Section: Module 2: Lesson 4: Evaluation or Review: Would You Recommend It? | Writing for Health Sciences | NextGenU.org
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Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this lesson, you will be able to:
- Understand the review genre's role in personal, professional, and academic contexts and how it differs from other genres.
- Read with the intention of inquiry, learning, and critical thinking about the review genre.
- Analyze credibility and bias's role in reviews and identify their characteristic features and evaluation criteria.
- Identify critical terms, mediums, and features of review writing, as well as criteria and evidence to support different primary sources.
- Revise a thesis supported by analysis and evaluation and demonstrate the steps of the writing process, including engaging in collaborative and social aspects and adapting to different technologies and modalities.
- Selecting and integrating direct quotations into writing and evaluating reviews using a rubric for thesis, evidence, rhetorical choices, clarity, and language awareness.
- Understand the role of sociohistorical context and linguistic variations in the review genre and identify opportunities for publication.
- Reflect on the development of composing processes and how they affect one's work.
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Instructions:
Read the questions carefully. Make sure you understand what the question is asking.
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Gather your thoughts. What do you know about the topic of the question? What are your thoughts and opinions on the matter?
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Write a brief outline of your response. This will help you to organize your thoughts and make sure you cover all of the important points.
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Write your response. Be sure to answer the question directly and provide evidence to support your claims.
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Proofread your response. Make sure there are no errors in grammar or spelling.
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Be open to feedback. Ask your classmates for feedback on your responses. This will help you to improve your writing skills and learn from your mistakes.
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Be clear and concise. Your response should be easy to understand and follow.
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Use evidence to support your claims. This could include quotes from the text, statistics, or your own personal experiences.
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Be respectful of other people's opinions. Even if you disagree with someone, you can still be respectful of their point of view.
Questions
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How does Michiko Kakutani establish her credibility as a reviewer? In what ways does she demonstrate her knowledge of the subject she is reviewing?
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What evaluation criteria does Michiko Kakutani use to review a work?
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How does Michiko Kakutani avoid appearing biased? Do you think she is successful in her attempts?
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How would you respond to a writer who thought you reviewed their work unfairly?
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Instructions:
Read the questions carefully. Make sure you understand what the question is asking.
Gather your thoughts. What do you know about the topic of the question? What are your thoughts and opinions on the matter?
Write a brief outline of your response. This will help you to organize your thoughts and make sure you cover all of the important points.
Write your response. Be sure to answer the question directly and provide evidence to support your claims.
Proofread your response. Make sure there are no errors in grammar or spelling.
Be open to feedback. Ask your classmates for feedback on your responses. This will help you to improve your writing skills and learn from your mistakes.
Here are some additional tips for answering discussion questions:
Be clear and concise. Your response should be easy to understand and follow.
Use evidence to support your claims. This could include quotes from the text, statistics, or your own personal experiences.
Be respectful of other people's opinions. Even if you disagree with someone, you can still be respectful of their point of view.
Questions
What criteria does Caelia Marshall use to evaluate the films she reviews in her essay?
How does Marshall provide background and context behind the films Rear Window and Black Panther?
Why has Marshall chosen to focus on criteria other than those listed in Figure 7.3? Do you think her choice is effective? Why or why not?
How does Marshall's use of secondary sources help support or hinder her review of the films she discusses?
What are the advantages or disadvantages of films with characters to whom the audience can or cannot relate? Which do you prefer? Why?
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IMPORTANT
Make sure to carefully read and follow the instructions while completing the tasks. Once you have finished activities 7.5 and 7.6, proceed to section 7.7 Evaluation: Effect on Audience. This section provides rubric tools for self-evaluation and evaluating the work of your classmates. After completing the evaluation, move on to section 7.8 Spotlight on … Language and Culture, where you will encounter new challenges to showcase your content. Finally, go to section 7.9 Portfolio: What the Arts Say About You to find useful tools, recommendations, and reflections for creating your portfolio. Afterward, move on to the next Module.
Now, let's get started! Using the following template, share your tasks, taking into account the order of the different sections detailed chronologically.
Summary of Assignment: Review of Primary Media Source
Write a review of a specific film, book, TV series, podcast, play, or video game that you think contributes something significant to the genre and to the culture at large. Show how the subject—the primary source—of your review illustrates something compelling or exceptional about a particular idea or theme common to the genre. For example, the CW series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2015-2019) is a romantic comedy that eschews and even satirizes traditional romantic comedy tropes such as the “grand gesture,” doing something out of love for someone. Use specific evidence from your primary source to support a central idea or thesis. In an essay of about 1,200 to 1,500 words, provide an overall judgment about your subject and support it with evidence from the primary source and from secondary sources, if applicable. In addition, explore how your specific source has contributed something significant to its genre. In other words, why is this subject interesting, different, or worthy of analysis? Be sure to demonstrate awareness of your source’s cultural and historical context as well. For example, if your review is about a romantic comedy, provide relevant information about the history, conventions, or expectations of that genre. Think about and explain the ways your topic adheres to or breaks from audience expectations.
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Drafting: Thesis Statement, Analysis, and Supporting Examples
Introduction
Now, write your introduction:
(General statement, Background or context, Brief summary, Evaluation)
Thesis:
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Conclusion:
(Brief summary of criteria and evaluation, Restate or validate thesis, Make a recommendation)
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Embedding Quotations
Practice using a quotation you found in the previous exercise by introducing the quotation with a signal phrase, stating the quotation, and punctuating it correctly. Then, introduce the signal phrase in the middle of the quotation, and punctuate it correctly.
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