A three-phased writing assignment in Freshman Composition helps students move from writing narration and description to producing writing which supports and argues a point. In the first phase, the students are asked to write a paper which clearly states a point. In the second phase, students alter their first paper to conform to the needs of a different audience. In the third phase, students become a member of their audience and compose a convincing counterargument. The result of this experience is that students' papers show progress from the first to the third phase and that the writing is more coherent than when argumentation was addressed with a less structured approach. (RS)
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Table of Contents
- At Northern Essex Community Coll 3
- My students are 4
- You come to school here at Northern Essex 5
- When students previously worked 9
- The reader response sheet also 9
- Examining purpose audience and tone sets up the 10
- Assignment B until each of these questions has been answered 11
- Coincidentally the commentary on Assignment B 12
- Should the oppositions argument be stated and then refuted 13
- Should an argumentative paper take an offensive or defensive 13
- It is usually conceded that the only 14
- The students are usually reluctant to admit this 15
- Assignment C trying to see whether the concepts weve been 15
- They have been 16
- Although by this time theyve 16
- When they take the time to 16
- Working with purpose 17
- At best both writer and I 17
