Response Papers

Please include a word count at the bottom of your response.
Example: (256 words)


Response 10
1.) Revise any paragraph of your choice from your essay. Please address the comments that your group members and I have provided for your in your revisions.

Response 9
1.) Revise one body paragraph from your essay. Please address the comments I have provided for you in your revisions.These should entail significant revisions, not just simple grammar and spelling edits.

Response 8
1.) Complete note-taking exercise 8 (Essay Evaluation Worksheet).
2.) Using your essay evaluation, prepare a minimum of five questions/issues you would like a peer reviewer to address/comment on in your essay. Be specific in your questions/issues as this will only help you in your revisions.

Response 7
1.) Complete note-taking exercise 7 over High Noon.
2.) Using your notes, revise your thesis statement and write your introductory paragraph for your High Noon essay. Please include your original thesis statement at the top of the page along with your revised thesis statement.

Response 6
1.) Complete note-taking exercise 6 over High Noon.
2.) Using your notes, write three arguable thesis statements that you may potentially use for your essay. Choose one of the three thesis statements and briefly summarize the evidence you will use to support your argument.

Response 5
1.) Complete note-taking exercise 5 over "Rear Window" frame found in "Images" tab.
2.) Using your notes, write an argumentative analysis over the shot. Consider the context of the scene in your analysis. What meanings or significance is made visually in the frame?

Response 4
1.) Complete note-taking exercise 4 over "The Jazz Singer" frame found in "Images" tab.
2.) Using your notes, write an analysis over the shot. Consider the context of the scene and the historical and cultural influence of the use of sound in The Jazz Singer in your response. How does this influence your analysis of the shot?

Response 3
1.) Complete note-taking exercise 3 over Cesare and Jane frame found in "Images" tab.
2.) Using your notes, write a short analysis of the shot.Consider the influence Expressionism plays in the shot in your response.

Response 2
1.) Complete note-taking exercise 2 over Norman Bates frame found in "Images" tab.
2.) Using your notes, write a short analysis of the shot. Consider how your notes over the image help develop meaning in the shot. 

Response 1

1. Have screened “Trip to the Moon” (link on course website);
2. Diagram its narrative structure according to one or a combinatiobn of the narrative structures discussed in class;
3. Highlight one “plot point,” considering its narrative function in the diagram, and discuss this part of the story; and,
4. Describe at least 2 aspects of this selected “plot point” that emphasizes realism or formalism.