NOTES, JOURNALS, AND REVISIONS DUE 3:00PM on Friday 11/6

Class notes include:
1. Honesty is for suckers? Source Evaluations
2. Peer review 2x of timed writing
3. Barry packet--COMPLETED
4. "Allegory of the Cave"questions 1,2, and 4
5. Plato Multiple Choice
6. Plato Rhetorical Questions--except Toulmin questions.
7. "The Prince" Rhetorical Questions--except Toulmin questions.
8. Toulmin models---Plato, Lao Tzu, and Machiavelli

Journals and/or notes should include unknown vocabulary for full credit.
Revisions must have accompanying drafts so I can see the growth of the piece.

Leadership Essay

Effective Leadership Synthesis Essay

Task:

Write a persuasive essay citing your claim about the most important qualities for leadership. Synthesize the ideas about leadership we have considered from Plato(paragraphs 61-65), Machiavelli(paragraph 7), and Lao Tzu to support your position.  Use at least two of the three sources.

All students will be required to submit a completed Toulmin model of their argument before drafting the essay.

1.       Grounds(Evidence)

2.       Warrant

3.       Backing

4.       Claim

5.       Qualifier
e     Rebuttal

The schedule for this essay will be:

Thursday             11/5  Brainstorming your claim and organizing your argument into the Model.

Monday               11/9    Lab 2042-Writing time.

Tuesday               11/10  Lab 2042-Writing time.  
Thursday              11/12  NO CLASS TIME but essay due by 3:00PM via email.