Argument and Project

1.   Journal:  What is the final project, as you understand it?

2.  WPA guidelines and project description

3.  Groups and project…

4.  HW:  Argument essay outline due on TUESDAY.

Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing

1.       Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating

2. Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate primary and secondary sources
3. Integrate their own ideas with those of others
4. Understand the relationships among language, knowledge, and power

Processes

1.       Be aware that it usually takes multiple drafts to create and complete a successful text

2. Develop flexible strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proof-reading
3. Understand writing as an open process that permits writers to use later invention and re-thinking to revise their work
4. Understand the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes
5. Learn to critique their own and others' works
6. Learn to balance the advantages of relying on others with the responsibility of doing their part
7. Use a variety of technologies to address a range of audiences