TAKING NOTES AND DRAFTING THE INTRODUCTION TO YOUR EVALUATION ESSAY
TAKING NOTES AND DRAFTING THE INTRODUCTION TO YOUR EVALUATION ESSAY
This discussion explores two key ideas for this week:
Taking good notes so you can easily provide evidence for your claims
Writing an effective introduction to 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.
According to your textbook, to write an effective evaluation essayPreview the document, you must, among other things,
Make a claim about your overall assessment of your TED Talk
Support your claim with specific evidence from the talk
You have already done that to some degree in your Evaluation Essay Planning Sheet from Week 1 (see my comments in the gradebook for this link). But here I want you to be more specific in your planning. What details, phrases, etc. from the talk will you incorporate into your essay as evidence for your assessment? In order to decide, it helps to look carefully at the TED Talk and take notes of the details you want to include.
Download the transcript for your TED Talk and SAVE it AS Your Last Name Transcript Notes.
Using the HIGHLIGHTING and/or COMMENT functions, identify support for at least one persuasive strategy your speaker uses (logos, pathos, ethos, telos, or kairos) and one kind of evidence your speaker uses (statistics, research studies, personal experience, stories or specific examples, analogies, etc.). Note the appropriate time stamp or paragraph.
Save your file and attach it to your post.
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.
Attach your Transcript Notes file to your post.
Note: If your TED Talk does not include a transcript, then post 1 or 2 details about the persuasive strategies the speaker uses and 1 – 2 details about the kinds of evidence your speaker uses. Note an approximate time stamp.
For your FOLLOW UP post, follow the directions below. Post on a second day for up to 6 points.
One of the “take-aways” from last week’s “Which does not belong?” exercise is the importance providing a context for your readers. We said that you provide context when you explain what criteria of evaluation you are using. Likewise, you should also fully explain which TED Talk you are evaluating and the issues surrounding it. If you look carefully at the student sample essays, you will see that approximately half of the essay is setting the stage for the reader. The second half is the actual analysis. Keep this in mind as you draft your own essay.
Now that you have completed your Week 1 Evaluation Essay Planning Sheet and your notes from the BY WEDNESDAY post above, you should be ready to start writing your essay. For this discussion post, let’s dive more specifically into how you can meet the needs of your audience by writing your introduction.
How can you introduce your TED Talk and speaker? What basic information do you need to provide so your reader understands not only the topic of the talk, but also your purpose in writing? What claim do you want to make about your TED Talk?
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.
Write a draft of the introduction to your evaluation essay and post it to the discussion. Be sure to include your thesis statement. What claim do you want to make about your chosen TED Talk?
Be sure to include the who, what, when, and why about your TED Talk.
For your CLASSMATE RESPONSE post, follow the directions below. Post on a third 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 FOLLOW UP 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.
Read your classmate’s introduction and offer them feedback on the following:
You effectively provided / didn’t provide the full context (who, what, when, why, etc.) for your TED Talk. (Add comments as needed or desired.)
Your overall claim is ___. It was easy / not easy to determine your thesis. (Add comments as needed or desired.)
What I like about your introduction is ____. But I recommend you improve ___. (Add comments as needed or desired.)
Be sure to address these questions to your classmate. Use you/your in your feedback. Also, be concrete and specific when offering feedback.
DQ2 “REVERSE ENGINEERING” THE INTRODUCTION AND CONCLUSION TO AN 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.
Last week and this week we have been stressing the need to provide sufficient context for your readers.
For this discussion post, read the contextual material and follow the directions below. Post for up to 10 points.
Return to the student sample essay you “reverse engineered” last week:
Evaluation Essay Student Sample FOODPreview the document
Evaluation Essay Student Sample LISTENINGPreview the document
This time, focus on the introduction and conclusion. When you “reverse engineer” the opening and closing paragraphs, what do you see?
When you are ready, Click on the Reply button and answer the following questions. Sign your post with your preferred name when you are finished.
Which sample essay are you writing about? What is the student author’s name?
What purpose does Eddie’s/Nasyr’s introduction have?
What is the overall claim / thesis of Eddie’s/Nasyr’s essay? Where is it located in the paragraph? (Note that the student writer’s thesis is not the same as the TED speaker’s thesis. The thesis of Eddie’s/Nasyr’s essay should indicate that the essay is an evaluation essay.)
What purpose does Eddie’s/Nasyr’s conclusion have?
To what extent do the introduction and the conclusion reflect each other?
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