Difference between revisions of "JCM212/Outline a book"
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#Click "Write Submission" to open a window where you may type your submission directly in Blackboard, | #Click "Write Submission" to open a window where you may type your submission directly in Blackboard, | ||
#*Or you may write your submission elsewhere and choose "Browse My Computer" to find that file later and then upload it. | #*Or you may write your submission elsewhere and choose "Browse My Computer" to find that file later and then upload it. | ||
− | #Create your submission, which must include: | + | #'''Create your submission, which must include:''' |
− | ##A properly formatted citation of your book--using Chicago, MLA, or another style guide | + | ##A properly formatted '''citation''' of your book--using Chicago, MLA, or another style guide |
− | ##*For example: Mills, Brett. ''The Sitcom''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009. | + | ##*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 [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]. | ##*''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]. | ||
− | ##Your book's table of contents | + | ##Your book's '''table of contents''' |
− | ##An outline of at least 10 pages from the beginning of the book. | + | ##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. | ##*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. | ||
##When finished, be sure to click the "Submit" button. | ##When finished, be sure to click the "Submit" button. | ||
Revision as of 18:37, 21 March 2018
This in-class exercise is not a group project, but you may ask for advice from your fellow group members.
Using the book you brought to class (or, alternatively, Brett Mills's The Sitcom):
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- Go to Blackboard, look in the "Tests and Assignments" folder and open the assignment titled, "In-class Exercise: Outlining a Book."
- Click "Write Submission" to open a window where you may type your submission directly in Blackboard,
- Or you may write your submission elsewhere and choose "Browse My Computer" to find that file later and then upload it.
- Create your submission, which 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.
- When finished, be sure to click the "Submit" button.
- A properly formatted citation of your book--using Chicago, MLA, or another style guide
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 .