Media Review – Critique Assignment
Assignment Overview
This media review-critique assignment (2 pages single space at least or 3 pages double spaced) is worth 10% of your final mark and involves the following:
- Choose an article in Blackboard and read. This will be your primary article. the
- Write a summary with in-text citations of the article and provide your opinion on the article.
- Review the opposing media article and write at least a paragraph on it. The opposing article is the one you didn’t choose to be your primary article to review and critique.
- Develop a one or two sentence debate statement related to the articles.
- Organization and Mechanics. Is the summary organized, pages numbered, reference page, grammar, title page, proper APA form.
| What am I doing in this Assignment |
What? (Written for submission)
So what? (Written for submission)
Now what?
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Step by Step Instructions
Step 1: Choose and read article.
Read Opinion 1 or 2 (you will be randomly given an Opinion in class). While reading your opinion article, annotate this as it will be submitted with your assignment for marks. For more information on annotating, refer to the Annotating Tip Sheet.
Step 2 (What?) Write a summary: Summarize your Opinion article using in-text citations and provide an opinion of the article (2 pages single-spaced). For information on how to write a good summary for academic purposes, refer to the Summary Writing Tip Sheet located on BlackBoard under assignments.
Step 3 (So what?): Develop one debate statement (1 or 2 sentences).
Develop a one or two sentence debate statement, based on the articles and the information from your peer discussion group. This is to be submitted along with your summary and recorded vote.
Effective debate statements generally state exactly what your side is arguing: The colonists should remain loyal to Britain and not seek independence because….” or: “The colonists, have a right to seek our independence from Britain due to…..”
Evaluation Rubric
| Effective | Good | Ineffective | |
| Citations (/3) | Identifies 3+ citations in APA format. | Identifies 2 citations in APA format. | Identifies 1 citations in APA format. |
| Summary of Article (/3) | All sentences are very clear, concise, and easy to read.
Summary is 1 page + in length. |
Most sentences are clear, concise, and easy to read.
Summary is at least 1 page in length. |
Some sentences are clear and concise.
Summary is less than 1 page in length. |
| Opinion of Article (/3) | All sentences are very clear, concise, and easy to read. Opinion is at least a half page + page in length. | Most sentences are clear, concise, and easy to read. Opinion is at least a half page in length. | Some sentences are clear and concise.
Opinion is less than half a page in length. |
| Secondary Opinion Review (/3) | Paragraph illustrates that student has identified important points from the secondary article. Student has written a paragraph + in length. | Paragraph is somewhat detailed and somewhat illustrates student identified main points.Student has written at least a paragraph in length. | Paragraph is not detailed and doesn’t clearly outline its main points. Student has written less than a paragraph in length. |
| Debate Statement (/3) | Debate statement is clear and concise. Reader knows exactly what statement is identifying. | Debate statement is somewhat detailed and reader has an idea of what statement is identifying. | Debate statement is not clear or concise. Reader is confused what statement is identifying. |
| Formatting (/3) | APA Formatting is concise and includes reference page, title page, page numbers. | APA Formatting is somewhat detailed and includes a range of reference page, title page, and page numbers. | APA Formatting is minimal. Includes a very limited range of title page, reference page or page numbers. |
| Grammar (/3) | Grammar is excellent and has a minimal amount of grammar mistakes. 1-2 | Grammar is good and has some grammatical mistakes. 3-5 | Grammar is less effective and grammatical mistakes exceeds 5+. |