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English 12A — Rhetoric and Argument: The Public Conversation
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4 Sections
20 Lessons
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Unit 1: Reading Rhetorically — Satire and the Rhetorical Situation
5
1.1
The Rhetorical Situation — Reading A Modest Proposal
50 mins
1.2
Language Lab — Diction, Connotation and Tone in Swift
45 mins
1.3
Listening Lab — Franklin’s Satires of 1773
50 mins
1.4
Writing Workshop — The Rhetorical Précis and the Analytical Thesis
50 mins
1.5
Key Assignment — Rhetorical Analysis Essay
150 mins
Unit 2: Liberty of Thought and Discussion — Mill’s On Liberty and the American Free-Speech Tradition
5
2.1
Mapping a Long Argument — On Liberty, Chapters 1 and 2
55 mins
2.2
Language Lab — Syntax as Logic: Mill’s Sentences and Academic Hyphenation
45 mins
2.3
Seminar — Mill and the Court: Where Should Speech Stop?
55 mins
2.4
Writing Workshop — Claims, Counterclaims and the Steelman
50 mins
2.5
Key Assignment — Argument Essay on the Limits of Free Expression
150 mins
Unit 3: The Speech as Public Argument — Burke, Bryan and Terrell
5
3.1
Three Speeches in Crisis — Reading Burke, Bryan and Terrell
55 mins
3.2
Language Lab — Figures of Speech and the Changing Language of Oratory
45 mins
3.3
Listening Lab — Text, Delivery and Occasion
50 mins
3.4
Writing Workshop — Writing for the Ear
50 mins
3.5
Key Assignment — Persuasive Speech and Rhetorical Rationale
150 mins
Unit 4: What Is Education For? — The Researched Argument
5
4.1
Four Answers and the Data — Newman, Huxley, Cooper and Dewey
55 mins
4.2
Language Lab — Defining Contested Terms and Using Academic Vocabulary
45 mins
4.3
Research Circle — Testing Questions and Sources Together
50 mins
4.4
Writing Workshop — From Question to Annotated Bibliography
100 mins
4.5
Key Assignment — Researched Argument: What Is Education For?
200 mins
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