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2. COM 220 ASH Course Tutorial COM 220 Entire Course COM 220 Week 1 Assignment Assignment Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation • COM 220 Week 1 CheckPoint Research Paper Topic • COM 220 Week 1 Assignment Assignment Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation • COM 220 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • COM 220 Week 2 Checkpoint Gathering and Evaluating Information • COM 220 Week 3 Checkpoint Annotated Bibliography • COM 220 Week 3 COM 220 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • COM 220 Week 4 Checkpoint Developing a Thesis Statement • COM 220 Week 5 CheckPoint Full Sentence Outline Assignment Quoting, Summarizing, and Paraphrasing Sources • Assignment: Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation • Due Day 7 [Individual forum] • Resources: American Rhetoric Web site; and Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and • Argumentation • Listen to the speech at • http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechcitizenkane2.html

3. COM 220 ASH Course Tutorial COM 220 Week 1 CheckPoint Research Paper Topic COM 220 Week 2 Checkpoint Gathering and Evaluating Information • CheckPoint: Research Paper Topic • Resources: Appendix A, Appendix C, and the Center for Writing Excellence • Grammar Guide. • Review Appendix C. • Select a topic for your research paper. Here are possible topic selections: • CheckPoint: Gathering and Evaluating Information • Due Day 5 [Individual forum] • Resources: Finding, Evaluating, and Utilizing Credible Information; Bias, Rhetorical • Devices, and Argumentation; the University Library Interactive Tutorial; the Center for • Writing Excellence; and Appendix D

4. COM 220 ASH Course Tutorial COM 220 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 COM 220 Week 3 Assignment Quoting, Summarizing, and Paraphrasing Sources • Discussion Questions • DQ 1 Due Day 2 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: Where do you normally find information for • topics that interest you? How do you know when sources are reliable? Explain your • answers. • Assignment: Quoting, Summarizing, and Paraphrasing Sources • Due Day 7 [Individual forum] • Resources: Finding, Evaluating, and Utilizing Credible Information; Appropriate Style • Guidelines; Appendix D; and Appendix E. • Navigate to Grammar and Writing Guides in the Center for Writing Excellence

5. COM 220 ASH Course Tutorial COM 220 Week 3 Checkpoint Annotated Bibliography COM 220 Week 4 Checkpoint Developing a Thesis Statement • CheckPoint: Annotated Bibliography • As part of the writing process, you will refine your premise several times. Before you • eliminate any sources, you should create a record of your research in case you decide to • revisit an idea. An annotated bibliography tracks your research and compiles summaries • CheckPoint: Developing a Thesis Statement • Due Day 3 [Individual forum] • Resources: Stages of the Research Process; Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and • Argumentation; Organizing Your Research Paper; the Time Web site; and the Center • for Writing Excellence

6. COM 220 ASH Course Tutorial COM 220 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 COM 220 Week 5 Assignment Incorporating Statistics, Graphs, and Illustrations • Discussion Questions • · Due Day 2 [Main forum] • · Read A Nation Apart at • http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1862596,00.html • · Post your response to the following: Identify the thesis statement in the article A • Nation Apart. What strategies does the author use to formulate his argument? What • makes the arguments so viable and compelling? • Assignment: Incorporating Statistics, Graphs, and Illustrations • · Due Day 7 [Individual forum] • · Resources: Incorporating Statistics, Graphs, and Illustrations; Creating Tables • tutorial; and Axia College’s Writing Style Handbook • · Review Incorporating Statistics, Graphs, and Illustrations on the student Web site;

7. COM 220 ASH Course Tutorial COM 220 Week 5 CheckPoint Full Sentence Outline COM 220 Week 6 CheckPoint Introduction and Conclusion. • Review Ch. 3 of the text. • CheckPoint: Full-Sentence Outline • Due Day 4 [Individual forum] • Resources: Organizing Your Research Paper and Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and • Argumentation • Review the criteria for full-sentence outlines in Organizing Your Research Paper on • the student Web site. • Review Ch. 3 of the text. • CheckPoint: Introduction and Conclusion • Due Day 3 [Individual forum] • Resource: Drafting Your Research Paper • Consider the components of an effective introduction and an effective conclusion • outlined in Drafting Your Research Paper.

8. COM 220 ASH Course Tutorial COM 220 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2. COM 220 Week 7 Assignment Peer Review Workshop • Review Ch. 3 of the text. • Discussion Questions • DQ 1 Due Day 2 [Main forum] • Review the sections on introductions and conclusions in the reading Drafting Your • Research Paper on the student Web site. • Post your response to the following: What type of introduction and what type of • conclusion do you plan to write for your research paper? How does the introduction • Review Ch. 3 of the text. • Assignment: Peer Review Workshop • Due Day 7 [Individual forum] • Resources: Giving Constructive Feedback tutorial and Appendix G • Review the Giving Constructive Feedback tutorial at • http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/AXIA/CRT205/constructive_feedback.html. • Perform a peer review of a classmate’s rough draft.

9. COM 220 ASH Course Tutorial COM 220 Week 7 Checkpoint Rough draft of the Research paper COM 220 Week 8 Checkpoint Research Paper Revision. • Review Ch. 3 of the text. • CheckPoint: Rough Draft of the Research Paper • Due Day 3 [Individual forum] • Resources: Drafting Your Research Paper, full-sentence outline of your research • Review Ch. 3 of the text. • CheckPoint: Research Paper Revision • Due Day 7 [Individual forum] • Resources: Revising Your Research Paper; and peer review of your paper • Write a 200- to 300-word response to the following: • What feedback did you receive from the CWE, your peer reviewer, and your • instructor?

10. COM 220 ASH Course Tutorial COM 220 Week 8 Checkpoint Writing Skills Assessment COM 220 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • Review Ch. 3 of the text. • CheckPoint: Research Paper Revision • Due Day 7 [Individual forum] • Resources: Revising Your Research Paper; and peer review of your paper • Write a 200- to 300-word response to the following: • What feedback did you receive from the CWE, your peer reviewer, and your • Review Ch. 3 of the text. • Discussion Questions • DQ 1 Due Day 2 [Main forum] • Post your response to the following: What was your experience with the Center for • Writing Excellence (CWE) in the past? In addition to the CWE, what other writing

11. COM 220 ASH Course Tutorial COM 220 Week 9 Capstone Checkpoint COM 220 Week 9 Final Project Persuasive Research Paper • Review Ch. 3 of the text. • Capstone CheckPoint • · Due Day 4 [Individual forum] • · Write a 200- to 300-word response to the following questions: • Now that you have finished your research paper, what advice would you provide • to students starting this course? • Review Ch. 3 of the text. • Final Project: Persuasive Research Paper • · Due Day 7 [Individual forum] • · Resources: Appendix A and Appendix H • · Use the checklist in Appendix H to proofread your final draft. If you cannot answer

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