Tuesday Notes
Upcoming events
- Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator — note new location — Tuesday
- DePaul Dance Company — Wicker Park — Friday
Discussion notes
- Vincentian personalism & human dignity
- Can you perceive yourself as a leader in the Vincentian tradition?
One of the biggest challenges in critical thinking is how to access and understand the experiences of others.
You have powerful tools in your rhetorical quiver now:
- The ability to distinguish between assertion, argument, persuasion, and propaganda
- How — and why — to put an issue into context
- How to assess your own biases, assumptions, ideologies, and how they affect what you are doing, thinking, and writing
- Which of your assumptions are you most skeptical about?
- Stasis
- Writing in order to make something happen
“There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle, because we do not live single-issue lives” — Audre Lorde
Portfolios
- Review writing-about-writing synthesis essay: use the language and key terms from critical thinking when reflecting on your critical thinking, and provide very specific examples. Don’t generalize here: show, don’t tell.
- Remember to add brief descriptions — and links to the assignment — to each section
- Writing Center
Extra portfolio office hours, for feedback and for those of you traveling during Final Exam Week and who want to turn yours in early:
- Sunday, June 5th, 1:00-3:00 p.m. (300 SAC)
- Monday June 6th, 10:00a.m.-2:00 p.m.
- Tuesday June 7th, 10:00a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Thursday Notes
Update on recent campus events?
Portfolio Scoring Guide & Self Assessment
- Essay structure with links
- Multiple examples
- Paragraph development