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ELI 83 Week 9

ELI 83 Week 9. Agenda. Announcements– CAP 3 due next week Peer Review/Sharing Time for CAP 3 Worksheet Writing Critiques. Unit 6: Writing Critiques. AWG Unit 6: Writing Critiques. What is the purpose of a critique?

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ELI 83 Week 9

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  1. ELI 83 Week 9

  2. Agenda • Announcements– CAP 3 due next week • Peer Review/Sharing Time for CAP 3 Worksheet • Writing Critiques

  3. Unit 6: Writing Critiques

  4. AWG Unit 6: Writing Critiques • What is the purpose of a critique? • What are some of the major types of critiques (what do we write critiques on/about)? • Book Reviews • Article Evaluations • Reaction Papers (Not addressed specifically in this lesson, but will contain similar aspects as the other types) • Others: Literature reviews, summaries, research papers… • Why might you personally write one? • What are some of the challenges involved? • Not being overly critical, using “cautious” language • Organization

  5. Evaluative Language Adjectives • useful, important, interesting, insightful, significant, comprehensive, practical, detailed, up-to-date • inconsistent, restricted, misleading, impractical • “The author provides _____ background information on . . .” • “The report is _______ in the way it analyzes the data.” Okay to use 1st person • It seems to me that . . .

  6. Some important notes: Be fair and reasonable • Acknowledge both the positives and negatives • It’s easy to criticize, but harder to come up with a solution! • Negative comments: Praise + “suggestion” clause • “While he makes interesting observations, he could have made his argument stronger if he had . . .” • “I appreciated the examples that [Author’s name] provided, but personally, I would have hoped for her to provide more detail on . . .”

  7. Motta-Roth (1998) Review Structure (Books) p. 232

  8. Write one strength and one weakness of the textbook that we are using for this class. Show it to your partner.

  9. Book Reviews: A Professional Critique • With a partner complete Task 7 (pg. 243). • Discuss whether you think the statements are reasonable (fair) or unreasonable.

  10. Exercise Now scan the book review for Hedgers and Boosters. Please underline or highlight them. • Hedgers- soften an opinion (or request) • “It’s hard to accept that . . . “ • Boosters- strengthen an opinion (usually positive comments) • “His contribution to the field is clearly unmatched”

  11. Task 14: Evaluative Language • Mark the adjectives as requested:

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