Course curriculum

  • 1

    The Unending Conversation

    • Entering Conversations / Developing Positions / Composing on Your Own using an African American Literature Source (Assata, by Assata Shakur)

    • The Unending Conversation: Close Reading Assignment - Greta Thunberg's Speech to the United Nations

    • The Rhetorical Situation

    • Key Terms and Assata the Autobiography

  • 2

    Selecting Evidence to Motivate an Audience

    • Modes of Persuasion

    • Apply What You Have Learned

    • Vocabulary of: Strategic and Sufficient Evidence
  • 3

    Connecting an Argument

    • Connecting an Argument Overview

    • Connecting and Explaining Claims of Evidence

    • Connecting the Argument to Other Classroom Courses
  • 4

    Structuring and Organizing Arguments

    • Introductions and Conclusions

    • Thesis and Structure

    • Comparison-Contrast, Description, and Definition

  • 5

    Structuring and Supporting Coherent Arguments

    • Constructing Coherent Arguments

    • Maintaining Coherence and Using Transitions

    • The Many Meanings of Language
  • 6

    Join the Conversation

    • Assata: Synthesizing Essay