Civic Discourse Piece

Here is the Zoom link to the Recorded Lecture on this Module/Prompt: https://sdsu.zoom.us/rec/share/Pd5ZH5a6dqnNADPcE3dKONSo6Nc6B3E8EeZWy0ukS_7M5vaNo-QE5eMp5Wc6XFVM.Z4s-WxP-GirYa_B1?startTime=1603308690000
One skill we’ve worked on using Samulson’s “Sad Fate of the Comma” essay, the Gillette commercial, Rifkin’s “Change of Heart about Animals, and King’s “I Have a Dream…” speech is identifying claims. This will help give you a range of ideas on the types of claims you might make in your Civic Discourse piece. Here is a refresher for your perusal:

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Another skill we’ve worked on honing is the different types of evidence writers (creators of texts) use to support their claims. After you research your topic of choice, you will need to select which evidence will most effectively persuade the audience you’ve decided to appeal to. Here is a refresher of the types of evidence you might consider to support the claims you make:

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Once we’ve accumulated our evidence, we’ll need to start writing the actual argument. Sometimes it’s easier to work with a template to guide your writing. This is a link to a formula / template I’ve created to guide how you develop each claim paragraph using PIE: Point, Illustrate, Explain