ESSAY #3
I promised to put in a reminder that your next assignment is an evaluation!
You can choose from any number of options like evaluating a product promotion, a piece of software or an application, a work, genre or "scene" in art, music, theater or writing or -- if you also refer to an existing review and attach it to your work -- a restaurant or a movie. BRING your ideas and any notes/materials you have gathered on your topic to class on Wednesday 10/4. You will get credit for the Peer Review, no matter where you are in the process, as long as you are in class for the peer review. The essay -- not to exceed 3 typed pages -- is due NEXT Wednesday.
SMG Ch. 7: Justifying an Evaluation
The chapter's sample evaluations include the following:
Scott Pilgrim
Movie Review: "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: A Hell of a Ride"
Scott Pilgrim - Scott vs. Gideon Graves
[Round 2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oJFcr42adA
Malcolm Gladwell's "What College Rankings Really Tell Us"
Group Practice IN CLASS: Read Gladwell's essay, then answer the following:
p. 253 1st Analyze & Write: Questions #1 &2 p. 253 2nd Analyze & Write: Questions #1 & 2 p. 254 1st Analyze & Write: Questions #1 & 2
Christine Rosen's "The Myth of Multitasking"
Solo Practice: Read Christine Rosen's "The Myth of Multitasking" and consider the analysis questions (a reading and thinking exercise).
St. Martin's Guide Chapter 9: Strategies for Reading Critically
As you read assigned articles, consider the following:
Annotating
Taking Inventory
Outlining
Paraphrasing
Summarizing
Synthesizing
Contextualizing
Exploring the Significance of Figurative Language (p. 309-10)
Looking for Patterns of Opposition
Reflecting on Challenges to Your Beliefs and Values
Evaluating the Logic of an Argument
Recognizing Emotional Manipulation
Judging the Writer's Credibility
I will have to go online to see a menu from the Cannery, Newport Beach (owned by Jack C., the guy at the very back of the photo, above) to do a mini-review. Calvin and I ate there this evening with my friend Ruth and one of the other surviving members of this group:
I promised to put in a reminder that your next assignment is an evaluation!
You can choose from any number of options like evaluating a product promotion, a piece of software or an application, a work, genre or "scene" in art, music, theater or writing or -- if you also refer to an existing review and attach it to your work -- a restaurant or a movie. BRING your ideas and any notes/materials you have gathered on your topic to class on Wednesday 10/4. You will get credit for the Peer Review, no matter where you are in the process, as long as you are in class for the peer review. The essay -- not to exceed 3 typed pages -- is due NEXT Wednesday.
SMG Ch. 7: Justifying an Evaluation
The chapter's sample evaluations include the following:
Scott Pilgrim
Movie Review: "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: A Hell of a Ride"
Scott Pilgrim - Scott vs. Gideon Graves
[Round 2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oJFcr42adA
Malcolm Gladwell's "What College Rankings Really Tell Us"
Group Practice IN CLASS: Read Gladwell's essay, then answer the following:
p. 253 1st Analyze & Write: Questions #1 &2 p. 253 2nd Analyze & Write: Questions #1 & 2 p. 254 1st Analyze & Write: Questions #1 & 2
Christine Rosen's "The Myth of Multitasking"
Solo Practice: Read Christine Rosen's "The Myth of Multitasking" and consider the analysis questions (a reading and thinking exercise).
St. Martin's Guide Chapter 9: Strategies for Reading Critically
As you read assigned articles, consider the following:
Annotating
Taking Inventory
Outlining
Paraphrasing
Summarizing
Synthesizing
Contextualizing
Exploring the Significance of Figurative Language (p. 309-10)
Looking for Patterns of Opposition
Reflecting on Challenges to Your Beliefs and Values
Evaluating the Logic of an Argument
Recognizing Emotional Manipulation
Judging the Writer's Credibility
I will have to go online to see a menu from the Cannery, Newport Beach (owned by Jack C., the guy at the very back of the photo, above) to do a mini-review. Calvin and I ate there this evening with my friend Ruth and one of the other surviving members of this group: