What we covered on Tuesday, October 28th:
* Briefly discussed and reflected on our visit to the library
* Completed postwrites for Unit 3
* Talk about the Unit 4 paper and about how synthesis means analyzing a variety of sources and finding the connections between them
* Discussed how different types of writing appeal to different audiences (and how audiences react differently to different types of writing: one seeks out poetry and novels for pleasure and not for research, but seeks out articles and papers for research purposes)
* Had a brief brainstorming session to choose topics for Unit 4 papers (at least one source from the Mercury Reader or approved list of Unit 3 articles must be used, OR you may come to me with a list of five sources by next Thursday to be approved for a different topic)
* Learned how to access electronic feedback for Unit 2 and future papers.
Homework for Thursday:
* Go to the movie review website RottenTomatoes.com and find a movie that you love (or hate). Summarize the movie in 3 - 5 sentences and then quote three different movie reviews (cite with the author's last name, but you do not need to make a works cited page) and synthesize the reviewers' arguments. What did the reviewers agree and disagree on? (To do this effectively, you'll need to write at least 2 paragraphs).
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