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Turning Rants into Valid Arguments Context: The in-class activity Turning Rants into Arguments was designed with the learner in mind. The purpose of this exercise is to engage students in a process where they are active participants in their own learning as they form argumentative skills. This activity was developed as an introduction to argument writing. It connects common experiences relatable to students to identify the commonality of argument in everyday conversation. Students are challenged to understand the dual realities of multiple rhetorical situations interacting simultaneously and to respond appropriately and professionally. This activity will be best understood by students after they have learned the components of the rhetorical situation. It will also be best for students as a pre-writing activity to proposal writing. Goals: In light of the WPA outcome statement, this activity focuses on two categories of the WPA outcome statement: rhetorical knowledge and critical thinking, reading, and writing. The primary focus of this activity is critical thinking, reading, and writing. This activity helps students to use reading and writing for learning, thinking, and communicating, and to respond appropriately to different kinds of rhetorical situations. These outcomes encourage students to attain the following goals: Focus on a purpose Adopting appropriate voice, tone, and level of formality Write in a specific genre (proposal writing, problem/solution writing) Use writing and reading for inquiry, learning, thinking, and communicating Understand the relationship among language, knowledge, and power Work collaboratively to integrate ideas with others
Materials: The Complaint Box: Counter Culture reading (attached) A white board/marker Student writing materials (pen/paper) Argument structure handout (attached)
Worksheet
What is your underlying argument?
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