Popular Culture - Article Jigsaw
Link to the Pop culture webzine "Pop Matters." Read 1 FEATURE article, read 1 COLUMN article, and read 1 other article of your choice from music, to blogs, to books, to movies, to television, to any other article posted on the zine.
For each article (3 total): 1 FEATURE, 1 COLUMN, 1 Personal Choice, please prepare the following:
1. Summarize the article. Be prepared to summarize the gist of the article to the rest of the class. Please make sure you note the author and title of the article.
2. Analyze the article. In your opinion is the article well written, correct, insightful, relevant, important, etc.? Then answer WHY?
3. Explain what drew you to read and analyze this article.
Choose 1 of your three articles and prepare a "writing exercise" for it.
4. Suggest what might a writer do with this article. Why would the topic make a good subject, story, character, plot, setting, theme, genre, poem, non-fiction essay, play, film, editorial, performance art piece? How might we use this idea in our own creative writing? Or create a writing prompt using the article in some creative way and coach us through it.
Be prepared to discuss your articles in class during the second part of the session.
Due Date: September 10
For each article (3 total): 1 FEATURE, 1 COLUMN, 1 Personal Choice, please prepare the following:
1. Summarize the article. Be prepared to summarize the gist of the article to the rest of the class. Please make sure you note the author and title of the article.
2. Analyze the article. In your opinion is the article well written, correct, insightful, relevant, important, etc.? Then answer WHY?
3. Explain what drew you to read and analyze this article.
Choose 1 of your three articles and prepare a "writing exercise" for it.
4. Suggest what might a writer do with this article. Why would the topic make a good subject, story, character, plot, setting, theme, genre, poem, non-fiction essay, play, film, editorial, performance art piece? How might we use this idea in our own creative writing? Or create a writing prompt using the article in some creative way and coach us through it.
Be prepared to discuss your articles in class during the second part of the session.
Due Date: September 10
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