Blog for 12 May - Truth summaries and more

Monday, 11 May, 2008

Week 12 Tasks

Hi again guys!

By now, your profile, and voicethread should be finished (what's that?) I'll tell you in my next blog... It's time to move on to exciting new challenges.

Week 12. WebCT Vista vocabulary is now open! Log into your account, Eng 174, and start doing the vocabulary quizzes. The deadline for completion of all 10 quizzes is the end of week 16, so you should try to complete at least 2 quizzes each week. You need 70% in each quiz in order to receive full marks.

Please make at least two comments on other classmates' blogs EVERY week, including this week. Part of your final mark is based on making critical comments.

We watched "An Inconvenient Truth", featuring Al Gore. I assigned two tasks which you should complete by the end of week 13:

1. Post name: "An Inconvenient Truth: Summary". Write a 200+ word summary of the film. You should organise this like Task 4 in the reading summary (short intro, 2+ body paragraphs) and a short conclusion. Think about what themes are involved - it's not just problem-solution but also has an argument slant as well as autobiographical element.

2. Post name: "An Inconvenient Truth: Evaluation". Evaluate the film in 150+ words. This should be similar to Task 5. You mention your opinion and say what you liked and disliked about the film. Support your ideas with evidence. You can read some other evaluations(commentaries) here:

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inconvenient_truth/?critic=columns

Please spell-check 1 and 2: I will edit 1 or 2 if finished by the end of week 12 (1 pm, Thursday, May 1) but will NOT edit posts after that.

Happy blogging!

the Fox