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Anna Stewart KerrPedagogical Goals of the Assignment
For students to present their argument in oral format to the class, along with paper 3 at the end of RHE 306.

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Ashley SquiresPedagogical Goals of the Assignment
To entertain as well as educate students about the use of fallacies in the media.

Assignment Author
Kristin DorseyPedagogical Goals of the Assignment
Research component. Annotation. Proposal argument. Creative approaches to audience. Engagement with course content (in this case, documentary).

Pedagogical Goals of the Assignment
Evaluate Heath and Potter’s argument in Nation of Rebels from the perspective of a prominent counterculture figure that will be assigned to you. This will require both a strong, comprehensive understanding of Heath and Potter’s argument and enough knowledge about your counterculture persona to construct a credible evaluation. You will construct this evaluation in two stages. The first stage (first submission) will be a MySpace page for your counterculture persona, on which you will construct arguments evaluating Nation of Rebels. For the second stage (second submission) you will turn your MySpace-based argument into an essay.

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Susan G. Todd, Assistant Instructor, DRWAttribution
Feminist Pedagogy GroupPedagogical Goals of the Assignment
Students will be able to explore the theory of “gender as performance” using gender signifiers and stereotypes in improvisation.

Pedagogical Goals of the Assignment
To analyze characteristics of text, including its structure, word choices, and intended audience. Rationale or Purpose: Discerning the tone of a particular piece of writing is one of the more difficult endeavors for students. It is sometimes used to mean “mood” or “atmosphere” of the piece. In this exercise, tone denotes the implicit attitude of the author.

Attribution
Allyson La Borde, MindmetooPedagogical Goals of the Assignment
Increase the student's awareness of transitions between paragraphs and structure (ie order of ideas).

Pedagogical Goals of the Assignment
In creating wiki entries for new and interesting terms/concepts, this assignment aims to: 1) build a community knowledge base; 2) encourage collaboration; 3) Get students to do research on unfamiliar terms/concepts that they encounter; 4) get students to go beyond peer review and consider how to edit someone else's writing.