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Eligible Students:Grades 9th-10th, (open to 11th-12th): Designed for early high school students, to apply the principles of debate to persuasive writing, the course is open to any student who has completed the first four levels of Writing & Rhetoric or who can demonstrate proficiency in essay writing. Please note: The student completing this course earns 1/2 high school course credit. Class Dates: Spring Semester, Monday, January 24, 2022, through Wednesday, May 25, 2022.Class Times: Mondays & Wednesdays: 11:00 am-12:15 pm (EST)Instructor: Tracy DickinsonE-mail: TDickinson.Schole@ Schedule for Persuasive Writing:Class Session Dates: Classes will take place on Mo787234629919Persuasive WritingSpring Semester 2021-2022Persuasive WritingSpring Semester 2021-2022ndays & Wednesdays: 11:00 am — 12:15 pm (EST) for 16 weeks and 32 classes on the following dates* January 24, 26, 31February 2, 7, 9 (Winter break 2/14, 2/16 – no class), 21, 23, 28March 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30April 4, 6, (Holy Week/Easter Break 4/11, 4/13 – no class), 18, 20, 25, 27May 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23, 25*Please note the above dates and times are the anticipated class sessions for this course. Should the instructor be forced to cancel class due to illness or family emergency, every effort will be made to schedule a makeup class at an alternate time. Persuasive Writing: Course MapQUARTER 3Chapters 1-12 of textIntroduction to course, focus on Common Topics of Definition, Testimony, and ComparisonQUARTER 4Chapters 13-25 of textContinued discussion of ComparisonFocus on Common Topics of Relationship and Circumstance.Course reviewFinal DebateOffice Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 12:30-1:00 PM (EST) or upon re554387214720000quest.Required Course Texts:The course text is?the award-winning Argument Builder, which is available from Classical Academic Press ().? Additional readings may be provided by instructor, as needed.Written assignments should be completed according to MLA form. Any edition of the MLA Handbook is acceptable..Course Description?: Persuasive Writing This course looks at the skills and process of constructing good arguments. By studying historical examples, both ancient and modern, we will learn how to pursue and present truth in both written and spoken forms. We’ll review logical fallacies and end the semester putting these concepts into practice with a formal debate.Student Expectations: Executive Function Skills Students enrolling in Scholé Academy’s Everyday Debate course will be expected to show development of Executive Function Skills throughout the semester. Executive Function Skills speaks to a set of qualities and skill sets students can develop and hone to better approach the courses, lectures, readings and teachers they will face in their future academic coursework. Those skills include:1. Participation: A willingness to participate in discussion, ask questions, supply answers, and contemplate the material being discussed. 2. Note Taking: The ability to note important content both during and after class and while completing assigned reading. Appropriate note-taking skills provide a valuable resource to be consulted, independently, for application during future assignments and assessments. 3. Attention to Detail & Preparedness: Adherence to deadlines, submission requirements, and style guides on all assignments. Attention to technological details prior to class. Preparation and followup should absences occur. 4. Application of Critiques: Understanding of feedback and ability to incorporate that information on future assignments rather than repeating mistakes. Application of live class critiques of fellow students in order to avoid making those mistakes as well. 5. Initiative/Maturity: Willingness to hear and apply constructive criticism and seek guidance from instructor, if necessary.Student Evaluation?: Attendance Students are expected to attend class regularly and on time, following the Schole Academy standard, which allows a maximum of 3 absences for a one-semester class.Written work is due at the beginning of each class. Should a student be absent, work is still due by the beginning of class, unless prior arrangements have been made with the instructor. All assignments will be due into the appropriate Schoology Assignment folder prior to the start of class each day. Students turning in late work will earn a 10% penalty for each day the assignment is late. Students will submit their work by scanning their homework pages and uploading them into the Schoology assignment window. Much of this course centers around discussion, class participation, and oral assignments. Because of that, oral assignments cannot be made up due to absence.Student Evaluation?: Grading Though studying Persuasive Writing through Scholé Academy will be “restful,” I realize that students and parents also need grades as part of their prepared college transcript. Grades will be provided, based on the breakdown and scale listed below, but earning a specific grade should never overshadow the pursuit of mastery of this discipline. With that in mind, the following grades indicate a student’s level of achievement: magna cum laude (with great praise); cum laude (with praise); satis (sufficient, satisfactory) and non satis (not sufficient). Ideally, every average student working diligently should do praiseworthy work (cum laude), though that may look different from student to student. Those who excel beyond the average expectation will be the magna cum laude students. Students who do adequate but not especially praiseworthy work will be designated satis. Non satis means lacking sufficiency or adequacy.This grading method, while suitably classical, may not be sufficient in completing a transcript for college application. Therefore, traditional percentage grades will be provided and will be readily accessed on the course Schoology page. Additionally, a transcript with final grade will be provided at the end of the year.Magna cum laude: All work completed on time, demonstrating diligence, understanding, and application of concepts studied. Essays and oral assignments clearly indicate growth and mastery of course material.Cum laude: Work consistently completed on time. Both essays and oral assignments demonstrate diligent effort, growing understanding, and application of concepts studied. Satis: Assignments completed, primarily on time and to stated expectations. Both essays and oral assignments reveal consistent effort and growth in understanding of course content.Non-satis: Incomplete work, consistently late or missing assignments. Completed work not to stated expectations. Essays and oral assignments do not demonstrate understanding of course material.Grade Breakdown:Weekly Exercises/Homework20%Quizzes10%Essays (Initial drafts)15%Essays (Final drafts)15%Class participation15%Debate preparation assignments10%Final debate15%Scale:A95-100%B85-94%C75-84%DBelow 75%Student Evaluation: Academic Dishonesty Students will often take assessment tests and/or quizzes privately at home. Students are on their honor to abide by Scholé Academy’s Learning Philosophy which assumes the personal cultivation of Student Virtues described in the Student-Parent Handbook.Additionally, plagiarism is a serious and punishable offense. Proper citation of all sources is essential to the academic endeavor. Remember to cite any source if the information is not common knowledge or is an opinion obtained through an outside source. A plagiarized assignment will result in a failing grade. The Virtual Classroom:We will be using the free online “virtual classroom” software provided by Zoom, one of the leading companies that provides such software.? The virtual classroom will provide students with interactive audio, text chat, and an interactive whiteboard in which texts, diagrams, video and other media can be shared and analyzed. A link (via email) will be provided at least two weeks prior to the beginning of class to enable students to join the virtual classroom.Specific information regarding the technology used by Scholé Academy (including required technology for student participation) can be found by visiting the Technology in the Classroom section of the Student Parent Handbook. Students will submit documents by scanning and uploading them to their personal computer, then attaching those files as .pdfs to an email. They will submit their work to the course Schoology assignment page (access granted after enrollment is secured). About the Instructor:Tracy Dickinson?holds a B.A. in English from Cedarville University and has had a passion for the written word since learning to read at age four. She and her husband, Matt, who met as fellow English majors in college, have passed that love of good literature on to their six children and two grandsons. Tracy has been homeschooling for almost 25 years, in addition to maintaining a career as a freelance writer, playing piano for her church, and teaching writing and literature through various homeschool organizations. She has also led middle- and upper-level classes in her local homeschool community.?As her own study of the principles of classical education has grown, so has her passion for learning and teaching. The classical model has transformed the way she reads, the way she studies God’s Word, and the way she listens to others. In her free time — and often when she should be doing something else — Tracy can be found reading, with a glass of iced coffee close by.?She is honored to be joining Scholé Academy as an instructor in Writing and Rhetoric, Literature, and the art of honest persuasion through Everyday Debate and Persuasive Writing. ................
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