Review and synthesize course materials and concepts at the end of each unit. Opportunity to further consider and demonstrate comprehension of each unit’s ideas, in lieu of midterm exams. Opportunity to practice critical thinking skills, including deep reading and effective summarizing of authors’ key ideas, close analysis of audio-visual-time-based media objects, and engaging with challenging theory.
Directly answer the question in your introduction, briefly introduce the two course readings and one course film, end with a clear, specific, provable thesis. Summarize, in your own words, one idea you will use from the first reading and the second reading. Provide a detailed example from the course film to illustrate these ideas (no plot summary, be very specific). Bring the ideas and example together in the conclusion to show how they answer the question and why this matters. Provide correct citations in CMS author-date format, including page numbers. (See above.)
- Paragraph 1: Directly answer the question, introduce the course materials you will use, and provide your thesis (a clear statement of how the film/scene you choose illustrates your answer to the question)
- Paragraph 2: Summarize in your own wordskey concepts/terms from one course article
- Paragraph 3: Summarize in your own wordskey concepts/terms from second course article
- Paragraph 4: Close analysis of a small, detailed feature from the course film that illustrates your argument; be sure to prove that the example does what you say it does using evidence from the sound/image
- Paragraph 5: Reiterate your thesis and how you proved it; tell me what you learned from doing this assignment and why it matters
The one course film will be episode three of season one of Aboot elementary, “Wish list”. Choose one specific scene to analyze.