HW for next two classes: 11/8 and 11/13

HW for 11/8

1. Review UNHCR's website, particular the "Latest News Section" (multiple stories on Syrian Refugees)

2. RefugeesUSA: US Immigration Laws, Information & Services

HW for 10/13

1. (Re)read the Proposal Argument essay prompt. Choose your subject matter. Go to the HRO website.

• Evaluate your source HRO website

• Mission
• Policies/programs
• Current issues

2. Read over Chapter 14: Proposal Arguments. This chapter will guide you through the structure, the critical thinking, and other rhetorical strategies for writing our next argument essay.

• Note down three-part structure of Proposal Arguments (306; 309-311).

• Define a Policy Proposal (306).

• Review the Toumlin Analysis Schema  (307) to set up your essay.

• Understand "The need to overcome people's natural conservatism" (308) and its role in your drafting this essay with the mindset of (hypothetically) being involved with your HRO.

• Focus on the charts on 312 and 313 for writing strong thesis and subtopic sentences. 

3. Read the Following our Class Discussion Model of the Proposal Argument Essay

Read through the Standing Rock Syllabus, which is linked here through Wordpress.  Within the syllabus, identify a few HRO's that are being cited (Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, etc.)

• Which aspects of the larger problem are these HRO's involved within?
• How are these HRO's trying to aid the Standing Rock Collective?
• What terms within the "Key Terms" section may help you most if you were trying to do the Proposal Argument on this large contemporary problem?
• What are some of your own scholarly takeaways from looking at this material as a model for how to approach answering the prompt? 
• What are some of the things you would topically focus on?
• What are some of the ways this inspired you to make larger connections?
• What would you do next? 

• "How Greenpeace is Showing Up as an Ally in the Dakota Access Pipeline"

4. For the Final Research Argument Essay: 

• Review pages 340-347 of Chapter 15. Pay special attention to "Formulating a Research Question..." (341). 

• Read the article, which inspires and frames our mindset for the research essay, by clicking on the following excerpt:

• Literary fiction, by contrast, focuses more on the psychology of characters and their relationships. “Often those characters’ minds are depicted vaguely, without many details, and we’re forced to fill in the gaps to understand their intentions and motivations,” Kidd says. This genre prompts the reader to imagine the characters’ introspective dialogues. This psychological awareness carries over into the real world, which is full of complicated individuals whose inner lives are usually difficult to fathom. Although literary fiction tends to be more realistic than popular fiction, the characters disrupt reader expectations, undermining prejudices and stereotypes. They support and teach us values about social behavior, such as the importance of understanding those who are different from ourselves.
  The results suggest that reading fiction is a valuable socializing influence (Chiaet).