Objective: Paper 1 due on Feb. 1, requires you to review one of the movies we have watched in class, including short films and movies on reserve for our class. Write your review as a 1-page paper, double-spaced.
Goals:
- evaluate a movie you have viewed for class, telling readers about the movie's content, narrative structure, subject matter, theme
- state why you liked or disliked the movie
- translate your understanding of the movie into a written paper
- write for a specific audience, specifically readers of Winthrop University's Johnsonian newspaper
Considerations:
- Write for anybody to understand and appreciate your paper
- Is the movie good, bad, and why?
- What’s important, and why?
- Is the movie relevant today, why or why not?
Format:
- your first and last name in paper's header
- Times or Times New Roman font
- double-spaced
- 1-page maximum, 1/2-page minimum
- printed and handed in Feb. 1 at start of class
- your paper could (possibly) appear in The Johnsonian newspaper
Evaluation
Worth 45 points:- 15 points: craft of writing, spelling, grammar
- 20 points: addressing the required content, complete movie review
- 5 points: appropriateness of content, and strength of argument(s) or content presented
- 5 points: presentation, professionalism, following directions
