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2. COM 120 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 120 Capstone Discussion Question COM 120 Entire Course For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com COM 120 Week 1 CheckPoint: Persuasive Essay Topic COM 120 Week 1 DQs COM 120 Week 2 CheckPoint: Brainstorming Techniques COM 120 Week 2 Assignment: Persuasive Essay Characteristics COM 120 Week 3 CheckPoint: Thesis Statements • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Capstone Discussion Question • • Due Date: Day 3 [Main] forum • • Post your response to these questions: How did using a formal writing process (planning, drafting, developing, revising, editing, and proofreading) help you create a more effective academic paper?

3. COM 120 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 120 Week 1 CheckPoint- Persuasive Essay Topic COM 120 Week 1 DQs For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Discussion Question 1 • Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Main forum] • Post your response to these questions: What writing process have you used in the past? What worked well for you? What is your biggest obstacle to becoming an effective writer? • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • CheckPoint: Persuasive Essay Topic • Appendix A will familiarize you with the phases of the writing process as well as the deliverables that will be due throughout the course regarding your persuasive essay.

4. COM 120 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 120 Week 1 Grammar Exercise 1 COM 120 Week 2 Assignment- Persuasive Essay Characteristics For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Assignment: Persuasive Essay Characteristics In a persuasive essay, the writer assumes a position on a subject—which your text refers to as taking a stand—and then tries to persuade his/her readers to agree with that position • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • COM 120 Week 1 Grammar Exercise 1

5. COM 120 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 120 Week 2 CheckPoint- Brainstorming Techniques COM 120 Week 3 CheckPoint- Thesis Statements For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com CheckPoint: Thesis Statements Course Syllabus Page 12 COM 120 COM 120 Effective Persuasive Writing A thesis statement should be created for every academic paper you write. Often appearing at the end of a paper’s introduction • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • CheckPoint: Brainstorming Techniques • In traditional brainstorming, individuals or groups of people compile ideas on a topic but do not evaluate or organize the ideas presented. In contrast, mind-mapping (also called concept mapping) visually places the thoughts into categories.

6. COM 120 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 120 Week 3 DQs COM 120 Week 4 Assignment- Full Sentence Outline, Thesis Statement, and Working For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Assignment: Full Sentence Outline, Thesis Statement, and Working Reference List Before you write a first draft of your Persuasive Essay, you will need to organize the structure of your paper • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Discussion Question 1 • Writing a topic sentence is similar to writing a thesis sentence but on a smaller scale. Whereas, the thesis statement conveys the main idea of the entire paper, a topic sentence conveys the main idea of a single paragraph.

7. COM 120 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 120 Week 4 CheckPoint- Paragraphs COM 120 Week 4 Grammar Exercise 2 For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com COM 120 Week 4 Grammar Exercise 2 • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • CheckPoint: Paragraphs • Often, writers use more than one type of supporting paragraph to develop an essay. The type of supporting paragraph depends on the type of thesis statement the writer has chosen.

8. COM 120 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 120 Week 5 CheckPoint- Formatting PART 1 of 2 COM 120 Week 5 CheckPoint- Formatting PART 2 of 2 For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com CheckPoint: Formatting • Resources: Appendix F, Appendix G, and Sample APA paper: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c09_s4.html • Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum • Identify specific APA formatting errors in the text contained in Appendix G • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • CheckPoint: Formatting • • Resources: Appendix F, Appendix G, and Sample APA paper: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c09_s4.html • • Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum • • Identify specific APA formatting errors in the text contained in Appendix G.

9. COM 120 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 120 Week 5 DQs COM 120 Week 6 Assignment-Rough Draft of Persuasive Essay For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Assignment: Rough Draft of Persuasive Essay Be sure to submit a Rough Draft of your Persuasive Essay that is complete enough for the instructor to provide constructive feedback. • Resource: Appendix A • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • Submit a Rough Draft of your Persuasive Essay • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Discussion Question 1 • • Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum • • Post your response to these questions: What are the advantages of using APA formatting for academic papers? What aspect of APA formatting do you find most troublesome?

10. COM 120 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 120 Week 6 CheckPoint- Introductions and Conclusions COM 120 Week 7 CheckPoint- Peer Review- Appendix H For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com CheckPoint: Peer Review As writers, we can become personally attached to our work. That attachment can make it difficult for us to see how our work might be received by an audience. Peer reviews provide a valuable opportunity • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • CheckPoint: Introductions and Conclusions • An effective introduction serves to arouse a reader’s interest. Starting a paper with “In this paper, I will…” is the surest route to boredom. Just as a first impression when meeting someone is important, a first impression when reading an essay is also important.

11. COM 120 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 120 Week 7 DQs COM 120 Week 8 Assignment- Commonly Misused Words For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Assignment: Commonly Misused Words One aspect of becoming an effective writer is learning how to use words effectively. For this CheckPoint exercise, refer to the list of commonly misused words at http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/ Course Syllabus Page 20 COM 120 • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Discussion Question 1 • • Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum • • Post your response to this question: What is the purpose of revising and editing an academic paper? • 3. Discussion Question 2 • • Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum

12. COM 120 Empower Learning/ indigohelp ABS 200 Educational Tutor/ indigohelp COM 120 Week 8 CheckPoint- Revised Rough Draft COM 120 Week 9 Assignment- Final Persuasive Essay For more classes visit www.indigohelp.com Assignment: Final Persuasive Essay • Resource: Appendix A and Appendix I • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • Proofread your Final Persuasive Essay using the Final Persuasive Essay Checklist. • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • CheckPoint: Revised Rough Draft • • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum • • Revise the Rough Draft of your Persuasive Essay. Identify the portions of the paper you revised by using bold or colored font or asterisks (*), and explain how you incorporated the feedback from your instructor

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