Here are the instructions for this week's test, for those of you who missed class last week. For possible topics, please scroll down and choose a topic for YOUR SECTION. You are expected to do some basic background research so you have some idea what you are talking about. GOOD LUCK! (LOL! That sounds kinda sarcastic! Sorry, it's not!)
MSFP 261
FINAL WRITING TEST: OPINION PIECE April 21st or 23rd
Worth 10% of your final mark.
TOPICS:
PLEASE SEE THE SPECIFIC TOPICS FOR YOUR SECTION AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST
The questions relating to these topics will be given on the day of the test.
REQUIREMENTS:
1. This is a CLOSED BOOK test; any research you use must be memorized. It does not have to be formally cited in MLA format, but you must acknowledge the author and source in the body of your essay.
2. Spend 5 minutes planning your answer. Please hand the plan in with your essay.
3. Your THESIS/OPINION should ANSWER the question.
4. Write your essay (in FIRST PERSON) then PRINT it.
5. After you have printed it: PROOF IT!
6. Make corrections and hand in a clean copy.
You will be marked 50% on Grammar. A mark will be taken out of 25 for every grammar error:
1. Sentence construction faults such as run-ons, fragments and comma splices.
2. Misplaced and dangling modifiers.
3. Misuse of punctuation—commas, semicolons, capital letters, periods, apostrophes.
4. Paragraphs not tabbed.
5. Spelling errors, misused words, informal usage.
6. Incorrect tense.
7. Faulty agreement.
8. Incorrect format: should be double-spaced, wide margin, 12pt font
9. Titles not italicized.
SECTION ONE TOPICS
-3D Movies
-News and manipulation
-Closing of Toronto Humane Society
-Canadian dollar at par
-Music piracy and copyright
-Marval vs D.C.
-Legalization of drgus
-Tattoos and workplace discrimination
-The hypersexualization of young women
-Privacy vs marketing
-The economy/The recession
SECTION TWO TOPICS
-Media Foundations
-The Vatican and pedophile Priests
-Kids in violent movies
-Social Neworking
-Graphic sex and violence in art
-3-D Movies and Movie Technology
-US conservative movements such as the recent ideas to support the idea of confederacy
-Politicians and corruption
--Public Transportation in Toronto or the GTA
-Casual Game Market
SECTION THREE TOPICS
-Dancehall music
-Punk is dead
-Urban biking
-Canadian dollar at par
-Child labour
-American healthcare reform
-NHL Playoffs/Maple Leafs
-The Vatican and pedophile Priests
-Influence of religion on the media
-Animals in captivity
SECTION FOUR TOPICS
-Body contact in hockey
-Social services in Toronto
-Canadian dollar at par with US
-Medicinal marijuana
-TTC and customer service
-Toronto Maple Leafs
-3-D Films
Monday, April 19, 2010
Thursday, April 1, 2010
DUE NEXT WEEK APRIL 7th and 9th
ASSIGNMENT (5%):
ON APRIL 7th/9th please hand in to me your reading list and a formal outline (the format is given below—obviously, you must fill in the details according to your own project). The reading list does not have to be in MLA format, but when you attach it to your final paper as "Works Cited" it does.
KEEP A COPY you will need to be able to work from it as you write your paper.
Sample Formal Outline
Topic: Canadian Film maker
Limit: Atom Egoyan . . . “What has been Atom Egoyan’s biggest contribution to Canadian film?”
Thesis: Atom Egoyan is a film maker who best represents the Canadian psyche in both story and cinematography. In the Sweet Hereafter, particularly, the white and silent Canadian landscape is used as a metaphor for alienation and isolation.
I. Major Point [Story]
A. Minor Point
1. Evidence (paraphrase idea of writer A)
2. Evidence (my analysis of AE movie)
B. Minor Point
1. Evidence (my analysis of AE movie)
2. Evidence (quote from writer B)
II. Major Point [Cinematography]
A. Minor point
1. Evidence (my analysis)
2. Evidence (writer C)
3. Evidence (my analysis)
B. Minor point
1. Evidence (writer D)
2. Evidence (my analysis)
Conclusion:
Note: headings should make specific points, not simply introduce vague ideas; you can then turn these into paragraph topic sentences.
ON APRIL 7th/9th please hand in to me your reading list and a formal outline (the format is given below—obviously, you must fill in the details according to your own project). The reading list does not have to be in MLA format, but when you attach it to your final paper as "Works Cited" it does.
KEEP A COPY you will need to be able to work from it as you write your paper.
Sample Formal Outline
Topic: Canadian Film maker
Limit: Atom Egoyan . . . “What has been Atom Egoyan’s biggest contribution to Canadian film?”
Thesis: Atom Egoyan is a film maker who best represents the Canadian psyche in both story and cinematography. In the Sweet Hereafter, particularly, the white and silent Canadian landscape is used as a metaphor for alienation and isolation.
I. Major Point [Story]
A. Minor Point
1. Evidence (paraphrase idea of writer A)
2. Evidence (my analysis of AE movie)
B. Minor Point
1. Evidence (my analysis of AE movie)
2. Evidence (quote from writer B)
II. Major Point [Cinematography]
A. Minor point
1. Evidence (my analysis)
2. Evidence (writer C)
3. Evidence (my analysis)
B. Minor point
1. Evidence (writer D)
2. Evidence (my analysis)
Conclusion:
Note: headings should make specific points, not simply introduce vague ideas; you can then turn these into paragraph topic sentences.
Monday, March 22, 2010
MAKE UP TEST
MSFP 261: Make-up Citation test
You must return the test to me on Wednesday, March 24th.
Please create a Works Cited page in MLA format for the following materials. (They should all be mixed up; don’t keep the books, magazine, newspapers separate). (3.5%)
Two books by single authors:
Author: Michael Lewis
Title: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Publisher: WW Norton
Date: 2010-03-22
Author: Diane Francis
Title: Who Owns Canada Now? Old Money, New Money and the Future of Canadian Business
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date: 2008
Two magazine articles in print:
Title: As Brazil Rises, Mexico Tries to Amp Up Its Own Clout
Author: Tim Pagett
Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: March 20, 2010
Pages: 6-9
Title: To Cut Pasta Traditionally, Play the Chittarra
Author: Hank Shaw
Magazine: The Atlantic Monthly
Date: March 22, 2010
Pages: 17-18
Two online newspaper articles:
Title: How I was humiliated by a grade-school chess prodigy
Author: Cathal Kelly
Newspaper: The Toronto Star
Date: March 22nd, 2010
URL: http://www.thestar.com/living/article/783269--how-i-was-humiliated-by-a-grade-school-chess-prodigy?bn=1
Title: Conservative MP apologizes for tequila tantrum
Author: Gloria Galloway
Newspaper: The Globe and Mail
Date: March 22nd, 2010
URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/conservative-mp-apologizes-for-tequila-tantrum/article1506581/
Please PARAPHRASE the following paragraph: (1.5%)
The key to building a global economy that can sustain economic progress is the creation of an honest market, one that tells the ecological truth. The market is an incredible institution, allocating resources with an efficiency that no central planning body can match. It easily balances supply and demand, and it sets prices that readily reflect both scarcity and abundance. The market does, however, have some fundamental weaknesses. It does not incorporate into prices the indirect costs of providing goods or services into prices, it does not value nature’s services properly, and it does not respect the sustainable-yield thresholds of natural systems. It also favors the near term over the long term, showing little concern for future generations. Throughout most of recorded history, the indirect costs of economic activity were so small that they were rarely an issue and, even then, only at the local level. But with the sevenfold global economic expansion since 1950, the failure to address these market shortcomings and the irrational economic distortions they create could be fatal.
From Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble, Lester R. Brown. http://www.earthpolicy.org/index.php?/books/pb2/pb2ch12_intro; Earth Policy Institute.
You must return the test to me on Wednesday, March 24th.
Please create a Works Cited page in MLA format for the following materials. (They should all be mixed up; don’t keep the books, magazine, newspapers separate). (3.5%)
Two books by single authors:
Author: Michael Lewis
Title: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
Publisher: WW Norton
Date: 2010-03-22
Author: Diane Francis
Title: Who Owns Canada Now? Old Money, New Money and the Future of Canadian Business
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Date: 2008
Two magazine articles in print:
Title: As Brazil Rises, Mexico Tries to Amp Up Its Own Clout
Author: Tim Pagett
Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: March 20, 2010
Pages: 6-9
Title: To Cut Pasta Traditionally, Play the Chittarra
Author: Hank Shaw
Magazine: The Atlantic Monthly
Date: March 22, 2010
Pages: 17-18
Two online newspaper articles:
Title: How I was humiliated by a grade-school chess prodigy
Author: Cathal Kelly
Newspaper: The Toronto Star
Date: March 22nd, 2010
URL: http://www.thestar.com/living/article/783269--how-i-was-humiliated-by-a-grade-school-chess-prodigy?bn=1
Title: Conservative MP apologizes for tequila tantrum
Author: Gloria Galloway
Newspaper: The Globe and Mail
Date: March 22nd, 2010
URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/conservative-mp-apologizes-for-tequila-tantrum/article1506581/
Please PARAPHRASE the following paragraph: (1.5%)
The key to building a global economy that can sustain economic progress is the creation of an honest market, one that tells the ecological truth. The market is an incredible institution, allocating resources with an efficiency that no central planning body can match. It easily balances supply and demand, and it sets prices that readily reflect both scarcity and abundance. The market does, however, have some fundamental weaknesses. It does not incorporate into prices the indirect costs of providing goods or services into prices, it does not value nature’s services properly, and it does not respect the sustainable-yield thresholds of natural systems. It also favors the near term over the long term, showing little concern for future generations. Throughout most of recorded history, the indirect costs of economic activity were so small that they were rarely an issue and, even then, only at the local level. But with the sevenfold global economic expansion since 1950, the failure to address these market shortcomings and the irrational economic distortions they create could be fatal.
From Plan B 2.0: Rescuing a Planet Under Stress and a Civilization in Trouble, Lester R. Brown. http://www.earthpolicy.org/index.php?/books/pb2/pb2ch12_intro; Earth Policy Institute.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
RESEARCH FOR RESEARCH PAPER
RESEARCH PAPER SCHEDULE:
When you create a research paper you should take the following steps. DO NOT leave it until the last minute; it will be impossible.
1. Choose topic.
2. Create reading list
3. Read and take notes: make sure you get COMPLETE citation information for
everything you read.
4. Decide on thesis.
5. Plan
6. Write paper
7. Create works cited page
March 17th-March 31st: STEPS 1, 2 and 3. (March 19th-April 2nd for Friday Class)
Over the next two weeks you must choose your research topic; create a reading list and read as much of it as you can.
March 31st-April 7th (Friday Class: April 2nd-April 9th) STEPS 4 and 5: Copy of Plan and Reading List due April 7th (5%)
April 7th-April 14th (Friday Class: April 9th-April 16th): STEPS 6 and 7: PAPER is DUE APRIL 14th/16th (15%)
NO EXTENSIONS
This paper is worth 20% of your overall mark; you have been given fair warning of the schedule and I will not give an extension without a very good reason.
Please choose one of the following topics for your paper:
1. Viral marketing and online communities.
2. A Canadian photographer or artist.
3. A Canadian film maker.
4. The development of Canadian design.
5. Gaming and violence.
6. The role of the media in political change.
7. Ethics and the media in Canada.
8. SUGGEST A TOPIC TO ME: it must be Media related, and I must approve it.
RESEARCH PAPER REQUIREMENTS:
Reading List: At least SIX essays, articles or books from LEGITIMATE sources (NOT Wikipedia). Remember that some of this material may be background information; not everything has to be exactly on your topic.
Length: 750-1000 words.
Format: double-spaced 12 pt font; cover sheet with your name and name of course and my name; STAPLED. Citations in MLA format (with “Works Cited” page, as per MLA).
DUE DATES: Reading list and plan April 7th (or 9th for Friday class)
Final paper April 14th (or 16th for Friday class).
Grading: Plan and Reading List 5%
Final Essay 15%; broken down as follows:
Clarity of Thesis 5%
Research 15%
Citations/Quotations/Format 5%
Structure 25%
Grammar 25%
Argument/Style 25%
When you create a research paper you should take the following steps. DO NOT leave it until the last minute; it will be impossible.
1. Choose topic.
2. Create reading list
3. Read and take notes: make sure you get COMPLETE citation information for
everything you read.
4. Decide on thesis.
5. Plan
6. Write paper
7. Create works cited page
March 17th-March 31st: STEPS 1, 2 and 3. (March 19th-April 2nd for Friday Class)
Over the next two weeks you must choose your research topic; create a reading list and read as much of it as you can.
March 31st-April 7th (Friday Class: April 2nd-April 9th) STEPS 4 and 5: Copy of Plan and Reading List due April 7th (5%)
April 7th-April 14th (Friday Class: April 9th-April 16th): STEPS 6 and 7: PAPER is DUE APRIL 14th/16th (15%)
NO EXTENSIONS
This paper is worth 20% of your overall mark; you have been given fair warning of the schedule and I will not give an extension without a very good reason.
Please choose one of the following topics for your paper:
1. Viral marketing and online communities.
2. A Canadian photographer or artist.
3. A Canadian film maker.
4. The development of Canadian design.
5. Gaming and violence.
6. The role of the media in political change.
7. Ethics and the media in Canada.
8. SUGGEST A TOPIC TO ME: it must be Media related, and I must approve it.
RESEARCH PAPER REQUIREMENTS:
Reading List: At least SIX essays, articles or books from LEGITIMATE sources (NOT Wikipedia). Remember that some of this material may be background information; not everything has to be exactly on your topic.
Length: 750-1000 words.
Format: double-spaced 12 pt font; cover sheet with your name and name of course and my name; STAPLED. Citations in MLA format (with “Works Cited” page, as per MLA).
DUE DATES: Reading list and plan April 7th (or 9th for Friday class)
Final paper April 14th (or 16th for Friday class).
Grading: Plan and Reading List 5%
Final Essay 15%; broken down as follows:
Clarity of Thesis 5%
Research 15%
Citations/Quotations/Format 5%
Structure 25%
Grammar 25%
Argument/Style 25%
REVEIW ASSIGNMENT (2--this is NOT the analysis)
Due next week (March 24th and 26th):
500-7000 word review of a book, magazine, newspaper, game, tv season (or something else, media related, NOT a movie, and only with my permission). The thing your review should have been produced within the last two years.
Follow the basic structure we talked about in class; if you were not in class . . . ask one of your classmates, please.
500-7000 word review of a book, magazine, newspaper, game, tv season (or something else, media related, NOT a movie, and only with my permission). The thing your review should have been produced within the last two years.
Follow the basic structure we talked about in class; if you were not in class . . . ask one of your classmates, please.
WEIRDNESS RE EASTER
I don't know why I got my Good Friday dates mixed up, because, as you know I NEVER, EVER make mistakes (if you missed the sarcasm, it's because you don't come to my class often enough to know that I am the Queen of the Screw Up).
IN any case: Friday is April 2nd! Grace kindly called and told me tonight . . . and yes, she is indeed correct. HOWEVER Sections 1, 2, and 3, there is still NO CLASS next week!!!!! But, as I told you in class, I will be in my office all day to help you one on one--particularly with your research for your research paper (if you need me to!!). Or, indeed, anything else at all.
Section 4, I will see you as usual, but not on Good Friday . . .
IN any case: Friday is April 2nd! Grace kindly called and told me tonight . . . and yes, she is indeed correct. HOWEVER Sections 1, 2, and 3, there is still NO CLASS next week!!!!! But, as I told you in class, I will be in my office all day to help you one on one--particularly with your research for your research paper (if you need me to!!). Or, indeed, anything else at all.
Section 4, I will see you as usual, but not on Good Friday . . .
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Assignments for this week
MONOLOGUE ASSIGNMENT PART 2: 5%
DUE DATE: MARCH 17th/March 19th
Edit your best monologue, following comments from me and classmates, where necessary. Briefly explain how you would show this monologue on screen. You will use this to help you when you pitch to Bob/Arthur.
Next week you will hand back to me: the original marked monologue; your final monologue; your suggested screen treatment.
Marks will be removed for grammatical and proofing errors.
REVIEW ANALYSES: 8%
DUE DATE: MARCH 17th/March 19th
http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/review.cfm?review_id=6766
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/apr/12/television.media
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/review-the-farmers-daughter-by-jim-harrison/article1491237/
Read the three reviews above, and answer the following questions, providing one or two sentences for each review, or by point form:
a. Briefly describe the audience of each review:
b. What do you think is the intended purpose of each review?
c. Outline the basic structure of each review (in point form):
d. Which review do you think is the most successful? Why?
DUE DATE: MARCH 17th/March 19th
Edit your best monologue, following comments from me and classmates, where necessary. Briefly explain how you would show this monologue on screen. You will use this to help you when you pitch to Bob/Arthur.
Next week you will hand back to me: the original marked monologue; your final monologue; your suggested screen treatment.
Marks will be removed for grammatical and proofing errors.
REVIEW ANALYSES: 8%
DUE DATE: MARCH 17th/March 19th
http://www.quillandquire.com/reviews/review.cfm?review_id=6766
http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2008/apr/12/television.media
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/review-the-farmers-daughter-by-jim-harrison/article1491237/
Read the three reviews above, and answer the following questions, providing one or two sentences for each review, or by point form:
a. Briefly describe the audience of each review:
b. What do you think is the intended purpose of each review?
c. Outline the basic structure of each review (in point form):
d. Which review do you think is the most successful? Why?
MSFP 261
MEDIA WRITING TWO
TEST: CITATION and PARAPHRASE: 5% of Total mark 30 minutes
1. Please create a WORKS CITED page in MLA format for the materials below. Please remember that a Works Cited page should be alphabetical, by author’s last name. You may refer to the back of English Simplified, or any other relevant resource, for details on formatting. (3.5%)
Please note: this test is also temporarily available on the blog, so you may cut and paste.
When you have completed the test, please hand in the test pages and your completed pages to me.
Two books with single authors:
Author: Barak Obama
Title: Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
City: New York
Date: 1995
Author: Anne Stevenson
Title: Bitter Fame: A Life of Syliva Plath
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
City: Boston
Date: 1989
Two magazine articles:
Author: Ben Goertzel
Title of Article: Can Bots Feel Joy?
Magazine: h+ Magazine
Date: Fall 2009
Page numbers: 17-18
Author: Andrew Cash
Title of Article: Trouble in the Grove
Magazine: Now Magazine
Date: March 4-10
Volume and Issue: Issue 1467 Volume 29 Number 27
Page numbers: 17
Two online newspaper articles:
Author: Mark Bourrie
Title of Article: The serial killer they couldn't cure dies behind bars
Newspaper: The Toronto Star
Section:
Date: Tuesday March 9 2010
URL: http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/776986--the-serial-killer-they-couldn-t-cure-dies-behind-bars?bn=1
Author: Marina Strauss and Omar El Akkad
Title of Article: Booksellers take on Ottawa over Amazon's distribution plans
Newspaper: The Globe and Mail
Section: Report on Business
Date: Monday March 8 2010
URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/booksellers-take-on-ottawa-over-amazons-distribution-plans/article1494306/
2. Please paraphrase the following argument; please make sure you attribute the ideas to their originator in the body of your own text: (1.5%)
“Prediction is at the core of Western civilization—the Oracle at Delphi was consulted about war and more for over a thousand years—and being able to predict the future is something that millions are paid to do, and that billions of people do every day. Prediction is the claim that a particular events will occur in the future, given in specific terms and falsifiable over time.
Some sports fans are as passionate about predicting the outcome of games and being known as better guessers, in part to gain reputation and in part to win money by betting tens of billions annually in office pools and casinos. Over a dozen publications are offered to players of Fantasy Football, itself a $5 billion a year business, to help them create and manage teams that use statistics generated by actual games to determine who wins the fantasy games. It is possible that this fall these fans could be the innovators and early adopters of a new and novel way to make predictions as entertainment important in a variety of fields that are more vital to real world concerns, such as prices, markets, wars and weather.”
Adapted from Alex Lightman, “Open Prediction: How Sports Fans Can Help Save the World.” h+ Magazine, Fall 2009.
MEDIA WRITING TWO
TEST: CITATION and PARAPHRASE: 5% of Total mark 30 minutes
1. Please create a WORKS CITED page in MLA format for the materials below. Please remember that a Works Cited page should be alphabetical, by author’s last name. You may refer to the back of English Simplified, or any other relevant resource, for details on formatting. (3.5%)
Please note: this test is also temporarily available on the blog, so you may cut and paste.
When you have completed the test, please hand in the test pages and your completed pages to me.
Two books with single authors:
Author: Barak Obama
Title: Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
City: New York
Date: 1995
Author: Anne Stevenson
Title: Bitter Fame: A Life of Syliva Plath
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
City: Boston
Date: 1989
Two magazine articles:
Author: Ben Goertzel
Title of Article: Can Bots Feel Joy?
Magazine: h+ Magazine
Date: Fall 2009
Page numbers: 17-18
Author: Andrew Cash
Title of Article: Trouble in the Grove
Magazine: Now Magazine
Date: March 4-10
Volume and Issue: Issue 1467 Volume 29 Number 27
Page numbers: 17
Two online newspaper articles:
Author: Mark Bourrie
Title of Article: The serial killer they couldn't cure dies behind bars
Newspaper: The Toronto Star
Section:
Date: Tuesday March 9 2010
URL: http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/776986--the-serial-killer-they-couldn-t-cure-dies-behind-bars?bn=1
Author: Marina Strauss and Omar El Akkad
Title of Article: Booksellers take on Ottawa over Amazon's distribution plans
Newspaper: The Globe and Mail
Section: Report on Business
Date: Monday March 8 2010
URL: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/booksellers-take-on-ottawa-over-amazons-distribution-plans/article1494306/
2. Please paraphrase the following argument; please make sure you attribute the ideas to their originator in the body of your own text: (1.5%)
“Prediction is at the core of Western civilization—the Oracle at Delphi was consulted about war and more for over a thousand years—and being able to predict the future is something that millions are paid to do, and that billions of people do every day. Prediction is the claim that a particular events will occur in the future, given in specific terms and falsifiable over time.
Some sports fans are as passionate about predicting the outcome of games and being known as better guessers, in part to gain reputation and in part to win money by betting tens of billions annually in office pools and casinos. Over a dozen publications are offered to players of Fantasy Football, itself a $5 billion a year business, to help them create and manage teams that use statistics generated by actual games to determine who wins the fantasy games. It is possible that this fall these fans could be the innovators and early adopters of a new and novel way to make predictions as entertainment important in a variety of fields that are more vital to real world concerns, such as prices, markets, wars and weather.”
Adapted from Alex Lightman, “Open Prediction: How Sports Fans Can Help Save the World.” h+ Magazine, Fall 2009.
Monday, March 8, 2010
TEST REMINDER
There is a 5% test this week.
1. You will cite two books, two magazines, and two online newspaper articles in MLA format as a "Works Cited" pages (alphabetically, by author.)
2. You will paraphrase two passages and cite the originating source, in text.
1. You will cite two books, two magazines, and two online newspaper articles in MLA format as a "Works Cited" pages (alphabetically, by author.)
2. You will paraphrase two passages and cite the originating source, in text.
Notes from Citation class--sorry for the delay!!
There are three basic kinds of plagiarism:
You use another’s WORDS (even with slight changes) as though they were your own—without quotation or attribution.
2. You use another’s IDEAS, even entirely in your own words, without citation.
3. You use factual material which is ascertained from original research (e.g. A statistical analysis. You can, however, use commonly-known facts, such as dates, names etc. without attribution).
QUOTATION vs PARAPHRASE
1. QUOTATIONS
“Japan has a special place in the virtual future,” the writer Kyo Maclear observed in 1997.
But, Maclear notes, Blade Runner also keeps showing “the image of a digitalized geisha refracted on a giant screen.” Hers is one of the rare smiles in the film. (Starts with paraphrase and becomes a quotation, and ends again with paraphrase).
2. PARAPHRASE
Kyo Maclear noted in 1997 that Japan would be particularly important in our future virtual worlds.
Maclear also pointed out that it is the digitalized human, a geisha on a giant screen, who has one of the rare smiles in the film.
You use another’s WORDS (even with slight changes) as though they were your own—without quotation or attribution.
2. You use another’s IDEAS, even entirely in your own words, without citation.
3. You use factual material which is ascertained from original research (e.g. A statistical analysis. You can, however, use commonly-known facts, such as dates, names etc. without attribution).
QUOTATION vs PARAPHRASE
1. QUOTATIONS
“Japan has a special place in the virtual future,” the writer Kyo Maclear observed in 1997.
But, Maclear notes, Blade Runner also keeps showing “the image of a digitalized geisha refracted on a giant screen.” Hers is one of the rare smiles in the film. (Starts with paraphrase and becomes a quotation, and ends again with paraphrase).
2. PARAPHRASE
Kyo Maclear noted in 1997 that Japan would be particularly important in our future virtual worlds.
Maclear also pointed out that it is the digitalized human, a geisha on a giant screen, who has one of the rare smiles in the film.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
TEST NEXT WEEK MARCH 10 and 12
You will need to know how to cite a book by one or more authors a magazine article (signed), and an online newspaper article FOLLOWING MLA FORMAT[open book--see pages 61 and following of English Simplified].
You will be asked to do two of each, as I will be checking for consistency. You will also be asked to paraphrase and cite two direct quotations. The test is worth 5%
We will be reviewing this material in class on Wednesday March 3 and Friday March 5th.
You will be asked to do two of each, as I will be checking for consistency. You will also be asked to paraphrase and cite two direct quotations. The test is worth 5%
We will be reviewing this material in class on Wednesday March 3 and Friday March 5th.
Friday, February 26, 2010
INTERNAL MONOLOGUE ASSIGNMENT
ASSIGNMENT 3
DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 28th
INTERNAL MONOLOGUES: “LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL”
Please read the following carefully.
Write TWO internal monologues, each around two double-spaced pages in length. Each is worth 6%.
Each monologue should reveal the inner thoughts of a distinct character (different characters for each monologue.) THE MONOLOGUES SHOULD BE IN THE FIRST PERSON.
Each monologue should represent the idea “Life is Beautiful.” You may be ironic, if you like, BUT stay within your personal experience. The characters are not you, but they should tell stories, have memories, express ideas with which you are familiar.
For instance, unless you moonlight as a serial killer, don’t write about murder. The story you tell doesn’t have to be about YOU, but it should be something in which you have been emotionally involved, in some way.
If chosen at an in-class pitch meeting, the monologue will be accompanied by a 3-5 minute film made by your visual story-telling group. You will have to consider the restrictions of your cinematography experience, lack of budget etc. However, remember that your images do not have to represent your monologue exactly.
This assignment is due NEXT WEEK. Late assignments will NOT be considered for the pitch meeting in visual story telling.
You will receive your marked Monologues back in week 9 (March 14th). During that class, you will discuss your monologues in groups, consider my comments and choose one to present at the pitch meeting. I will expect you to make some edits and grammar edits on the chosen piece, which you will hand into me by the end of that class for an additional grade.
DUE DATE: FEBRUARY 28th
INTERNAL MONOLOGUES: “LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL”
Please read the following carefully.
Write TWO internal monologues, each around two double-spaced pages in length. Each is worth 6%.
Each monologue should reveal the inner thoughts of a distinct character (different characters for each monologue.) THE MONOLOGUES SHOULD BE IN THE FIRST PERSON.
Each monologue should represent the idea “Life is Beautiful.” You may be ironic, if you like, BUT stay within your personal experience. The characters are not you, but they should tell stories, have memories, express ideas with which you are familiar.
For instance, unless you moonlight as a serial killer, don’t write about murder. The story you tell doesn’t have to be about YOU, but it should be something in which you have been emotionally involved, in some way.
If chosen at an in-class pitch meeting, the monologue will be accompanied by a 3-5 minute film made by your visual story-telling group. You will have to consider the restrictions of your cinematography experience, lack of budget etc. However, remember that your images do not have to represent your monologue exactly.
This assignment is due NEXT WEEK. Late assignments will NOT be considered for the pitch meeting in visual story telling.
You will receive your marked Monologues back in week 9 (March 14th). During that class, you will discuss your monologues in groups, consider my comments and choose one to present at the pitch meeting. I will expect you to make some edits and grammar edits on the chosen piece, which you will hand into me by the end of that class for an additional grade.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Enduring Confusion
Hi y'all: as I explained to those people who showed up for class--the schedule has been pushed back one week; you monologue is NOT due on return--we haven't even started working on it properly yet. You have an analysis assignment due this Wednesday (or Friday). I'm not going to accept any excuses for lateness.
I will give you new schedule tomorrow with the new dates.
Sorry for the change, but, I warned you it might happen.
Please get it together, folks.
BTW: READING WEEK is not the same thing as a HOLIDAY. It is where you study, catch up, and work. Just sayin' . . .
Don't blow off this semester. I know you are all dying to get into your "real" courses, but if you don't finish this certificate you will have a hole on your resume that will not look good. And, if you can't finish this wee certificate properly, what in God's name makes you think you will be able to finish your diploma or degree?
I will give you new schedule tomorrow with the new dates.
Sorry for the change, but, I warned you it might happen.
Please get it together, folks.
BTW: READING WEEK is not the same thing as a HOLIDAY. It is where you study, catch up, and work. Just sayin' . . .
Don't blow off this semester. I know you are all dying to get into your "real" courses, but if you don't finish this certificate you will have a hole on your resume that will not look good. And, if you can't finish this wee certificate properly, what in God's name makes you think you will be able to finish your diploma or degree?
Sunday, February 21, 2010
NOTICE: TEST 1
You should all have now sat the editing test.
I know that some of you have not, and you were to notify me when you had booked a computer at the test centre.
If you have not sat it, and did not book a computer to sit it, please contact me as soon as possible.
I know that some of you have not, and you were to notify me when you had booked a computer at the test centre.
If you have not sat it, and did not book a computer to sit it, please contact me as soon as possible.
Latest Assignment: Due next week
ASSIGNMENT 2: Short Story Analysis [5% of final mark.]
Due date: February 24/February 26
Closely read The Return by Sadat Hasan Manto.
Imagine this story is a voice over for a short film. Please answer the following question:
In class we saw the following methods of voice over:
1. Images support the voice over directly and tell the story we are seeing (Sunset Boulevard)
2. Images/monologue in conflict (Election)
3. Images support the narrative poetically and or thematically (American Psycho)
Describe which kind of voice over you would choose for your film of The Return. Why would this type of voice over work best to express the story? (Consider what you want to tell and what you what to show, and what you would leave out entirely.)
Length: 1-2 full double-spaced page(s)
You will be marked on your grammar, structure, and analysis of the story.
OTHER HOMEWORK:
Create a character for our writing workshop (when you return from break.) The character can be as detailed as you like. We will also be working on character in class, but see what you can come up with (for sharing).
Due date: February 24/February 26
Closely read The Return by Sadat Hasan Manto.
Imagine this story is a voice over for a short film. Please answer the following question:
In class we saw the following methods of voice over:
1. Images support the voice over directly and tell the story we are seeing (Sunset Boulevard)
2. Images/monologue in conflict (Election)
3. Images support the narrative poetically and or thematically (American Psycho)
Describe which kind of voice over you would choose for your film of The Return. Why would this type of voice over work best to express the story? (Consider what you want to tell and what you what to show, and what you would leave out entirely.)
Length: 1-2 full double-spaced page(s)
You will be marked on your grammar, structure, and analysis of the story.
OTHER HOMEWORK:
Create a character for our writing workshop (when you return from break.) The character can be as detailed as you like. We will also be working on character in class, but see what you can come up with (for sharing).
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Dog in the Night Time
I was not a very good mother Christopher. Maybe if things had been differant, maybe if you'd been differant, I might have been better at it. But that's just the way things turned out. i'm not like your father. Your father is a much more pacient person. he just gets on with things and if things upset him he doesn't let it show. But that's not the way I am and there's nothing I can do to change that. Do you remember once when we were shopping in town together? And we went into Bentalls and it was really crowded and we had to get a Chrsitmas present for Grandma? And you were frightened. Because of all the people in the shop. It was the middle of Christmas shopping when everyone was in town. And I was talking to Mr Land who works on the kichen floor and went to school with me. And ou crouched down on the floor and put your hands over your ears and you were in the way of everyone. So I got cross, because I don't like shopping at Christmas, either, and I old you to behave and I tried to pick you up and move you. But you shouted and you knocked those mixers off the shelf and there was a big crash. And everyone turned round to see what was going on. And Mr Land was realy nice about it but there were boxes and bits of broken bowl and stuff on the floor and everyone was staring and I saw that you had wet yourself and I was so cross and I wanted to take you out of the shop but you wouldn't let me touch you and you just lay on the floor and screamed and banged your hands and feet on the floor and the maniger came and asked what the problem was and I was at the end of my tehter and I had to pay for two broken mixers and we just had to wait until you stoped screaming. And then I had to walk you all the way home which took hours becuase I knew you wouldn't go on the bus again. and I remember that night I just cried and cried and cried and your father was really ncie about it at first and he made you supper and he put you to bed and he said these things happen and it would be ok.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Strike Press Release
OPSEU has solution to avoid province-wide College strike
TORONTO – The union representing faculty members at 24 Ontario colleges has proposed a
solution to avert a potential province-wide strike.
Today, the union announced a strike deadline of February 11, 2010 if the parties cannot reach
a settlement on a new collective agreement.
However, Ted Montgomery, chair of the OPSEU bargaining team for the faculty, says that
the union is willing to send all outstanding issues to binding arbitration if a settlement cannot
be reached. If that happens, a strike can be avoided.
“First and foremost, we want to reach a negotiated settlement,” Montgomery said. “If the
Colleges won’t bargain that, we are willing to send all our outstanding issues to binding
arbitration. The Colleges, however, must agree.”
Montgomery says that while issues surrounding workload and academic freedom are of
paramount importance, the union is also taking into account the impact on students if there is
a strike.
“We have a solution if the Colleges are serious about addressing our issues,” Montgomery
said. “If they don’t want to negotiate in good faith or use the arbitration process, then it will
be clear whose interests they are putting first…and it isn’t the students’.”
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says that while he is ready to back his members
with the full weight of the union, a strike is not in everyone’s best interest.
“Even the Premier wants these negotiations resolved so that the education of Ontario students
isn’t compromised,” Thomas said. “Our members are serious about backing their demands,
but I believe that a solution can be reached. It’s up to the Colleges now.”
-30-
For
TORONTO – The union representing faculty members at 24 Ontario colleges has proposed a
solution to avert a potential province-wide strike.
Today, the union announced a strike deadline of February 11, 2010 if the parties cannot reach
a settlement on a new collective agreement.
However, Ted Montgomery, chair of the OPSEU bargaining team for the faculty, says that
the union is willing to send all outstanding issues to binding arbitration if a settlement cannot
be reached. If that happens, a strike can be avoided.
“First and foremost, we want to reach a negotiated settlement,” Montgomery said. “If the
Colleges won’t bargain that, we are willing to send all our outstanding issues to binding
arbitration. The Colleges, however, must agree.”
Montgomery says that while issues surrounding workload and academic freedom are of
paramount importance, the union is also taking into account the impact on students if there is
a strike.
“We have a solution if the Colleges are serious about addressing our issues,” Montgomery
said. “If they don’t want to negotiate in good faith or use the arbitration process, then it will
be clear whose interests they are putting first…and it isn’t the students’.”
OPSEU President Warren (Smokey) Thomas says that while he is ready to back his members
with the full weight of the union, a strike is not in everyone’s best interest.
“Even the Premier wants these negotiations resolved so that the education of Ontario students
isn’t compromised,” Thomas said. “Our members are serious about backing their demands,
but I believe that a solution can be reached. It’s up to the Colleges now.”
-30-
For
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
TEST NEED WEEK FEB 3/ FEB 5
The requirements for the test next week are as follows:
1. 15 minutes: edit a paragraph by hand, using copy edit symbols; CLOSED BOOK--you must know the symbols. There will be 12 errors for a mark of 3%
2. 30 minutes: edit three paragraphs using track changes; OPEN BOOK. The mark will be based on my sense of your overall edit. You will be required to make copyedits as needed and substantive comments and suggestions that you believe will make the piece better.
Please see blog below for instructions on track changes and a track changes exercise for practice passages.
I will post the editorial symbols and the second page of the edit exercise on Friday night (my apologies, I left it on my desk!!).
If you have questions or concerns, please email or call me.
If you must miss the test for any reason, please contact me by email as soon as possible, letting me know three available times when you can sit it at the testing centre.
1. 15 minutes: edit a paragraph by hand, using copy edit symbols; CLOSED BOOK--you must know the symbols. There will be 12 errors for a mark of 3%
2. 30 minutes: edit three paragraphs using track changes; OPEN BOOK. The mark will be based on my sense of your overall edit. You will be required to make copyedits as needed and substantive comments and suggestions that you believe will make the piece better.
Please see blog below for instructions on track changes and a track changes exercise for practice passages.
I will post the editorial symbols and the second page of the edit exercise on Friday night (my apologies, I left it on my desk!!).
If you have questions or concerns, please email or call me.
If you must miss the test for any reason, please contact me by email as soon as possible, letting me know three available times when you can sit it at the testing centre.
COVER LETTER LATE POLICY
The following was due last week (Wednesday January 20 / Friday January 22):
1. Dream job sheet (1%)
2. Want ad based on dream job sheet (1%)
3. Cover letter; the cover letter was to either respond to the want ad OR be a letter applying for an actual program. It was not supposed to be some random thing for some job you applied for at some time.
READ YOUR INSTRUCTIONS!!!!!!!!! How can you hope to get anywhere at all if you cannot follow instructions?
If you handed everything in on time:
1. You will receive back your letter with errors circled
2. You have until next week to correct the errors and hand in the letter, but you will get a chance to work on it today in class.
3. Once your letter is perfect in terms of typos, spelling and punctuation errors, or major faults of construction, you will receive the grade given on your first copy, which is based on content and structure.
If you handed in your letter on time, but were missing either the job sheet or the want ad, or both:
1. You may hand in any missing components of the assignment with your clean letter for no penalty.
If your cover letter was late:
1. I will deduct 10% total from your final grade ONLY if you hand in the clean copy on time.
2. If your clean copy is late, you will lose 10%/day from the first deadline;
SO, if you were five days late with your first letter, and your clean copy is on time, you will lose 10%. If you were five days late with your first letter, and your clean copy is late AT ALL, you will lose 50% PLUS 10% for every day your clean copy is late. Now you are looking at a big fat ZERO.
I am giving you this chance, you know who you are, because I am a SUCKER. This is your ONLY chance. I will be rigorous regarding deductions from henceforth.
FINALLY: here are excuses I consider to be irrelevant for late assignments or missing class:
“My car broke down.” Take the bus.
“My computer isn’t working.” Use one at school, or write it by hand with a dictionary.
“I slept in.” DON’T.
Have a nice day
The following was due last week (Wednesday January 20 / Friday January 22):
1. Dream job sheet (1%)
2. Want ad based on dream job sheet (1%)
3. Cover letter; the cover letter was to either respond to the want ad OR be a letter applying for an actual program. It was not supposed to be some random thing for some job you applied for at some time.
READ YOUR INSTRUCTIONS!!!!!!!!! How can you hope to get anywhere at all if you cannot follow instructions?
If you handed everything in on time:
1. You will receive back your letter with errors circled
2. You have until next week to correct the errors and hand in the letter, but you will get a chance to work on it today in class.
3. Once your letter is perfect in terms of typos, spelling and punctuation errors, or major faults of construction, you will receive the grade given on your first copy, which is based on content and structure.
If you handed in your letter on time, but were missing either the job sheet or the want ad, or both:
1. You may hand in any missing components of the assignment with your clean letter for no penalty.
If your cover letter was late:
1. I will deduct 10% total from your final grade ONLY if you hand in the clean copy on time.
2. If your clean copy is late, you will lose 10%/day from the first deadline;
SO, if you were five days late with your first letter, and your clean copy is on time, you will lose 10%. If you were five days late with your first letter, and your clean copy is late AT ALL, you will lose 50% PLUS 10% for every day your clean copy is late. Now you are looking at a big fat ZERO.
I am giving you this chance, you know who you are, because I am a SUCKER. This is your ONLY chance. I will be rigorous regarding deductions from henceforth.
FINALLY: here are excuses I consider to be irrelevant for late assignments or missing class:
“My car broke down.” Take the bus.
“My computer isn’t working.” Use one at school, or write it by hand with a dictionary.
“I slept in.” DON’T.
Have a nice day
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Track Changes Exercise
EDIT THE FOLLOWING PASSAGES USING TRACK CHANGES
Make basic copy editing changes without comment.
Structural or significant sentence changes should be accompanied by a comment.
1.
The thirtieth anniversary party of my uncle and aunt was the worst family gathering I’ve ever attended. On a hot Saturday morning in july, Mom and I drived out into the country to Uncle Ted’s house. It had already rained heavily, and the only place left to park was in a muddy field. Then, you would not believe the crowd. There must have been two hundred people in Uncle Ted’s small yard, including his five daughters with their husbands and children, and all the other relatives, and all the neighbours, and the entire congregation of their church. Since the ground was soaked and light rain was falling. Mom and me went under the big rented canopy with everybody else. We couldn’t move between the tables, and the humidity fogged my glasses. After wiping my glasses, I seen the there was a lot of food. It was mainly cold chicken and potato and macaroni salads, I ate a lot just because there was nothing else to do. We were suprised that Uncle Ted and his wife were doing all the work themselves. They ran back and forth with trays of food and gathered trash into plastic bags staggering with exhaustion. It didn’t seem like much of a way to celebrate. Mom was upset that she didn’t get to speak with them. When we left, I was hot, sticky, and sick to my stomach from overeating. But quickly pushed our car out of the mud and got us on the road. I have never been happier to leave a party.
2.
It is this writer’s opinion that smokers should quit smoking for the sake of those who are around them. Perhaps the most helpless creatures that suffer from being near a smoker is unborn babies, one study suggests that the risk of having an undersized baby is doubled if pregnant women are exposed to cigarette smoke for about two hours a day. Pregnant women both should refrain from smoking and to avoid smoke-filled rooms. Spouses of smokers are also in big trouble. They are more likely than spouses of non-smokers to die of heart disease and the development of fatal cancers. Office workers are a final group that can be harmed by a smoke-filled environment. The Minister of Health and Welfare has said “Workers who smoke are a health risk to their co-workers. While it is undoubtedly true that one can argue that smokers have the right to hurt themselves they do not have the right to hurt others. Smokers should abandon their deadly habits for the health of others at home and at work.
Taken from College Writing Skills with Readings, 3rd Canadian Edition, by John Langan and Sharon Winstanley, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2003
Make basic copy editing changes without comment.
Structural or significant sentence changes should be accompanied by a comment.
1.
The thirtieth anniversary party of my uncle and aunt was the worst family gathering I’ve ever attended. On a hot Saturday morning in july, Mom and I drived out into the country to Uncle Ted’s house. It had already rained heavily, and the only place left to park was in a muddy field. Then, you would not believe the crowd. There must have been two hundred people in Uncle Ted’s small yard, including his five daughters with their husbands and children, and all the other relatives, and all the neighbours, and the entire congregation of their church. Since the ground was soaked and light rain was falling. Mom and me went under the big rented canopy with everybody else. We couldn’t move between the tables, and the humidity fogged my glasses. After wiping my glasses, I seen the there was a lot of food. It was mainly cold chicken and potato and macaroni salads, I ate a lot just because there was nothing else to do. We were suprised that Uncle Ted and his wife were doing all the work themselves. They ran back and forth with trays of food and gathered trash into plastic bags staggering with exhaustion. It didn’t seem like much of a way to celebrate. Mom was upset that she didn’t get to speak with them. When we left, I was hot, sticky, and sick to my stomach from overeating. But quickly pushed our car out of the mud and got us on the road. I have never been happier to leave a party.
2.
It is this writer’s opinion that smokers should quit smoking for the sake of those who are around them. Perhaps the most helpless creatures that suffer from being near a smoker is unborn babies, one study suggests that the risk of having an undersized baby is doubled if pregnant women are exposed to cigarette smoke for about two hours a day. Pregnant women both should refrain from smoking and to avoid smoke-filled rooms. Spouses of smokers are also in big trouble. They are more likely than spouses of non-smokers to die of heart disease and the development of fatal cancers. Office workers are a final group that can be harmed by a smoke-filled environment. The Minister of Health and Welfare has said “Workers who smoke are a health risk to their co-workers. While it is undoubtedly true that one can argue that smokers have the right to hurt themselves they do not have the right to hurt others. Smokers should abandon their deadly habits for the health of others at home and at work.
Taken from College Writing Skills with Readings, 3rd Canadian Edition, by John Langan and Sharon Winstanley, McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2003
Using Track Changes for Writing and Editing
USING TRACK CHANGES FOR WRITING AND EDITING
• In Microsoft Word, click the tab Review
• Click on Track Changes then Tracking Options to change default settings if you wish.
• To add a comment, click on the New Comment button; it will put a “sticky” on the page with your notes.
• If you want to move a paragraph or sentence, it will underline it: click and drag.
• Open the Reviewing Pane to see changes in the margin (electronically only) as well as on the line.
• You can also choose to show your revisions in balloons, so that changes appear out in the margins on the page—click Balloons
• Once you are happy with your edit, click Accept—you can accept changes globally, or one by one.
• You can also use the Compare button to merge changes by more than one editor.
• In Microsoft Word, click the tab Review
• Click on Track Changes then Tracking Options to change default settings if you wish.
• To add a comment, click on the New Comment button; it will put a “sticky” on the page with your notes.
• If you want to move a paragraph or sentence, it will underline it: click and drag.
• Open the Reviewing Pane to see changes in the margin (electronically only) as well as on the line.
• You can also choose to show your revisions in balloons, so that changes appear out in the margins on the page—click Balloons
• Once you are happy with your edit, click Accept—you can accept changes globally, or one by one.
• You can also use the Compare button to merge changes by more than one editor.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Copyediting Exercise
Complete the COPYEDIT the following passage, using copyediting marks off-side (left or right); I’ve done the first two paragraphs for you. [NB: This is an exercise to practice for the test.]
You need to look for the following:
Capitalization / Lower Case
Italicization / Roman
Boldface
Move flush left
Paragraph indent
Follow-on Paragraph
Insert space /Closeup space
Deletions of words, letters or punctuation
Insertions of words, letters or punctuation
Transpositions (words and or letters in the wrong order)
Powerful Avatar Stuns the Eye seduces the Heart
Even if it had a crappy story shallow characters and lame dialogeu, James Camerons 3-D spectacle Avatar would earn a big wow solely on the strength of its aweinducing visuals.
As it turns out avatar which opens Friday, is a damn good movie, period.
Building on a solid foundatin of strong performances Cameron and his team have cut from whole digital cloth a detailed exquisitely world at once familiar and gorgously exotic.
The adventure takes place entirly on the distant orb known as Pandora, an exotic alien world squarely sitting in the cross-hairs of earthlings military-industrial complex. This is where humans clash with the Na’vi: 10-foot-tall blue creatures that enjoy a special bond with their World
Every few minute Cameron unveils another vista, beast, some new flower or dinosaur-bird or airborne jellyfish designed to stun the senses and celebrate natures shere fecundity. Like the Discovery Channel on acid, Avatar’s wildlife produces sensations of wonder awe and delight.
Throw in a few knife-wielding robots, fierce fight scenes, vertigo-inducing aerial chases amid Pandora’s floating forest islands and you’ve got a pg thirteen movie that satisfise even the most jaundiced moviegoers apetite for Sci-Fi eye candy.
You need to look for the following:
Capitalization / Lower Case
Italicization / Roman
Boldface
Move flush left
Paragraph indent
Follow-on Paragraph
Insert space /Closeup space
Deletions of words, letters or punctuation
Insertions of words, letters or punctuation
Transpositions (words and or letters in the wrong order)
Powerful Avatar Stuns the Eye seduces the Heart
Even if it had a crappy story shallow characters and lame dialogeu, James Camerons 3-D spectacle Avatar would earn a big wow solely on the strength of its aweinducing visuals.
As it turns out avatar which opens Friday, is a damn good movie, period.
Building on a solid foundatin of strong performances Cameron and his team have cut from whole digital cloth a detailed exquisitely world at once familiar and gorgously exotic.
The adventure takes place entirly on the distant orb known as Pandora, an exotic alien world squarely sitting in the cross-hairs of earthlings military-industrial complex. This is where humans clash with the Na’vi: 10-foot-tall blue creatures that enjoy a special bond with their World
Every few minute Cameron unveils another vista, beast, some new flower or dinosaur-bird or airborne jellyfish designed to stun the senses and celebrate natures shere fecundity. Like the Discovery Channel on acid, Avatar’s wildlife produces sensations of wonder awe and delight.
Throw in a few knife-wielding robots, fierce fight scenes, vertigo-inducing aerial chases amid Pandora’s floating forest islands and you’ve got a pg thirteen movie that satisfise even the most jaundiced moviegoers apetite for Sci-Fi eye candy.
Week 2 Exercises
EXCERCISES:
1. In the following sentences, underline relative pronouns when they are the SUBJECT of the sentence, and make them BOLD (or underline them twice) when they act as adjectives:
a. Another makes its way to the front.
b. Several dogs and cats were left in the shelter.
c. What is free?
d. Some of them went skiing.
e. This is the last time.
2. Rewrite the following sentences so that the indirect object becomes the object of a prepositional phrase:
a. The dj gave the mc the records.
b. My mother brought me the clothing.
c. His best friend left him all his money.
3. Remove faulty or excessive coordination by using subordination to show the relationship between the clauses:
a. Eugene O’Neill was an American playwright, and he won a Nobel Prize for literature in 1936.
b. O’Neill had an unhappy childhood, and he told the story of his childhood in a play entitled Long Day’s Journey into Night, and he said it was “written in tears and blood.”
c. O’Neill’s daughter Oona married Charlie Chaplin, but she married against her father’s will.
d. One of O’Neill’s plays, The Iceman Cometh, is full of symbols and hidden clues about its meaning, and it has probably been written about more than any other American play.
e. Louis Sheaffer wrote a biography of O’Neill, and he spent sixteen years researching and writing it, and his book won a Pulitizer Prize.
4. Combine the following sentences, by subordinating one idea to another:
a. My sister Carla loves to shop at airport duty-free stores. Her first overseas trip was to Paris.
b. Carla gets to take several overseas trips every year. She works for an importing firm in Ottawa.
c. Duty-free shops are not really duty-free to the consumer. She still saves money on perfumes, watches, scarves, and ties.
d. Carla arrives at the airport early and checks in. She heads for the duty-free shops.
e. She prefers the large selection of the airport duty-free shops. The on-plane duty-free shops are cheaper.
5. Correct the following sentence to remove excessive subordination:
a. Daniel J. Boorstin, who has been a teacher at Harvard and the University of Chicago, is now head of the Library of Congress, which is located in Washington , DC, and which is the largest library in the world.
b. The Library of Congress is open to everyone, which makes it different from the government libraries of many other countries, which restrict use of their resources to a select few.
1. In the following sentences, underline relative pronouns when they are the SUBJECT of the sentence, and make them BOLD (or underline them twice) when they act as adjectives:
a. Another makes its way to the front.
b. Several dogs and cats were left in the shelter.
c. What is free?
d. Some of them went skiing.
e. This is the last time.
2. Rewrite the following sentences so that the indirect object becomes the object of a prepositional phrase:
a. The dj gave the mc the records.
b. My mother brought me the clothing.
c. His best friend left him all his money.
3. Remove faulty or excessive coordination by using subordination to show the relationship between the clauses:
a. Eugene O’Neill was an American playwright, and he won a Nobel Prize for literature in 1936.
b. O’Neill had an unhappy childhood, and he told the story of his childhood in a play entitled Long Day’s Journey into Night, and he said it was “written in tears and blood.”
c. O’Neill’s daughter Oona married Charlie Chaplin, but she married against her father’s will.
d. One of O’Neill’s plays, The Iceman Cometh, is full of symbols and hidden clues about its meaning, and it has probably been written about more than any other American play.
e. Louis Sheaffer wrote a biography of O’Neill, and he spent sixteen years researching and writing it, and his book won a Pulitizer Prize.
4. Combine the following sentences, by subordinating one idea to another:
a. My sister Carla loves to shop at airport duty-free stores. Her first overseas trip was to Paris.
b. Carla gets to take several overseas trips every year. She works for an importing firm in Ottawa.
c. Duty-free shops are not really duty-free to the consumer. She still saves money on perfumes, watches, scarves, and ties.
d. Carla arrives at the airport early and checks in. She heads for the duty-free shops.
e. She prefers the large selection of the airport duty-free shops. The on-plane duty-free shops are cheaper.
5. Correct the following sentence to remove excessive subordination:
a. Daniel J. Boorstin, who has been a teacher at Harvard and the University of Chicago, is now head of the Library of Congress, which is located in Washington , DC, and which is the largest library in the world.
b. The Library of Congress is open to everyone, which makes it different from the government libraries of many other countries, which restrict use of their resources to a select few.
Last Semester's Exam
MEDIA WRITING ONE
MSFP 160
Instructor: Nicola Winstanley
FINAL GRAMMAR EXAM DECEMBER 18th Please answer the multi-choice questions below.
Make sure you read each question and option CAREFULLY.
This exam is worth 9% of your final grade.
GOOD LUCK!!
A. PARTS OF SPEECH.
Identify the underlined words in each sentence as follows:
a. Adverb
b. Adjective
c. Verb
d. Preposition
e. Noun or pronoun
1. The black door swung open and banged against the wall.
2. Walking fast, and wearing a silk suit, James stepped into the long hallway.
3. A worried look crossed his face as he quickly entered the conference room.
4. Three colleagues were waiting for him in the room.
5. They fired accusations at him.
6. An angry look crossed his face, but he did not respond.
7. His fists were clasped tightly, and he stared straight ahead.
8. The others in the room gradually became silent.
B. PARTS OF A SENTENCE
Identify the underlined words or phrase in each sentence below as follows:
a. Complete subject
b. Prepositional Phrase
c. Conjunction
d. Verb
e. Object
9. Writers usually pursue stories in two ways.
10. Many begin with the plot in mind.
11. They start by outlining the dramatic points, and soon characters and settings begin to fill in
the empty spaces.
12. Others begin with a character; someone they’ve seen at school, on campus, in a restaurant,
or someone they know.
13. They describe the character, and create a story around them.
14. I begin with a picture, or a mental image that might even come to me in a dream.
15. I try to explore its significance.
16. I visualize the image, and allow it to create a feeling in me.
17. I sketch the image in words, and soon it includes characters and a plot.
18. The image I am examining now is of a sad little girl and a talking crow together on a drizzly day.
C. CONJUNCTIONS
19. Which of the following sentences contains subordinating conjuction(s)?
a.) i b.) ii & iii c.) ii d.) i & ii e.) iii & iv
i. Easter Island is a tiny, volcanic, barren isolated place.
ii. Statues dominate the island, but the people who built them are gone.
iii. The people are extinct because they gave their lives to create the statues.
iv. They used the resources on the island as if they would last forever.
20. Which of the following sentences contains coordinating conjunction(s)?
a.) i & ii b.) ii & iv c.) ii & iii d.) iii & iv e.) ii, iii & iv
i. Our global civilization may face a similar fate.
ii. Our resources are shrinking, and we place too high a demand on them.
iii. We erect not stone heads, but high-rises and highways.
iv. Will we notice the last tree fall, or will we continue as always?
D. PUNCTUATION
Which of the following sentences (in each group) contains correct punctuation?
21.
a. Don’t worry about grammar, keep the flow of words going.
b. Don’t worry about grammar; keep the flow of words going.
c. Don’t worry, about grammar, keep the flow of words going.
d. Don’t worry, about grammar; keep the flow of words going.
22.
a. A good way to get one’s ideas going is just to begin writing.
b. A good way to get ones idea’s going is just to begin writing.
c. A good way to get ones ideas going is just to begin writing.
d. A good way to get ones’ ideas going is just to begin writing.
23.
a. Start with whatever comes to mind, and as soon as you finish a sentence, begin another.
b. Start with whatever comes to mind and as soon as you finish a sentence begin another.
c. Start with whatever comes to mind, and as soon as you finish a sentence begin another.
d. Start with whatever comes to mind and as soon as you finish a sentence, begin another.
24.
a. “I won’t do it”! Sam yelled, at his poor, long-suffering mother.
b. “I won’t do it,” Sam yelled; at his poor long-suffering Mother.
c. “I won’t do it!” Sam yelled at his poor, long-suffering mother.
d. “I wont do it!” Sam yelled at his poor long-suffering mother.
25.
a. Mr. Smith will contact you on M.S.N.
b. Mr Smith will contact you on MSN.
c. Mr. Smith will contact you on MSN
d. Mr. Smith will contact you on MSN.
26.
a. She wrote a beautiful story about Mother Nature and sent it to her father.
b. She wrote a beautiful story about mother nature and sent it to her father.
c. She wrote a beautiful story about Mother Nature and sent it to her Father.
d. She wrote a beautiful story about mother nature and sent it to her Father.
E. VERBS: TENSE
Please indicate which of the following sentence contains a verb in the wrong tense:
27. [Mixed tense: analysis]
a. In her latest collection of short stories, Too Much Happiness, Alice Munro examined the lives of characters who have experienced some kind of jarring violence.
b. In one story, the main character remembers purposely drowning an intellectually disabled girl at summer camp.
c. In another, a woman’s children are murdered by her husband.
d. These stories are unlike what I have come to expect from Munroe.
28. [Past tense: narrative.]
a. The process of getting into the dining room was a nightmare to him.
b. Between halts and stumbles, jerks and lurches, locomotion had at times seemed impossible.
c. But at last he made it, and was seated alongside her.
d. The array of knives and forks frightens him.
[From Martin Eden, by Jack London.]
F. VERBS: AGREEMENT
In the following sentences you are given two options, where the first one is correct, please indicate “a” on your answer sheet; where the second one is correct, please indicate “b” on your answer sheet.
29. At least once a week fish and chips is/are the main dish for dinner.
30. The interior halls as well as the gallery was/were redecorated before the tourist season.
31. Each of the rooms were/was beautiful.
32. All but three of the projects has/have been completed.
33. Everybody at the Smiths’ were/was wearing a costume.
G. SENTENCE FAULTS
Please identify the sentence faults (if any) in the following sentences:
a. Correct
b. Comma splice
c. Fragment
d. Run on sentence
34. We could go to Mexico.
35. Or maybe Cuba.
36. I want to take the kids, I want to spend some time with them.
37. They would love it, I think it would be ok.
38. It would still be relaxing.
39. I wouldn’t have to spend the whole time chasing after them I think they will just play.
F. MISPLACED MODIFIERS
Please identify the following sentences on your answer sheet:
a. Correct
b. Dangling modifier
c. Misplaced modifier
40. While singing in the shower, I heard my neighbour banging on the wall.
41. To understand world affairs, a daily newspaper should be read.
42. Singing in the shower, my neighbour rang the doorbell.
43. Walking through the supermarket, the oranges looked tempting.
44. Paris is, by many visitors today, considered one of the most exciting cities in the world.
45. After writing the grammar test, the students were ecstatic to have finished.
MSFP 160
Instructor: Nicola Winstanley
FINAL GRAMMAR EXAM DECEMBER 18th Please answer the multi-choice questions below.
Make sure you read each question and option CAREFULLY.
This exam is worth 9% of your final grade.
GOOD LUCK!!
A. PARTS OF SPEECH.
Identify the underlined words in each sentence as follows:
a. Adverb
b. Adjective
c. Verb
d. Preposition
e. Noun or pronoun
1. The black door swung open and banged against the wall.
2. Walking fast, and wearing a silk suit, James stepped into the long hallway.
3. A worried look crossed his face as he quickly entered the conference room.
4. Three colleagues were waiting for him in the room.
5. They fired accusations at him.
6. An angry look crossed his face, but he did not respond.
7. His fists were clasped tightly, and he stared straight ahead.
8. The others in the room gradually became silent.
B. PARTS OF A SENTENCE
Identify the underlined words or phrase in each sentence below as follows:
a. Complete subject
b. Prepositional Phrase
c. Conjunction
d. Verb
e. Object
9. Writers usually pursue stories in two ways.
10. Many begin with the plot in mind.
11. They start by outlining the dramatic points, and soon characters and settings begin to fill in
the empty spaces.
12. Others begin with a character; someone they’ve seen at school, on campus, in a restaurant,
or someone they know.
13. They describe the character, and create a story around them.
14. I begin with a picture, or a mental image that might even come to me in a dream.
15. I try to explore its significance.
16. I visualize the image, and allow it to create a feeling in me.
17. I sketch the image in words, and soon it includes characters and a plot.
18. The image I am examining now is of a sad little girl and a talking crow together on a drizzly day.
C. CONJUNCTIONS
19. Which of the following sentences contains subordinating conjuction(s)?
a.) i b.) ii & iii c.) ii d.) i & ii e.) iii & iv
i. Easter Island is a tiny, volcanic, barren isolated place.
ii. Statues dominate the island, but the people who built them are gone.
iii. The people are extinct because they gave their lives to create the statues.
iv. They used the resources on the island as if they would last forever.
20. Which of the following sentences contains coordinating conjunction(s)?
a.) i & ii b.) ii & iv c.) ii & iii d.) iii & iv e.) ii, iii & iv
i. Our global civilization may face a similar fate.
ii. Our resources are shrinking, and we place too high a demand on them.
iii. We erect not stone heads, but high-rises and highways.
iv. Will we notice the last tree fall, or will we continue as always?
D. PUNCTUATION
Which of the following sentences (in each group) contains correct punctuation?
21.
a. Don’t worry about grammar, keep the flow of words going.
b. Don’t worry about grammar; keep the flow of words going.
c. Don’t worry, about grammar, keep the flow of words going.
d. Don’t worry, about grammar; keep the flow of words going.
22.
a. A good way to get one’s ideas going is just to begin writing.
b. A good way to get ones idea’s going is just to begin writing.
c. A good way to get ones ideas going is just to begin writing.
d. A good way to get ones’ ideas going is just to begin writing.
23.
a. Start with whatever comes to mind, and as soon as you finish a sentence, begin another.
b. Start with whatever comes to mind and as soon as you finish a sentence begin another.
c. Start with whatever comes to mind, and as soon as you finish a sentence begin another.
d. Start with whatever comes to mind and as soon as you finish a sentence, begin another.
24.
a. “I won’t do it”! Sam yelled, at his poor, long-suffering mother.
b. “I won’t do it,” Sam yelled; at his poor long-suffering Mother.
c. “I won’t do it!” Sam yelled at his poor, long-suffering mother.
d. “I wont do it!” Sam yelled at his poor long-suffering mother.
25.
a. Mr. Smith will contact you on M.S.N.
b. Mr Smith will contact you on MSN.
c. Mr. Smith will contact you on MSN
d. Mr. Smith will contact you on MSN.
26.
a. She wrote a beautiful story about Mother Nature and sent it to her father.
b. She wrote a beautiful story about mother nature and sent it to her father.
c. She wrote a beautiful story about Mother Nature and sent it to her Father.
d. She wrote a beautiful story about mother nature and sent it to her Father.
E. VERBS: TENSE
Please indicate which of the following sentence contains a verb in the wrong tense:
27. [Mixed tense: analysis]
a. In her latest collection of short stories, Too Much Happiness, Alice Munro examined the lives of characters who have experienced some kind of jarring violence.
b. In one story, the main character remembers purposely drowning an intellectually disabled girl at summer camp.
c. In another, a woman’s children are murdered by her husband.
d. These stories are unlike what I have come to expect from Munroe.
28. [Past tense: narrative.]
a. The process of getting into the dining room was a nightmare to him.
b. Between halts and stumbles, jerks and lurches, locomotion had at times seemed impossible.
c. But at last he made it, and was seated alongside her.
d. The array of knives and forks frightens him.
[From Martin Eden, by Jack London.]
F. VERBS: AGREEMENT
In the following sentences you are given two options, where the first one is correct, please indicate “a” on your answer sheet; where the second one is correct, please indicate “b” on your answer sheet.
29. At least once a week fish and chips is/are the main dish for dinner.
30. The interior halls as well as the gallery was/were redecorated before the tourist season.
31. Each of the rooms were/was beautiful.
32. All but three of the projects has/have been completed.
33. Everybody at the Smiths’ were/was wearing a costume.
G. SENTENCE FAULTS
Please identify the sentence faults (if any) in the following sentences:
a. Correct
b. Comma splice
c. Fragment
d. Run on sentence
34. We could go to Mexico.
35. Or maybe Cuba.
36. I want to take the kids, I want to spend some time with them.
37. They would love it, I think it would be ok.
38. It would still be relaxing.
39. I wouldn’t have to spend the whole time chasing after them I think they will just play.
F. MISPLACED MODIFIERS
Please identify the following sentences on your answer sheet:
a. Correct
b. Dangling modifier
c. Misplaced modifier
40. While singing in the shower, I heard my neighbour banging on the wall.
41. To understand world affairs, a daily newspaper should be read.
42. Singing in the shower, my neighbour rang the doorbell.
43. Walking through the supermarket, the oranges looked tempting.
44. Paris is, by many visitors today, considered one of the most exciting cities in the world.
45. After writing the grammar test, the students were ecstatic to have finished.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Handouts for week 1: Cover Letter for Programme Template
Your Address
Today’s Date
Name of Admissions Person
Department
Institution
Address
Dear [Admissions]:
PARAGRAPH 1: Why you are writing and what program you are applying for.
PARAGRAPH 2: Outline your current position—briefly. In the body of this paragraph, highlight some of your most relevant experiences and qualities as they relate to the specific course and what it is you hope to achieve in the future. You can use one or two specific, concrete examples to support your claims here.
PARAGRAPH 3: Show some background knowledge of the school and program by linking your goals to what the program can offer you. List one or two personal qualities that will make you a successful candidate in their programme.
PARAGRAPH 4: Refer to your enclosed portfolio and resume. THANK the reader for his or her consideration!
Sincerely,
[SIGNATURE]
YOUR NAME
Enclosure(s): [list resume, references, portfolio contents etc]
Today’s Date
Name of Admissions Person
Department
Institution
Address
Dear [Admissions]:
PARAGRAPH 1: Why you are writing and what program you are applying for.
PARAGRAPH 2: Outline your current position—briefly. In the body of this paragraph, highlight some of your most relevant experiences and qualities as they relate to the specific course and what it is you hope to achieve in the future. You can use one or two specific, concrete examples to support your claims here.
PARAGRAPH 3: Show some background knowledge of the school and program by linking your goals to what the program can offer you. List one or two personal qualities that will make you a successful candidate in their programme.
PARAGRAPH 4: Refer to your enclosed portfolio and resume. THANK the reader for his or her consideration!
Sincerely,
[SIGNATURE]
YOUR NAME
Enclosure(s): [list resume, references, portfolio contents etc]
Handouts for week 1: Cover Letter for Work Template
COVER LETTER TEMPLATE: JOB
Your Address
Today’s Date
Mr./Ms. EMPLOYER’S NAME
Title
Company Name
Address
Dear Mr./Ms. Employer:
PARAGRAPH 1: Why you are writing and what position you are applying for—don’t say where you saw the ad, unless you were referred by a mutual contact.
PARAGRAPH 2: Outline your current position—briefly. In the body of this paragraph, highlight some of your most relevant experiences and qualities as they relate to the specific position. You can use one or two specific, concrete examples to support your claims here.
PARAGRAPH 3: Show some background knowledge of the company by linking your experience to what they do—be positive here about why you want to work for their company specifically, and list one or two personal qualities that makes you perfect for their company and job.
PARAGRAPH 4: Refer to your enclosed resume and request an interview. THANK the reviewer for his or her consideration!
Sincerely,
[SIGNATURE]
YOUR NAME
Enclosure(s): [list resume, references, portfolio contents etc]
Your Address
Today’s Date
Mr./Ms. EMPLOYER’S NAME
Title
Company Name
Address
Dear Mr./Ms. Employer:
PARAGRAPH 1: Why you are writing and what position you are applying for—don’t say where you saw the ad, unless you were referred by a mutual contact.
PARAGRAPH 2: Outline your current position—briefly. In the body of this paragraph, highlight some of your most relevant experiences and qualities as they relate to the specific position. You can use one or two specific, concrete examples to support your claims here.
PARAGRAPH 3: Show some background knowledge of the company by linking your experience to what they do—be positive here about why you want to work for their company specifically, and list one or two personal qualities that makes you perfect for their company and job.
PARAGRAPH 4: Refer to your enclosed resume and request an interview. THANK the reviewer for his or her consideration!
Sincerely,
[SIGNATURE]
YOUR NAME
Enclosure(s): [list resume, references, portfolio contents etc]
Handouts for week 1: Want ad notes example
DREAM JOB . . .
1. What kind of company do you want to work for?
-multinational corporation; national corporation; non –profit; independent business; freelance ;
If there isn’t a specific company you would like to work for, make one up—consider if the company is large or small, what they specialize in etc.
-small, independent documentary production company with a focus on social justice and anti-consumerism
2. What would your job title be? Think entry level here . . . this should be a job you could realistically do now . . .
-editing assistant; sound assistant; junior researcher; online media assistant; runner; PA; junior copywriter, etc . . .
-junior researcher
3. List four or five key responsibilities you might hold in that position and which you would be able to do with your skills and/or experience.
1. Assist all members of the production team with daily tasks, such as faxing, phone calls, mail
2. Assist the researcher with background research—online researching, setting up interviews
3. Assist the permissions coordinator with clearing visual and music rights
4. Act as runner during filming
4. What are some of the general skills and personal qualities that you have and that would be required for this job?
1. Organized
2. Willingness to work long hours
3. Excellent online research skills
4. Polite and personable
5. Able to multitask
5. What kind of education and work/life experience do you need for this job?
1. Degree or certificate in film studies
2. A interest in social justice, including a background of volunteerism or political activism
1. What kind of company do you want to work for?
-multinational corporation; national corporation; non –profit; independent business; freelance ;
If there isn’t a specific company you would like to work for, make one up—consider if the company is large or small, what they specialize in etc.
-small, independent documentary production company with a focus on social justice and anti-consumerism
2. What would your job title be? Think entry level here . . . this should be a job you could realistically do now . . .
-editing assistant; sound assistant; junior researcher; online media assistant; runner; PA; junior copywriter, etc . . .
-junior researcher
3. List four or five key responsibilities you might hold in that position and which you would be able to do with your skills and/or experience.
1. Assist all members of the production team with daily tasks, such as faxing, phone calls, mail
2. Assist the researcher with background research—online researching, setting up interviews
3. Assist the permissions coordinator with clearing visual and music rights
4. Act as runner during filming
4. What are some of the general skills and personal qualities that you have and that would be required for this job?
1. Organized
2. Willingness to work long hours
3. Excellent online research skills
4. Polite and personable
5. Able to multitask
5. What kind of education and work/life experience do you need for this job?
1. Degree or certificate in film studies
2. A interest in social justice, including a background of volunteerism or political activism
Handouts for week 1: Want ad notes
DREAM JOB . . .
1. What kind of company do you want to work for?
-multinational corporation; national corporation; non –profit; independent business; freelance ;
If there isn’t a specific company you would like to work for, make one up—consider if the company is large or small, what they specialize in etc.
2. What would your job title be? Think entry level here . . . this should be a job you could realistically do now . . .
-editing assistant; sound assistant; junior researcher; online media assistant; runner; PA; junior copywriter, etc . . .
3. List four or five key responsibilities you might hold in that position and which you would be able to do with your skills and/or experience.
4. What are some of the general skills and personal qualities that you have and that would be required for this job?
5. What kind of education and work/life experience do you need for this job?
1. What kind of company do you want to work for?
-multinational corporation; national corporation; non –profit; independent business; freelance ;
If there isn’t a specific company you would like to work for, make one up—consider if the company is large or small, what they specialize in etc.
2. What would your job title be? Think entry level here . . . this should be a job you could realistically do now . . .
-editing assistant; sound assistant; junior researcher; online media assistant; runner; PA; junior copywriter, etc . . .
3. List four or five key responsibilities you might hold in that position and which you would be able to do with your skills and/or experience.
4. What are some of the general skills and personal qualities that you have and that would be required for this job?
5. What kind of education and work/life experience do you need for this job?
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Assignment 1: Cover Letter
Due Date: January 20th/January 22nd
Part 1:
1. Fill in the sheet “Dream Job”
2. Write a “Want ad” based on your job . . . a short paragraph is ok (2%). For example:
WANTED
Small, independent documentary company seeks junior researcher to assist in production. Responsibilities will include daily office tasks, online research, setting up interviews, and general assistance during filming. You will have a certificate from a recognized media studies programme and an interest in social justice.
Part 2:
Either:
1. Write a cover letter replying to your own dream job ad (you will definitely get it!) following the template I gave you in class.
OR
2. Write a cover letter to submit with your programme admission following the template I gave you in class.
Next week you need to hand in:
1. Dream job sheet (filled in by hand).
2. Want ad
3. A cover letter
You will receive a grade, and I will circle any errors. You must then submit a final cover letter, error free, for your grade to be recorded. If your first cover letter is perfect, you will not have to resubmit.
Due Date: January 20th/January 22nd
Part 1:
1. Fill in the sheet “Dream Job”
2. Write a “Want ad” based on your job . . . a short paragraph is ok (2%). For example:
WANTED
Small, independent documentary company seeks junior researcher to assist in production. Responsibilities will include daily office tasks, online research, setting up interviews, and general assistance during filming. You will have a certificate from a recognized media studies programme and an interest in social justice.
Part 2:
Either:
1. Write a cover letter replying to your own dream job ad (you will definitely get it!) following the template I gave you in class.
OR
2. Write a cover letter to submit with your programme admission following the template I gave you in class.
Next week you need to hand in:
1. Dream job sheet (filled in by hand).
2. Want ad
3. A cover letter
You will receive a grade, and I will circle any errors. You must then submit a final cover letter, error free, for your grade to be recorded. If your first cover letter is perfect, you will not have to resubmit.
Friday, January 8, 2010
COURSE OUTLINE
MSFP 261 Media Writing
Professor: Nicola Winstanley Voice mail: (416) 533-1858 (home)
Email: nwinstanley@sympatico.ca
Office: K107
Office hours: By appointment on Wednesday and Friday, or, if I happen to be in my office . . .
Blog: Please become a follower of http://mediawritingtwo.blogspot.com. All handouts and assignments will be posted there.
Course Description
Media Writing 2 builds upon the writing skills introduced in Media Writing 1, and we will have an emphasis on professionalism. You will develop your writing and research skills and you will learn to effectively analyze, summarize, paraphrase, and quote. You will develop a fictional monologue to be turned into a short film, review a book, television show, game, newspaper or magazine, and produce a research essay focused on your area of career interest. Finally, you will analyse Opinion writing and write and Opinion piece in class.
Required Text(s) / Supplies
• English Simplified Ellsworth, Blanche; Longman Publishers
• The Short Story – a handout available for purchase in the bookstore (the same red book as last semester).
• A recent book (fiction or non-fiction) OR one television show season on DVD, OR one month of a newspaper, OR one year of a magazine for magazine, OR games (talk to me about this . . .).
• USB handy key on which all assignments will be stored to later be saved on a hard drive or CD. Please remember to bring your handy key and English Simplified to every class.
• Other texts as assigned (will be provided, or online, or on reserve at the library)
Recommended Reading
• Everything you can get your hands on!
Where to get Help!
1. The Writing Centre: Room GH 202 (University of Guelph-Humber)
2. Peer Tutoring: Room D128. The tutoring program provides one-on-one help/support @ a fee of ten dollars for eight sessions and is well worth the price.
MSFP 261
Evaluation
Passing grade is 60%
In all media and in higher-level media-studies programs, the ability to meet deadlines is essential. Therefore, this semester, assignment deadlines must be strictly adhered to: Assignments are due when they are due. Only in the most extreme situations will extensions be considered. Late assignments will be penalized at 10% per day and will not be accepted over one week late. If there is a change in deadline, it will be announced in class. Please see your assignment calendar for deadlines.
Assignments
*FORMAT: Please include your name, the course name, and my name on all assignments. Assignments not submitted in class may be handed in at the Media Studies office, K107. All must be double-spaced and written in 12 point type. KEEP A COPY!!
FOR MID-TERM MARK (50%)
1. Job Description (2%) and Cover Letter (10%)
—the first time you submit your cover letter, you will not receive a grade, but will be edited. You must resubmit and edited version of your cover letter to receive your grade.
2. Editing test (8%)
3. Analysis of monologues (5%)
4. Monologue (for short film) (12%)
5. Analysis of reviews (8%)
6. Summary and citation test (5%)
FOR FINAL MARK (100%)
Mid-term mark plus:
1. Group edit of monologue (5%)
2. Review (15%)\
3. Research Essay plan and reading list (5%)
4. Research paper (15%)
5. In-class writing test: Opinion Piece (10%--half of the mark for content, half for grammar).
Professor: Nicola Winstanley Voice mail: (416) 533-1858 (home)
Email: nwinstanley@sympatico.ca
Office: K107
Office hours: By appointment on Wednesday and Friday, or, if I happen to be in my office . . .
Blog: Please become a follower of http://mediawritingtwo.blogspot.com. All handouts and assignments will be posted there.
Course Description
Media Writing 2 builds upon the writing skills introduced in Media Writing 1, and we will have an emphasis on professionalism. You will develop your writing and research skills and you will learn to effectively analyze, summarize, paraphrase, and quote. You will develop a fictional monologue to be turned into a short film, review a book, television show, game, newspaper or magazine, and produce a research essay focused on your area of career interest. Finally, you will analyse Opinion writing and write and Opinion piece in class.
Required Text(s) / Supplies
• English Simplified Ellsworth, Blanche; Longman Publishers
• The Short Story – a handout available for purchase in the bookstore (the same red book as last semester).
• A recent book (fiction or non-fiction) OR one television show season on DVD, OR one month of a newspaper, OR one year of a magazine for magazine, OR games (talk to me about this . . .).
• USB handy key on which all assignments will be stored to later be saved on a hard drive or CD. Please remember to bring your handy key and English Simplified to every class.
• Other texts as assigned (will be provided, or online, or on reserve at the library)
Recommended Reading
• Everything you can get your hands on!
Where to get Help!
1. The Writing Centre: Room GH 202 (University of Guelph-Humber)
2. Peer Tutoring: Room D128. The tutoring program provides one-on-one help/support @ a fee of ten dollars for eight sessions and is well worth the price.
MSFP 261
Evaluation
Passing grade is 60%
In all media and in higher-level media-studies programs, the ability to meet deadlines is essential. Therefore, this semester, assignment deadlines must be strictly adhered to: Assignments are due when they are due. Only in the most extreme situations will extensions be considered. Late assignments will be penalized at 10% per day and will not be accepted over one week late. If there is a change in deadline, it will be announced in class. Please see your assignment calendar for deadlines.
Assignments
*FORMAT: Please include your name, the course name, and my name on all assignments. Assignments not submitted in class may be handed in at the Media Studies office, K107. All must be double-spaced and written in 12 point type. KEEP A COPY!!
FOR MID-TERM MARK (50%)
1. Job Description (2%) and Cover Letter (10%)
—the first time you submit your cover letter, you will not receive a grade, but will be edited. You must resubmit and edited version of your cover letter to receive your grade.
2. Editing test (8%)
3. Analysis of monologues (5%)
4. Monologue (for short film) (12%)
5. Analysis of reviews (8%)
6. Summary and citation test (5%)
FOR FINAL MARK (100%)
Mid-term mark plus:
1. Group edit of monologue (5%)
2. Review (15%)\
3. Research Essay plan and reading list (5%)
4. Research paper (15%)
5. In-class writing test: Opinion Piece (10%--half of the mark for content, half for grammar).
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