Choosing the Paper 1 format requires you to write a movie review for any of the movies seen in-class this term, specifically the movie you wrote about for Paper 1—if you like, you may review a new movie.
If you choose Paper 2 for this work, the same applies, insomuch as revising Paper 2 and writing about any movie seen or discussed in class, or even read about as part of our recommended reading.
Want to write about a movie in the theaters now? A new movie? Or a movie online, be it Netflix or Hulu? You could do that too.
You may revise Paper 1 or Paper 2 or write something completely new, but if it is completely new, it must follow the Paper 1 or Paper 2 format.
Goals:
- explore one of the paper formats covered in class so far
- extend your writing into a longer paper
- engage the reader, from the start of the paper to its completion
- improve your writing from Paper 1 or Paper 2, including but not limited to spelling and grammar, argument and use of evidence, engagement and entertainment, delivery of information and clarity, satire and/or provocation
- your first and last name in paper's header
- page numbers on each page's footer
- Times or Times New Roman font, 12 point
- double-spaced
- 4-page minimum, 6-page maximum
- printed and handed in Friday March 8, start of class
Evaluation
Worth 80 points:
- 20 points: craft of writing, spelling, grammar
- 30 points: addressing the required content, be it a movie review such as Paper 1 or an "alt" format such as Paper 2
- 20 points: appropriateness of content, and reader engagement
- 10 points: presentation, professionalism, following directions
