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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''): | ||
| − | #Go to Blackboard, look in the "Tests and Assignments" folder | + | #Go to Blackboard, look in the "Tests and Assignments" folder 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, | #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 | + | ##A properly formatted citation of your book--using Chicago, MLA, or another style guide |
| − | ##*For example: Mills, Brett. ''The Sitcom'' | + | ##*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]. | ||
##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 from each paragraph. | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
| − | #'''Alternative assignment:''' Mills, Brett. ''The Sitcom'' | + | #'''Alternative assignment:''' Mills, Brett. ''The Sitcom''. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009. |
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
[[Category:JCM212]] | [[Category:JCM212]] | ||
Revision as of 14:30, 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):
- Go to Blackboard, look in the "Tests and Assignments" folder 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
- 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.
- 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 from each paragraph.
- 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.
