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Writing Assignment Two & Grammar

RWS 200 // 10-19-18 // Andrew Testa. Writing Assignment Two & Grammar. Announcements. Short rough draft due on Monday, 10/22. Needs to be at least 2 pages and submitted to Blackboard before the start of class. Not going to give full credit if you don’t submit it.

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Writing Assignment Two & Grammar

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  1. RWS 200 // 10-19-18 // Andrew Testa Writing Assignment Two & Grammar

  2. Announcements • Short rough draft due on Monday, 10/22. • Needs to be at least 2 pages and submitted to Blackboard before the start of class. • Not going to give full credit if you don’t submit it.

  3. Unit 2 Student Learning Outcome • Use concepts and arguments from one text as a lens or context for understanding, evaluating, and writing about another.

  4. Recap • Recap of last class.

  5. Outline They Say/I Say Quick Write Writing Assignment Two Grammar

  6. 1. They Say / I Say • Chapter 4. • Three ways to respond.

  7. 2. Quick Write • Write about your opinions and thoughts of the film Good Will Hunting. • Did you like the movie? Why or why not? • Did you think it was interesting? Insightful? • What is your opinion of the film in relation to Ebert’s review?

  8. 3. Writing Assignment Two • Let’s go over each part of assignment two.

  9. Hook • An interesting hook about your own genius, finding your way, or some other topic relevant to the film or review. • In all cases, it should be interesting, catchy, and relevant to the topic at hand.

  10. Rhetorical Situation • A concisely written rhetorical situation about both the film and Ebert’s review. Include author/director name, article/film name, the audience, the genre, the date, and the publication/producer. • Do one and then the other. Do not go back and forth between the two. • Film, then the review. • Transition from hook to rhet sit.

  11. Thesis • A clear thesis statement which directly relates to the prompt and states what you intend to accomplish in the essay. • In this paper I will use Ebert’s review as a lens text in order to evaluate and understand the film Good Will Hunting. • That is a B thesis. For an A thesis, expand in some meaningful way by laying out what you plan to do in the essay in more detail or by stating your own findings.

  12. Context Analysis • I talked a lot about this last week, but please consider the 8 ways to think about context. • This will probably be two body paragraphs: one for the film and one for the review. • For the film, consider the historical context, genre, reception, and the other important components of context.

  13. Lens Text Paragraphs • Identify Ebert’s most important claims, and evaluate and understand the film using these claims as lenses. • This is the most important part of your essay and will span pages. • Do more than simply agree or disagree. Say why and support. • I expect mostly all of you will disagree with what he says considering he is mainly just summarizing with his own opinion embedded. • As such, you can also use his claims as a springboard for what you yourself think about the different aspects of the movie.

  14. Claims • Quality of film. • Character of Will. • Character of Lambeau • The dialogue. • The predictability.

  15. Lens Text Paragraphs • Example lens paragraphs.

  16. Assumption or Fallacy • Assess a logical fallacy or assumption Ebert makes in the review. • Look at the PowerPoint and pages 49-56 of the Course Reader. • I see a lot of hasty generalization, red herring, and non sequitur.

  17. Another Review • Make sure you incorporate another review into your essay in a meaningful way. • Perhaps a lens text paragraph where to introduce another reviewer’s thoughts on the same claim.

  18. Conclusion • Go back to your hook and contemplate on the importance of your own genius and finding your way in life. • Push the significance of lens texts and how important it is to recognize that we use texts as lenses for understanding the world around us. • Provide a social commentary on the review industry and how reviews shape the public’s perception of the respective media (for this, you can extend beyond the movie genre).

  19. Tips • Fully develop your ideas. Paragraphs should be meaty with comprehensive explanations. • Support your ideas with quotes from the film or quick summaries of particular scenes. • Do everything that is asked in the prompt and outline. • Do more than agree/disagree and get at your own interpretation of scenes in regard to Ebert’s claims. • Try to accomplish one goal in each paragraph.

  20. MLA • You do not need to do in-text citations for the film. • You do need in-text citations for Ebert’s review. • You can refer to the characters as Will, Lambeau, Sean, and Will’s friends.

  21. Any questions about assignment 2?

  22. My hooks

  23. 4. Grammar • Let’s go over the grammar homework.

  24. Short Rough Draft • Your short rough draft is due on Monday. • I’ll post the other homework to Blackboard.

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