Lesson-Planning Rubric: Persuasive Research Paper



ENGL 805

Deborah Murray & Karin Westman

Lesson-Planning Rubric: Persuasive Research Paper

| |Generating |Generating |

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| |Paper #3 Due | |

| | |D – Refining Topics & Developing Stated Reasons |

| |A – Invention for Paper #4 | |

| | |E – Gathering & Evaluating Evidence for Individual Claim/Stated|

|Week #1 |B – Introduction of Assignment for Paper #4 |Reasons |

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| |C – Individual Work with Own Topics |F – Credibility of Sources for Persuasive Research Papers |

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| |Homework: Read sample essays; topics due. |Homework: Write a crash-through draft; begin research (bring at|

| | |least two sources to class) |

| |Generating/Translating |Translating |

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| |A – Evaluating Selected Evidence and Sources for |C – Workshop with Sample Persuasive Research Paper |

| |Individual Claim/Stated Reasons | |

| | |D – Mini-Conferences to Assess Student Progress |

| |B – Evidence-Match: General Principles and Individual | |

| |Application |Homework: Revise draft; bring sources and two copies of revised|

|Week #2 | |draft to class. |

| |Homework: Revise crash-through draft; write | |

| |paragraph-length progress report. | |

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| |Translating/Reviewing |Reviewing |

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| |A – Development Workshop |B – Format Workshop |

| |Evidence |In-Text Attribution (Tagging) |

|Week #3 |Explanation |Paraphrasing Source Material |

| |Counter-Arguments |Citation Format |

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| |Homework: Revise draft; bring sources and two copies of |Homework: Final revision of draft due in class with all notes, |

| |revised draft to class. |drafts, workshop materials, and sources. |

Goals of Assignment

■ Practice in a form favored by most disciplines (classical rhetoric argument: WA 64)

■ Practice in developing an arguable claim about which reasonable people disagree

■ Practice in developing audience-based reasons for a selected audience

■ Practice in gathering, evaluating, and presenting evidence for a selected audience

■ Practice in identifying and refuting opposing views

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