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| − | This in-class exercise is not a group project, but you may ask for advice from your fellow group members. | + | This in-class exercise is not a group project, but you may ask for advice from your fellow group members. This exercise is worth three points toward the semester's total of 95 points. There will also be a question related to it on the final exam. |
| − | Using the book you brought to class (or, alternatively, Brett Mills's ''The Sitcom''): | + | '''Using the book you brought to class (or, alternatively, Brett Mills's ''The Sitcom''):''' |
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| − | # | + | #'''Create your submission in Word, Google Docs or another word processor. It must include:''' |
| − | + | ##A properly formatted '''citation''' of your book--using Chicago, MLA, or another style guide | |
| − | + | ##*In Chicago style, a book in a bibliography looks like this: | |
| − | ##A properly formatted citation of your book | + | ##**LastName, FirstName. ''Book Title''. LocationOfPublisher: NameOfPublisher, YearOfPublication. |
| − | ##*For example: Mills, Brett. ''The Sitcom'' | + | ##**For example: Mills, Brett. ''The Sitcom''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009. |
| − | ##Your book's table of contents | + | ##*''The Chicago Manual of Style'' is [http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html available online]. Look for the "Bibliography entries" for books on [http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html this Webpage]. |
| − | ##An outline of at least 10 pages from the beginning of the book. | + | ##Your book's '''table of contents''' |
| + | ##An '''outline of at least 10 pages''' from the beginning of the book. | ||
##*You may choose 10 pages from the book's introduction or its first chapter--whichever you find more interesting. | ##*You may choose 10 pages from the book's introduction or its first chapter--whichever you find more interesting. | ||
| + | ##*The outline should include at least one bullet point taken from each paragraph. | ||
| + | ##*Bullet points do not have to be complete sentences. | ||
| + | ##What did you learn from this reading? | ||
| + | ##*Specifically, describe '''two things''' you learned about this director/genre from this reading that you did not know before. | ||
| + | ##Save your submission somewhere you can find later. | ||
| + | #'''Submit your submission:''' | ||
| + | ##Go to Blackboard, look in the "Tests and Assignments" folder and open the assignment titled, "In-class Exercise: Outlining a Book." | ||
| + | ##Choose "Browse My Computer" to find that file and then upload it. | ||
| + | ##When finished, be sure to click the "Submit" button. | ||
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| − | #'''Alternative assignment:''' Mills, Brett. ''The Sitcom'' | + | #'''Alternative assignment:''' Mills, Brett. ''The Sitcom''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009. |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| + | *''The Chicago Manual of Style'', http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html . | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:31, 14 August 2019
This in-class exercise is not a group project, but you may ask for advice from your fellow group members. This exercise is worth three points toward the semester's total of 95 points. There will also be a question related to it on the final exam.
Using the book you brought to class (or, alternatively, Brett Mills's The Sitcom):
- Create your submission in Word, Google Docs or another word processor. It must include:
- A properly formatted citation of your book--using Chicago, MLA, or another style guide
- In Chicago style, a book in a bibliography looks like this:
- LastName, FirstName. Book Title. LocationOfPublisher: NameOfPublisher, YearOfPublication.
- For example: Mills, Brett. The Sitcom. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
- The Chicago Manual of Style is available online. Look for the "Bibliography entries" for books on this Webpage.
- In Chicago style, a book in a bibliography looks like this:
- Your book's table of contents
- An outline of at least 10 pages from the beginning of the book.
- You may choose 10 pages from the book's introduction or its first chapter--whichever you find more interesting.
- The outline should include at least one bullet point taken from each paragraph.
- Bullet points do not have to be complete sentences.
- What did you learn from this reading?
- Specifically, describe two things you learned about this director/genre from this reading that you did not know before.
- Save your submission somewhere you can find later.
- A properly formatted citation of your book--using Chicago, MLA, or another style guide
- Submit your submission:
- Go to Blackboard, look in the "Tests and Assignments" folder and open the assignment titled, "In-class Exercise: Outlining a Book."
- Choose "Browse My Computer" to find that file and then upload it.
- When finished, be sure to click the "Submit" button.
Post-exercise free-time activities
- Put on headphones and watch the Fresh Off the Boat episode on Blackboard.
- Start reading, for 3/28 the keywords:
- representation, ideology, identity, othering, appropriation
Bibliography
- Alternative assignment: Mills, Brett. The Sitcom. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
External links
- The Chicago Manual of Style, http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html .
