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Description
Media Review-Critique Assignment – (25 marks) – (20%)
Assignment Overview
This media review-critique assignment (3 pages single spaced minimum) is worth 20% of your final
mark and involves the following:
1.
Choose an article provided by
me, located in Blackboard and read. This will be your primary article. the
2. Write a summary with in-text citations of the article and provide your opinion on
the article.
3.
Review the opposing media article and
write at least a paragraph on it. The opposing article is the one you didn’t
choose to be your primary article to review and critique.
4. Develop a one or two sentence debate statement that captures your view
on the topic after reviewing the articles.
5.
Organization and Mechanics. Is the summary organized, pages numbered,
reference page, grammar, title page, proper APA form.
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What
am I doing in this Assignment |
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What? (Written for submission)
So what? (Written for submission)
Now what? ·
Write at least a paragraph on
the opposing media article. Make sure to include it in reference page. |
Step
by Step Instructions
Step
1: Choose and read article.
Read Opinion 1 or 2 as handed out. One of the
opinions will be your primary and the other will be your secondary.
Step
2 (What?) Write a summary: Summarize your Opinion
article using in-text citations and provide an opinion of the article (3 pages
single-spaced minimum).
Step
3 (So what?): Develop one debate statement (1 or 2 sentences).
Develop a one or two sentence debate
statement, based on the articles and the information from your peer discussion
group. This is to be submitted along with your summary and recorded vote.
Effective
debate statements generally state exactly
what your side is arguing: The colonists
should remain loyal to Britain and not seek independence because….” or: “The
colonists, have a right to seek our independence from Britain due to…..”
Evaluation Rubric
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Effective |
Good |
Ineffective |
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Citations ( / 4) |
Identifies 3+ citations
in APA format. |
Identifies 2
citations in APA format. |
Identifies 1
citations in APA format. |
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Summary
of Article ( / 5) |
All sentences
are very clear, concise, and easy to read. Summary is 1
page + in length. |
Most sentences
are clear, concise, and easy to read. Summary is at
least 1 page in length. |
Some sentences
are clear and concise. Summary is less
than 1 page in length. |
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Opinion
of Article ( /3) |
All sentences
are very clear, concise, and easy to read. Opinion is at least a half page +
page in length. |
Most sentences
are clear, concise, and easy to read. Opinion is at least a half page in
length. |
Some sentences
are clear and concise. Opinion is less
than half a page in length. |
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Secondary
Opinion Review ( /4) |
Paragraph
illustrates that student has identified important points from the secondary
article. Student has written a paragraph + in length. |
Paragraph is
somewhat detailed and somewhat illustrates student identified main
points.Student has written at least a paragraph in length. |
Paragraph is not
detailed and doesn’t clearly outline its main points. Student has written
less than a paragraph in length. |
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Debate
Statement ( /3) |
Debate statement
is clear and concise. Reader knows exactly what statement is identifying. |
Debate statement
is somewhat detailed and reader has an
idea of what statement is identifying. |
Debate statement
is not clear or concise. Reader is confused what statement is identifying. |
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Formatting ( /3) |
APA Formatting
is concise and includes reference page, title page, page numbers. |
APA Formatting
is somewhat detailed and includes a range of reference page, title page, and
page numbers. |
APA Formatting
is minimal. Includes a very limited range of title page, reference page or
page numbers. |
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Grammar ( /3) |
Grammar is
excellent and has a minimal amount of grammar mistakes. 1-2 |
Grammar is good
and has some grammatical mistakes. 3-5 |
Grammar is less
effective and grammatical mistakes exceeds 5+. |
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