WORKSHOP WORKSHEET
Here is the Worksheet for the Final Project Workshop we did together in class Monday. If you missed the class or want to change your topic but still go through the workshop process, just copy this document and go through the workshop steps. If you can do the group work sections with a colleague who may have missed the workshop, so much the better.
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Opposition:
Terms requiring definition?
Final Paper/Close
Argumentative Reading Workshop Worksheet
Your Name:
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The Text/Topic You Are Reading Closely in
Your Argument: __________________________________________________
BRAINSTORM! Take 20 mins. or so to write
down 20-30 claims about your chosen text/topic. Don't worry whether these
claims are "deep," just write down claims you think are true and
interesting and be as clear and specific as you can.
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Continue on the back of the page if you
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Final Paper/Close
Argumentative Reading Workshop Worksheet (PART TWO: In Class)
Your Name:
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The Text or Art You Are Reading Closely/Topic
You Are Researching in Your Argument: ___________________________
I. In groups of three: Discuss your BRAINSTORM
and then PICK THE THREE BEST THESIS CANDIDATE CLAIMS and write them down in
their best, clearest form here (Twenty-Four Minutes):
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II. Now on your own, for each of your
three thesis candidate claims COME UP WITH THE STRONGEST OR MOST OBVIOUS
OPPOSITION TO EACH THESIS (Ten Minutes):
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III. In NEW groups of three: Discuss your thesis candidates and their OPPOSITIONS and write down the results, reconsiderations, and re-edits here (Twenty-Four Minutes):
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III. In NEW groups of three: Discuss your thesis candidates and their OPPOSITIONS and write down the results, reconsiderations, and re-edits here (Twenty-Four Minutes):
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IV. On your own, pick the strongest thesis
and its best opposition and write them down in the template below (Five
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V. In NEW groups of three discuss your
text/topic, thesis, opposition, and quotes/data that may support the thesis or
provide a means to circumvent its objection. Also, determine whether any key
terms need definitions (Thirty-Six Minutes):
Thesis:
1. (textual/data support)
2. (textual/data support)
3. (textual/data support)
Opposition:
(textual/argumentative circumvention)
Terms requiring definition?
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