Guidelines and Helpful Handouts
Assignment and Guidelines - Read all assignments and guidelines before writing and before submitting, and you might want to check it during the writing process to be sure you are on the right track.
ACADEMIC RESEARCH PAGE - Refer to this page for tons of information - You will live here this semester
Broad Topics List for Extended Research Paper - Signup version will be in Google Classroom
How to search
Blank Graphic Organizer - Optional to use
Objective Verbs for Summaries and Academic Writing - Use these!
NOTES:
Common Errors Summary
ACADEMIC RESEARCH PAGE - Refer to this page for tons of information - You will live here this semester
Broad Topics List for Extended Research Paper - Signup version will be in Google Classroom
How to search
Blank Graphic Organizer - Optional to use
Objective Verbs for Summaries and Academic Writing - Use these!
NOTES:
- Avoid says, states, or talks about.
- Avoid evaluative verbs (or wording, in general).
- The article does not discuss or point out, the author does.
Common Errors Summary
Fun, Random, Useless Summaries
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Movie Summaries in One Minute
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Movie Summaries or Movie Reviews?
“It’s marginally better than The Cat in the Hat, though that’s like saying suffocation is mildly more amusing than drowning.”
Garfield: The Movie, Sean O’Connell, Filmcritic.com
“M. Night Shyamalan has nothing to say, but he’s going to keep right on saying it until people make him stop.”
The Village, Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
“Built to make money but hardly worthy of serious examination. Avatar isn’t only critic-proof, it resists serious criticism. You might as well analyze a beach ball.”
Avatar, Philip Martin, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
“Eleven years and several progressively more dreadful movies after Signs, director M. Night Shyamalan would be lucky to get a gig directing traffic.”
After Earth, Lou Lumenick, New York Post
"I had a colonoscopy once, and they let me watch it on TV. It was more entertaining than 'The Brown Bunny.'"
The Brown Bunny, Roger Ebert, Chicago Tribune
Roger Ebert’s 10 Best Reviews and 10 Best Zingers - Ebert was the best!
“It’s marginally better than The Cat in the Hat, though that’s like saying suffocation is mildly more amusing than drowning.”
Garfield: The Movie, Sean O’Connell, Filmcritic.com
“M. Night Shyamalan has nothing to say, but he’s going to keep right on saying it until people make him stop.”
The Village, Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
“Built to make money but hardly worthy of serious examination. Avatar isn’t only critic-proof, it resists serious criticism. You might as well analyze a beach ball.”
Avatar, Philip Martin, The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
“Eleven years and several progressively more dreadful movies after Signs, director M. Night Shyamalan would be lucky to get a gig directing traffic.”
After Earth, Lou Lumenick, New York Post
"I had a colonoscopy once, and they let me watch it on TV. It was more entertaining than 'The Brown Bunny.'"
The Brown Bunny, Roger Ebert, Chicago Tribune
Roger Ebert’s 10 Best Reviews and 10 Best Zingers - Ebert was the best!
