JCM212/Outline a book

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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 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):

  1. Create your submission in Word, Google Docs or another word processor. It must include:
    1. 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.
    2. Your book's table of contents
    3. 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.
    4. 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.
    5. Save your submission somewhere you can find later.
  2. Submit your submission:
    1. Go to Blackboard, look in the "Tests and Assignments" folder and open the assignment titled, "In-class Exercise: Outlining a Book."
    2. Choose "Browse My Computer" to find that file and then upload it.
    3. When finished, be sure to click the "Submit" button.

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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

  1. Alternative assignment: Mills, Brett. The Sitcom. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

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