Each Flipped Learning Module (FLM) is a set of short videos and online activities that can be used (in whole or in part) to free up class time from content delivery for greater student interaction. At the end of the module, students are asked to fill out a brief survey, in which we adopt the minute paper strategy. In this approach, students are asked to submit their response to two brief questions regarding their knowledge of the module.
In this FLM (Part 1 of a two-part series), students are asked to complete a fill-in-the-blank outline which accompanies all five videos, covering the topics different types of arguments, their purpose and their use. The completed outline will enhance the students’ note-taking skills and will serve as a summary of the FLM that they may refer to in the future.
Key Terms
Argument, claim, evidence
Module Overview
- Introduction to Arguments: Visual Arguments
- Introduction to Arguments: Verbal Arguments
- Introduction to Arguments: Written Arguments
- Purpose of Arguments
- Using Arguments to Persuade
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Worksheet: Writing Arguments Part 1 Outline
Please fill out the following outline while you are watching the videos, and bring a copy to class.
- The different forms of arguments are:
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example:__________________________________________________
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example:__________________________________________________
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example:__________________________________________________
- A claim is:__________________________________________________
- Three points to consider when evaluating a claim are:
- (Point 1):__________________________________________________
- (Point 2):__________________________________________________
- (Point 3):__________________________________________________
- Arguments may have different purposes, some of which are:
- (Purpose 1):__________________________________________________
- (Purpose 2):__________________________________________________
- (Purpose 3):__________________________________________________
- (Purpose 4):__________________________________________________
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Video 1: Introduction to Arguments: Visual Arguments
Writing Arguments Part 1 Online Activity 1
Study and think critically about this image. What could it be arguing? Write 1-2 sentences focusing on the argument of the image, and submit your response to your instructor.
Video 2: Introduction to Arguments: Verbal Arguments
Writing Arguments Part 1 Online Activity 2
What was presidential debate (argument) in the video above about? What do you think each side was trying to claim? Does any use evidence to support their argument?
Submit your response to your instructor.
Video 3: Introduction to Arguments: Written Arguments
Writing Arguments Part 1 Online Activity 3
Write and submit a couple of sentences to your instructor summarizing and explaining Marcelo Gleiser’s claim from: “Globalization: Two Visions of the Future of Humanity.”
Video 4: Purpose of Arguments
Writing Arguments Part 1 Online Activity 4
What do you think is the main argument in Gleiser’s passage? Summarize it in a sentence or two, and submit your response to your instructor.
Video 5: Using Arguments to Persuade
Writing Arguments Part 1 Online Activity 5
What is the author’s position in the paragraph shown on the video (Gleiser’s final paragraph)? Write 1-2 sentences explaining how Gleiser expresses his position.
Submit your response to your instructor.
Writing Arguments Part 1 Survey
Please answer the following two questions, and submit the responses to your instructor.
- What was the one most important thing you learned from this module?
- Do you have any unanswered questions for me?
Writing Arguments Part 1 In-Class Activity
Now that we have closely analyzed Gleiser’s position in the article, we know that he doesn’t present specific evidence to support his claim.
In your groups, come up with evidence for Gleiser’s position.
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References
Behrens, Laurence, Leonard Rosen, and Bonnie Beedles.
A Sequence for Academic Writing. Longman, 2002.
Lunsford, Andrea, John Ruszkiewicz, and Keith Walters. Everything’s an Argument with Readings. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2007.
Schick, Kurt, and Laura Schubert. So What? The Writer’s Argument. Oxford University Press, 2014.
Turabian, Kate. Student’s Guide to Writing College Papers. 4th ed., University of Chicago Press, 2010.
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