IDENTIFYING YOUR EVALUATION CRITERIA AND CHOOSING A TED TALK
IDENTIFYING YOUR EVALUATION CRITERIA AND CHOOSING A TED TALK
This discussion explores two key ideas for this week:
Evaluating and the need to identify your criteria / tool of evaluation
Brainstorming a topic for your evaluation essay
Let’s look at each of these topics in your discussion posts this week.
For your BY WEDNESDAY post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post by Wednesday for 2 post-by-Wednesday points and 6 points for quality and timing.
A common writing assignment in college classes asks students to evaluate something—a document, a case, a situation, etc. The first step in this process is analysis, or breaking the object under scrutiny down into its constituent parts. The second step is to evaluate it.
But in order to evaluate the object, we have to have a tool or a set of criteria. In other words, we have to have a means of analyzing and evaluating. Sometimes the tool is a physical object. A thermometer, for example, is a tool to measure the temperature of an object. Sometimes the tool is a definition. For example, the definition of first-degree murder includes the ideas of intent to harm and premeditation. These conditions must be present, or the homicide is not a first-degree murder. Sometimes the tool is a theory. For example, using the economic theory of supply and demand, we can predict that price of orange juice will go up if this season’s orange crop is damaged by frost.
This week and in Week 2, you will be writing an evaluation essay. You will choose a TED Talk (see ted.com) to analyze and evaluate for its persuasive effectiveness. For your tool of analysis, you will primarily use Aristotle’s theory of persuasion strategies.
For now, let’s explore the importance of identifying your criteria / tool of evaluation.
When you are ready, click on the Reply button, label your post as a BY WEDNESDAY post and answer the following questions. Sign your post with your preferred name when you are finished.
Download Week 1 Evaluation Exercise Which Does Not Belong?Preview the document and SAVE it AS Your Last Name Evaluation Exercise.
Complete the exercise by typing directly on the blank lines provided. Save your file and attach it to your post.
What are your thoughts on completing this exercise?
For your CLASSMATE RESPONSE post, follow the directions below. Post on a second day for up to 6 additional points. You may respond to as many classmates’ posts as you would like and have time for.
When you are ready, find the classmate who posted immediately below your BY WEDNESDAY post, click on the reply button under their post, label your post CLASSMATE RESPONSE, address him/her by name, and answer the following questions. Sign your post with your preferred name when you are finished. Open up your classmate’s attached evaluation exercise and compare your answers. Did you come to the same answers as your classmate? Why/why not? What does this exercise tell you about the importance of defining your tool of evaluation?
For your FOLLOW UP post, follow the directions below. Post on a third day for up to 6 points.
Your Writing Assignment for this week and next week is a evaluation essay, so let’s explore what a evaluation essay is and brainstorm some possible topics for your evaluation essay.
An evaluation essay analyzes something for the purpose of evaluating its effectiveness. In this case, you are doing to analyze and evaluation the strategies a TED Talk speaker uses to persuade their audience to take action or adopt a belief or point of view. The Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle listed 5 strategies for persuading. Presumably, a TED Talk speaker who uses some or all of these strategies will persuade their audience. These strategies are an appeal to the audience’s
logic or reasoning (logos)
emotion (pathos)
sense of trust in authority (ethos)
shared cultural beliefs (telos)
In addition, Aristotle says that the timing of the request (kairos) must be right. See Aristotle’s List of Persuasive Strategies.Preview the document
When you are ready, click on the Reply button, label your post as a FOLLOW UP post and answer the following question. Sign your post when you are finished.
Browse ted.com for TED Talks about a debatable claim that you might like to study in depth. Brainstorm at least two possible topics here and describe them briefly. Be sure to post the URL for each TED Talk.
Ex. https://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver_teach_every_child_about_food (Links to an external site.)
This talk is about teaching children proper nutrition as a way to combat food-related diseases in the U.S. My wife has recently developed a medical condition, and we must change our eating habits at home. I’m interested in learning more about how to do that.
DQ2 REVERSE ENGINEERING” A TED TALK EVALUATION ESSAY
You will get full credit for this discussion if you…
attend this week’s live lesson stream and participate fully in the discussions and activities
OR
watch the live stream recording and make at least one post, addressing the prompt below.
Documents hyperlinked below can also be found
in the Weeks 1 and 2 Evaluation Folder under the FILES Tab.
Your Writing Assignment for this week and next week is a TED Talk evaluation essay, so let’s explore what an evaluation essay is here in this discussion and brainstorm some possible topics for your evaluation essay in the Getting Started discussion. An evaluation essay analyzes something for the purpose of evaluating its effectiveness. In this case, you are going to analyze and evaluate the strategies a TED Talk speaker used to persuade their audience to take action or adopt a belief or point of view. The Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle listed 5 strategies for persuading. Presumably, a TED Talk speaker who used some or all of these strategies would persuade their audience. These strategies are an appeal to the audience’s
logic or reasoning (logos)
emotion (pathos)
sense of trust in authority (ethos)
shared cultural beliefs (telos)
In addition, Aristotle says that the timing of the request (kairos) must be right. See Aristotle’s List of Persuasive StrategiesPreview the document.
For this discussion post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post for up to 10 points.
Read Lesson 1 and the SmartBook Reading assignment
Download and read carefully one the following student examples:
Evaluation Essay Student Sample FOODPreview the document
Evaluation Essay Student Sample LISTENINGPreview the document
“Reverse engineer” the student example you read. What do you see in this example?
When you are ready, Click on the Reply button and answer the following questions. Sign your post when you are finished.
Which essay did you analyze? What is the student author’s name?
What is the thesis and purpose of Eddie’s/Nasyr’s essay? (Note: this is not the same as the thesis and purpose of the TED Talk speaker.)
How does Eddie/Nasyr introduce his evaluation criteria (Aristotle’s persuasive strategies)?
How does Eddie/Nasyr organize the overall essay?
How does Eddie/Nasyr develop the analysis paragraphs?
Does Eddie/Nasyr use a casual tone or an academic tone?
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