English 147 Week 8 Assignment 1: Twelve-Month Argument and Research Plan
This assignment is an exciting chance for you to address the course outcomes in a new and personalized manner. You will consider the next year in four “chunks” of months. Based on your passions and uses for argument in different areas of your life, you will evaluate possible argument scenarios, considering audience and argument techniques. This assignment will also afford you the exciting prospect of using the source evaluation skills you have learned via searching for books to place on your personal reading list, referencing them in correct APA Style, and explaining what excites you about those books. The assignment template will guide you in expressing your goals, in thinking about argument in different and fun contexts, and in identifying books for your 12-month reading list. The objective of this assignment is to provide you with further application of argument techniques and of information literacy tools.
Please use the template, composing your responses directly on the template. Approach this assignment with an eye toward change and the power you have for impacting the world around you.
Week 8 Assignment 1: Twelve-Month Argument and Research Plan
English 147
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Part I: In the Next Few Months
Note todays month/year through the month/year 3 months from now (example: December 2021 March 2022).
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Next, Identify one personal, academic, or professional argument opportunity. What passion led you to choose this particular argument opportunity? Why did you decide to place it in this particular section (today through 3 months from now)? How will you approach this opportunity? How might it change the world?
Please respond with rich detail in at least one full, well-developed, rich paragraph here:
Reading List! Locate a book related to the above paragraph. There are no boundaries here regarding subject matter- have fun and make this a book you REALLY want to read!
Write the Title, Author, and Year Published here:
Why does this book excite you? How might it open your eyes to new ideas and actions? Please respond in at least three clear, detailed sentences here:
Part II: 4-6 Months from Now
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Next, Identify one personal, academic, or professional argument opportunity. What passion led you to choose this particular argument opportunity? Why did you decide to place it in this particular section (4-6 months from now)? How will you approach this opportunity? How might it change the world?
Please respond with rich detail in at least one full, well-developed, rich paragraph here:
Reading List! Locate a book related to the above paragraph. There are no boundaries here regarding subject matter- have fun and make this a book you REALLY want to read!
Write the Title, Author, and Year Published here:
Why does this book excite you? How might it open your eyes to new ideas and actions? Please respond in at least three clear, detailed sentences here:
Part III: 7-9 Months from Now
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Next, Identify one personal, academic, or professional argument opportunity. What passion led you to choose this particular argument opportunity? Why did you decide to place it in this particular section (7-9 months from now)? How will you approach this opportunity? How might it change the world?
Please respond with rich detail in at least one full, well-developed, rich paragraph here:
Reading List! Locate a book related to the above paragraph. There are no boundaries here regarding subject matter- have fun and make this a book you REALLY want to read!
Write the Title, Author, and Year Published here:
Why does this book excite you? How might it open your eyes to new ideas and actions? Please respond in at least three clear, detailed sentences here:
Part IV: 10-12 Months from Now
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Next, Identify one personal, academic, or professional argument opportunity. What passion led you to choose this particular argument opportunity? Why did you decide to place it in this particular section (10-12 months from now)? How will you approach this opportunity? How might it change the world?
Please respond with rich detail in at least one full, well-developed, rich paragraph here:
Reading List! Locate a book related to the above paragraph. There are no boundaries here regarding subject matter- have fun and make this a book you REALLY want to read!
Write the Title, Author, and Year Published here:
Why does this book excite you? How might it open your eyes to new ideas and actions? Please respond in at least three clear, detailed sentences here:
