Here
is a copy of the workshop worksheets that you can use if you want to
re-do the exercise (if you change your topic, for example) and for use
in your future courses if you like. Remember, I expect you to include
workshop worksheets when you hand in your final papers on the last day
of class. Have a great weekend, and as I said in class yesterday, please
e-mail me and talk to me if you want to run a thesis statement by me,
or you are worried about any aspect of your paper or writing process.
See you for the Symposium next week! d
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Opposition:
Terms requiring definition?
Final Paper: Close
Reading and Research Paper Workshop Worksheet
Your Name:
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The
Assigned Text (or object) You Are
Reading Closely in Your Argument:
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BRAINSTORM! Take 15 mins. or so to write
down 20-30 claims about your chosen text, topic, or question. Don't worry whether
the claims are "deep," just write down claims you think are true and
interesting. Be as clear and specific as you can.
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Continue on the back of the page if you
like. The more claims you have to work with, the better.
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Final Paper/Close
Argumentative Reading Workshop Worksheet (PART TWO: In Class)
Your Name:
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The Text (and/or Object) You Are Reading
Closely 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 Minutes):
Thesis:
1. (textual/data support)
2. (textual/data support)
3. (textual/data support)
Opposition:
(textual/argumentative circumvention)
Terms requiring definition?
