Argumentative

Writing

Hand in personal statements on Saturday :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjuGCJJUGsg

Information visualisation

Due date: End of week 10

10% of overall grade

Create a graphic representation of some aspect

of your argumentative essay using the
principles and tools introduced in class. You may
choose to visualize some information relevant to
your argument, some aspect of your analysis, or
the shape/structure of your argument itself.

Three Minute Talk

Week 12

10% of overall grade.

Give a talk explaining some aspect of your

argumentative essay in a concise and
convincing way using your information
visualisation as an aid.

3 minute talk, 2 minutes to answer

questions.

Argumentative Essay

Due date: end of week 14

1000 words

25% of overall grade

Find a debate/discussion that is ongoing and to which you wish to

contribute. Research the topic making use of academic sources and
write your argument. You must write your argument from the
position of an informed university undergraduate student and as
such will need to make use of academic conventions such as in-text
referencing and incorporating other's ideas into your work in a way
that avoids plagiarism. You must use at least 3 academic
sources/texts in your argument.

Making a Proposal

The University Grants Council (UGC) has

called for student proposals to promote
internationalisation on campus.

You have been tasked with the following

questions:

1) What will your definition of

internationalisation be?

2) What is wrong/not good enough about

internationalisation on campus now?

3) What can we do to improve it?

4) What could we put in a proposal to

convince the UGC to give us money to
improve internationalisation on campus?

Why I Stopped Being a Vegetarian

http://www.salon.com/2000/01/07/vegetaria
n
/

1) What are the main arguments?

2) Do you find them convincing?
Why/why not?

Infographics

50 most visited tourist attractions in the world:

http://cbschicago.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/
430751-lhs-touristattractions-final.png

The science behind a happy relationship:

http://www.visualistan.com/2014/02/the-scienc
e-behind-happy-relationship-infographic.html

How people use the phone when on the toilet:

http://imgur.com/TwZ7aNp

Look at the infographics:

http://www.vegansoapbox.com/petas-new-in
fographic/

http://www.advancedphysicalmedicine.org/a
natomy-of-vegan-infographic.php

http://visual.ly/let-them-eat-meat

http://www.beefitswhatsfordinner.com/healt
h.aspx
Which
one is the most/least convincing? Why?

Choose one infographic

How would you arrange the infographic

information into paragraphs? Make a brief
outline.

How would you arrange the information

from the essay into an infographic?
What information would you need to show
and in what form? Make another outline.

Animated infographic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsDZiDa
S2bo

Useful sites to help you make one:

www.piktochart.com
www.infogr.am
www.easel.ly
^Have a mess around with these

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jImOq4
ZmHSY

Example Infographic
Structure

Broader
details

Widest view of topic first.

Fun facts in the middle

Information that responds to the

main criticisms of your argument

A call to action at the bottom

Include citations for your facts

Fine
Details

Steps for making an infographic:

1) Develop your argument.
2) Think of ways to show your argument what
facts/information will you need?
3) Collect information to support your argument. Check relevant
websites / university library for facts/statistics/quotes.
4) What could the counter-arguments be? What could your
opponents say? Think of how you could use your information
to address these.
5) Sketch/make a plan of your infographic using www.infogr.am
or www.piktochart.com
6) Eliminate unnecessary text.

Make your own

infographic!

Work in groups to produce a simple

infographic on a topic of your choice.

We will take a vote on the best one at the

end.