<p>PRESENTATION SCHEDULE</p><p>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) </p><p>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</p><p>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</p><p>R </p><p> 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</p><p>Week Four (Feb 7-11)</p><p>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</p><p>1  Topic Report: Presenting a proposal  Formatting and planning a research  E-campus discussion 4 posted</p><p>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</p><p>R </p><p> 17th and 18th Closed for Faculty Development Day</p><p>Week Six (Feb 21-25)</p><p>T </p><p> Conference Day: Research Proposal and Plan</p><p>R  Conference Day: Research Proposal and Plan</p><p>Week Seven (Feb 28-Mar 4)</p><p>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</p><p>2 R</p><p> 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</p><p>Week Eight (Mar 7-11)</p><p>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</p><p>R  Rogerian Argument  Critical Analysis 8: Communication: Its Blocking and Its Facilitation (pg. 457) </p><p> Sexual Harassment: Is There Any Doubt about What It Is?</p><p>Cultural Fascism (pg. 718) Raul The Reasonable Woman Standard (pg. 708) Lizet Sexual Harassment (pg. 704) James/ Jacob</p><p>Week 9 (Mar 14-18)</p><p>SPRING BREAK</p><p>Week Ten (Mar 21-25)</p><p>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</p><p>R</p><p> Immigration: What is to be done?</p><p>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</p><p>Week Eleven (Mar 28-Apr 1)</p><p>T</p><p> Research Report</p><p>R  Research Report</p><p>Week Twelve (Apr 4-8)</p><p>T </p><p> 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</p><p> 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</p><p>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</p><p>Week Thirteen (Apr 11-15 )</p><p>Thursday, Apr 14th is the last day to drop with a grade of ‘W’</p><p>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</p><p>R</p><p> 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</p><p>Week Fourteen (Apr 18-22)</p><p>T  Presentation: Research Paper  Research Paper and Research Portfolio Submitted  Maria, Abby, Ali, John, Benjamin</p><p>R  Presentation: Research Paper  Research Paper and Research Portfolio Submitted  Paige, Angela, Braylon, Raven, Alan</p><p>Week Fifteen (Apr 25-29)</p><p>T  Presentation : Research Paper  Research Paper and Research Portfolio Submitted  Gaby, Anthony, Jennifer, Stephanie, Chanel</p><p>R  Presentation : Research Paper  Research Paper and Research Portfolio Submitted  Gemma, Lizet, Brittany, James, Julio</p><p>Week Sixteen (May 2-May 6)</p><p>T  Presentation : Research Paper  Research Paper and Research Portfolio Submitted  Nitique, Jacqueline, Alisia, Jacob, Raul</p><p>R  Exam Review</p><p>5 Week Seventeen (May 9-12)  Final exam </p><p>6</p>