Agenda - Week Three: Evaluation Arguments

Practical Argument Readings:

• Chapter 14: “Evaluation Arguments” (385-415)
• Chapter 9: “Summarizing, Paraphrasing, Quoting and Synthesizing Sources” (249-262)
• Chapter 10: Documenting Sources: MLA (265-279)

Presentations:

• "Incorporating Sources: Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Citing" (UNC, Fayetteville)
• "MLA Formatting: The Basics" (Purdue OWL)
• In-Text Citations

Resources:

University of Chicago Lab:  How to Write a Movie Review
Dartmouth University Writing Program: "Writing About Film"

Discussion Questions:

• Using the "Structuring an Evaluation Argument" outline on pages 388-89 (PA), write an evaluation of your favorite (or least favorite) film.
• Find a movie clip on YouTube and analyze it using at least 3-5 filmic aspects listed in the Glossary section of the Dartmouth "Writing About Film" page linked above.  Include the clip in your post.
• Review the "Kinds of Film Papers" section on the Dartmouth "Writing About Film" site linked above.  Choose one of the kinds of papers, and use it to write a short analysis of one of your favorite (or least favorite) films.
• Read "Harry Potter's Girl Trouble" in PA (411-13) and answer question two on page 413.
• Write a response to Exercise 14.8 on page 414 of PA.

Assignment:

Essay 3, due Monday, June 4 at 11:59 pm.  I'm putting an extra day in for each essay so your responses and essays won't all be due on the same day.  It should make your lives a bit easier, I hope.  The assignment sheet will be posted to the Lessons page of Angel as Essay 3: Film Review.