We're going to partially close the door on poetry for now. Just know that this is your HOMEWORK: Complete your longer length poems. I would like the following as well:
1. The rubric that you printed out
2. Your writer's journal. If it is of exceptional quality and effort, you will receive extra-credit (up to 5 points added on to your final grade for this assessment)
We're going to begin discussing the elements of a media review. The next few classes will involve reading media reviews with attention towards how the write includes his or her opinion while providing important facts / information. This is why we practiced news reporting (giving the facts), because you must be able to identify and summarize important information before giving your opinion.
Our first activity: Responding to the video game study.
Do you think this study has valid points? Do you think this study is flawed or is missing vital information? Your task will be to summarize the study's most important information and also give your opinion: do you buy what the study is suggesting? Why or why not?
The admittedly unfair part of this activity ( that is, unfair to researcher Douglass Gentile) is that I'm asking you to critically review the video-game study, when in reality, you're only reading about the study in a Washington Post article. Maybe the article isn't giving providing the whole story. Perhaps the writer of the article misinterpretted the findings. It is unlikely, but possible. In any event, you're making comments about the study without having read the actual study, which is slightly unfair to the researcher. Oh well. Just remember that this is simply an exercise for you to practice combining the facts with your reactions and opinions.
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