ENG 1020 Film Review
Project
T. Trimble
November 2014
Project Learning Objectives
1. Practice using the concepts scene, rhetorical
situation, and genre with a non-academic
genre
2. Practice using genre analysis to study texts
as an array of genre features (format,
content, organization, style, rhetoric)
Project Deliverables
1. First Draft
2. Genre Analysis Worksheet
3. Final Draft w/letter to reader
First Draft-Week 1 of 4
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formative assessment (to monitor progress)
assigned on first day of class
due at beginning of Week 2
based on theatrically-released film from past year (no
documentaries)
400-500 words-minimal direction on format
no direction on content-”do whatever you think is
required”
not graded-20% penalty on final draft if not submitted
minimal feedback on content (e.g. “I loved that part too!”)
Genre Analysis Worksheet-Week 3
of 4
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formative assessment (to monitor progress)
instructor-led analysis of sample review
each student assembles corpus of examples
use genre analysis to identify genre features (format,
content, organization, style, rhetoric) in corpus
● introduce general to particular pattern of analysis
● students use findings to make revision plan for their own
reviews
Final Draft/letter to reader-Week 4 of
4
● Summative assessment (assess
achievement)
● 100 points: feature-based rubric (format,
content, organization, style)
● letter to reader (10 points)-conversational
reflection (based on Sandra Giles’ article)
Project Schedule-Week 1
Wednesday (11:59pm)
Friday (11:59pm)
1. Review all
materials in the
“Getting Started”
content area
4. Complete Personal
Profile blog post
(“Blogs”)
2. Read Syllabus
3. Take Syllabus Quiz
5. Read “Using the Web
for Information
Storage and
Management”
document
Sunday (11:59pm)
6. Complete and
submit Project 1
draft
Project Schedule-Week 2
Wednesday (11:59pm)
1. Read Project 1
assignment description
(10 min.)
2. Read The Wayne Writer,
introduction (pp. xiiixviii) (30 min.)
3. Read "You can Grow
Your Brain" (15 minutes)
4. Complete student letter
assignment (15 minutes)
Friday (11:59pm)
5. Read The Wayne Writer,
chapter 1 (
6. View Presentation 1Scene, Situation, and
Genre (20 min.)
7. Take Quiz #1 (20 min.)
Sunday (11:59pm)
8. Read “I am Affirmative
Action” by Stephen
Henderson
9. Complete Reading
Response #1 (20 min.)
Project Schedule-Week 3
Monday-Wednesday
1. Read The Wayne
Writer, chapter 2 (1
hour)
2. View Presentation 2Genre Analysis (20
min.) (EchoCenter)
3. Collect sample
reviews (see Genre
Analysis Worksheet
assignment
description). (30
min.)
Sunday (11:59pm)
5. Complete Genre
Analysis Worksheet
(6 hours)
Monday (11:59pm)
6. Complete Reflective
Response #1 blog (20
min.)
Project Schedule-Week 4
Monday-Wednesday
1. Read Sandra Giles’ “Reflective
Writing and the Revision
Process: What Were You
Thinking?” (1 hour)
2. Read “7 Tips for Writing a Film
Review” (10 min.)
3. Read “Why Robert Ebert was a
Good Writer” (10 min.)
Sunday (11:59pm)
4. Complete and submit final draft with letter to
the reader (7-10 hours).
Questions?