’

4 T  Torture: Is It Ever Justifiable?  Critical Analysis 14: The Case For Torture (pg. 824) Nitique The Truth About Torture (pg. 827) Alisia Defusing the Ticking Bomb Scenario (pg. 836) Angela/ Julio

 How Free is the Will of the Individual within Society?  Critical Analysis 15: Shooting An Elephant pg. 917 Jacqueline The Perils of Obedience pg. 948 Ali Is Determinism Inconsistent with Free Will? Pg. 924 John

Week Fourteen (Apr 18-22)

T  Presentation: Research Paper  Research Paper and Research Portfolio Submitted  Maria, Abby, Ali, John, Benjamin

R  Presentation: Research Paper  Research Paper and Research Portfolio Submitted  Paige, Angela, Braylon, Raven, Alan

Week Fifteen (Apr 25-29)

T  Presentation : Research Paper  Research Paper and Research Portfolio Submitted  Gaby, Anthony, Jennifer, Stephanie, Chanel

R  Presentation : Research Paper  Research Paper and Research Portfolio Submitted  Gemma, Lizet, Brittany, James, Julio

Week Sixteen (May 2-May 6)

T  Presentation : Research Paper  Research Paper and Research Portfolio Submitted  Nitique, Jacqueline, Alisia, Jacob, Raul

R  Exam Review

5 Week Seventeen (May 9-12)  Final exam