Proposal Homework

Find an article or a TV show (ex. 20/20, dateline) that addresses an argument in detail.

Refer to pg. 445

Handwrite one page of notes you took during your reading/viewing of the article/show

1.        Identify what made it interesting to you

2.       What was the problem?

3.       Was the author’s argument convincing? How?

Use details and identify critical reading strategies to write elaborate notes

Write at least one page typed using your notes and focusing on the process of proposal writing. Your point is to combine what you know about proposal writing and evaluate whether the author met the criteria.

1.       Introduce problem

2.       Present the solution

3.       Argue directly

4.       Counterargue