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COM 220 Course Tutorial

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COM 220 Course Tutorial

• COM 220 Entire Course

• COM 220 Week 1 Assignment Assignment Bias

• COM 220 Week 1 CheckPoint Research Paper Topic
• COM 220 Week 1 Assignment Assignment Bias,
  Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation
• COM 220 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2
• COM 220 Week 2 Checkpoint Gathering and
  Evaluating Information
• COM 220 Week 3 Checkpoint Annotated Bibliography
• COM 220 Week 3 COM 220 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• Assignment Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and
  Argumentation
• ??Due Day 7 Individual forum
• ??Resources American Rhetoric Web site and
  Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and
• Argumentation
• Listen to the speech at
• http//www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/movi
  espeechcitizenkane2.html by
• .

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COM 220 Course Tutorial

• COM 220 Week 1 CheckPoint Research Paper Topic

• COM 220 Week 2 Checkpoint Gathering and Evaluating

• CheckPoint Research Paper Topic
• ??Resources Appendix A, Appendix C, and the
  Center for Writing Excellence
• Grammar Guide.
• ??Review Appendix C.
• ??Select a topic for your research paper. Here
  are possible topic selections
• Affirmative Action

• CheckPoint Gathering and Evaluating Information
• ??Due Day 5 Individual forum
• ??Resources Finding, Evaluating, and Utilizing
  Credible Information Bias, Rhetorical
• Devices, and Argumentation the University
  Library Interactive Tutorial the Center for
• Writing Excellence and Appendix D

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COM 220 Course Tutorial

• COM 220 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• COM 220 Week 3 Assignment Quoting, Summarizing,

• Discussion Questions
• ??DQ 1 Due Day 2 Main forum
• ??Post your response to the following Where do
  you normally find information for
• topics that interest you? How do you know when
  sources are reliable? Explain your
• answers.
• ??DQ 2 Due Day 4 Main forum

• Assignment Quoting, Summarizing, and
  Paraphrasing Sources
• ??Due Day 7 Individual forum
• ??Resources Finding, Evaluating, and Utilizing
  Credible Information Appropriate Style
• Guidelines Appendix D and Appendix E.
• ??Navigate to Grammar and Writing Guides in the
  Center for Writing Excellence

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COM 220 Course Tutorial

• COM 220 Week 3 Checkpoint Annotated Bibliography

• COM 220 Week 4 Checkpoint Developing a Thesis
  Statement

• CheckPoint Annotated Bibliography
• As part of the writing process, you will refine
  your premise several times. Before you
• eliminate any sources, you should create a record
  of your research in case you decide to
• revisit an idea. An annotated bibliography tracks
  your research and compiles summaries

• CheckPoint Developing a Thesis Statement
• ??Due Day 3 Individual forum
• ??Resources Stages of the Research Process
  Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and
• Argumentation Organizing Your Research Paper
  the Time Web site and the Center
• for Writing Excellence

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COM 220 Course Tutorial

• COM 220 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• COM 220 Week 5 Assignment Incorporating
  Statistics, Graph

• Discussion Questions
• Due Day 2 Main forum
• Read A Nation Apart at
• http//www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1
  862596,00.html
• Post your response to the following Identify
  the thesis statement in the article A
• Nation Apart. What strategies does the author use
  to formulate his argument?

• Assignment Incorporating Statistics, Graphs, and
  Illustrations
• Due Day 7 Individual forum
• Resources Incorporating Statistics, Graphs,
  and Illustrations Creating Tables
• tutorial and Axia Colleges Writing Style
  Handbook

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COM 220 Course Tutorial

• COM 220 Week 5 CheckPoint Full Sentence Outline

• COM 220 Week 6 CheckPoint Introduction and
  Conclusion.

• Review Ch. 3 of the text.
• CheckPoint Full-Sentence Outline
• ??Due Day 4 Individual forum
• ??Resources Organizing Your Research Paper and
  Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and
• Argumentation
• ??Review the criteria for full-sentence outlines
  in Organizing Your Research Paper on
• the student Web site.

• Review Ch. 3 of the text.
• CheckPoint Introduction and Conclusion
• ??Due Day 3 Individual forum
• ??Resource Drafting Your Research Paper
• ??Consider the components of an effective
  introduction and an effective conclusion
• outlined in Drafting Your Research Paper.

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COM 220 Course Tutorial

• COM 220 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2.

• COM 220 Week 7 Assignment Peer Review Workshop

• Review Ch. 3 of the text.
• Discussion Questions
• ??DQ 1 Due Day 2 Main forum
• ??Review the sections on introductions and
  conclusions in the reading Drafting Your
• Research Paper on the student Web site.

• Review Ch. 3 of the text.
• Assignment Peer Review Workshop
• ??Due Day 7 Individual forum
• ??Resources Giving Constructive Feedback
  tutorial and Appendix G
• ??Review the Giving Constructive Feedback
  tutorial at
• http//corptrain.phoenix.edu/AXIA/CRT205/construct
  ive_feedback.html.

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COM 220 Course Tutorial

• COM 220 Week 7 Checkpoint Rough draft of the
  Research paper

• COM 220 Week 8 Checkpoint Research Paper Revision.

• Review Ch. 3 of the text.
• CheckPoint Rough Draft of the Research Paper
• ??Due Day 3 Individual forum
• ??Resources Drafting Your Research Paper,
  full-sentence outline of your research
• paper the introduction and conclusion for your
  research paper the assignment

• Review Ch. 3 of the text.
• CheckPoint Research Paper Revision
• ??Due Day 7 Individual forum
• ??Resources Revising Your Research Paper and
  peer review of your paper
• ??Write a 200- to 300-word response to the
  following
• What feedback did you receive from the CWE, your
  peer reviewer, and your
• instructor?

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COM 220 Course Tutorial

• COM 220 Week 8 Checkpoint Writing Skills
  Assessment

• COM 220 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• Review Ch. 3 of the text.
• CheckPoint Writing Skills Assessment
• ??Due Day 5 Individual forum
• ??Consider the following You will continue to
  complete academic writing assignments
• throughout your college career. As you complete
  the Writing Skills Assessment

• Review Ch. 3 of the text.
• Discussion Questions
• ??DQ 1 Due Day 2 Main forum
• ??Post your response to the following What was
  your experience with the Center for
• Writing Excellence (CWE) in the past? In addition
  to the CWE, what other writing
• tools are available for revising a research
  paper?

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COM 220 Course Tutorial

• COM 220 Week 9 Capstone Checkpoint

• COM 220 Week 9 Final Project Persuasive Research
  Paper

• Review Ch. 3 of the text.
• Capstone CheckPoint
• Due Day 4 Individual forum
• Write a 200- to 300-word response to the
  following questions
• Now that you have finished your research paper,
  what advice would you provide
• to students starting this course?

• Review Ch. 3 of the text.
• Final Project Persuasive Research Paper
• Due Day 7 Individual forum
• Resources Appendix A and Appendix H
• Use the checklist in Appendix H to proofread
  your final draft. If you cannot answer
• yes to an item in the proofreading checklist,
  revise your paper accordingly

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