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Act Out Your PaperThis is a good assignment for EWRT 100 students. It can be adapted to whatever analytical assignment you choose.
Individuals “enact” specific paragraphs as if they were a paper.
[Alternatively, you can have certain individuals enact P’s, some enact
I’s, and some enact E’s. ]
[EACH GROUP SHOULD COME PREPARED WITH
VISUAL AIDS, SUCH AS WRITTEN OUT (OR OVERHEAD) THESIS AND SUPPORTING
POINTS, FILMS OR EVEN SKITS AS “INFORMATION,” AND POSSIBLY COSTUMES.
If
you are already teaching parenthetical documentation, it is fun to have
one person pop up with the parenthesis and citation and then give the
Works Cited or References list at the end.]
The whole group does the “hook” or catchy introduction.
A gives the thesis, preferably in a complex sentence with a semi-colon.
B gives the first supporting point and information and evidence.
C gives the next supporting point and information and evidence.
D
gives the “however” part of the thesis, again with information and
evidence [thus, critical thinking is built into the structure of the
exercise].
E (if you have an E) gives another “however” part, with information and evidence.
The whole group does the conclusion, which connects back to the introduction.
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