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• COM 220 Entire Course

• COM 220 Week 1 Assignment Assignment Bias,
  Rhetorical

• 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

• 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 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
• Colonization

• 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

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• COM 220 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• COM 220 Week 3 Assignment Quoting, Summarizing

• 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 Week 3 Checkpoint Annotated Bibliography

• COM 220 Week 4 Checkpoint Developing a Thesis

• 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 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• COM 220 Week 5 Assignment Incorporating

• 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
• Review Incorporating Statistics, Graphs,

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• COM 220 Week 5 CheckPoint Full Sentence Outline

• COM 220 Week 6 CheckPoint Introduction and
  Conclusion

• 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.

• 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.
• Write an introduction for your research paper
  that draws in readers.

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• COM 220 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• COM 220 Week 7 Assignment Peer Review Workshop

• 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.

• Assignment Peer Review Workshop
• Due Day 7 Individual forum
• Resources Giving Constructive Feedback
  tutorial and Appendix G
• Review the Giving Constructive Feedback
  tutorial at
• Perform a peer review of a classmates rough
  draft.

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• COM 220 Week 7 Checkpoint Rough draft of the
  Research

• COM 220 Week 8 Checkpoint Research Paper Revision

• 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
• Incorporating Statistics, Graphs, and
  Illustrations

• 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 Week 8 Checkpoint Writing Skills
  Assessment

• COM 220 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• 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 and
• review the feedback, use the information to
  determine your writing strengths

• 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?