(2/22) Day 17: Evaluative Language

Learning Objectives:

• Review major elements of original research
• Identify and practice common vocabulary and grammar structures of critiques
• Understand that vocabulary across disciples differ with critiques

Part I: Reviewing The Research Article
Student Work should be posted HERE in the google doc according to your number.

Part II: Lecture on Language/Structure

Click HERE to access the PowerPoint for this lecture if you wish to follow along on your computers. Below is a rough outline of the details we will cover in this lecture

A) Slides 1-4:  Major language objectives of this assignment + requirements 

B) Slides 5-7 Sample introductory sentences as well as a sample student introduction 

C) Slides 8-13 Grammar and Vocabulary common to academic critiquing 

Part III: Worksheet

Click HERE to access a handout on Neutral and Evaluative Language

Part IV: Student Samples

D) Slides 14-16 Student Sample Summary

E) Slides 17-20 Neutral Reference and Sample Conclusion 

F Slides 20-23 Notes for Thursday's reading

Table 20 Adjectives of Praise and Blame among Historians, Sociologists, and Physicists in Britain and   the United States

	Good Work	Average Work	Poor Work
Humanities	Scholarly Original	Sound	Thin
Social Sciences	Perceptive Rigorous	Scholarly	Anecdotal
Physics	Elegant Economical	Accurate	Sloppy

Time Pending...
Informal Early Feedback Link: HERE

Homework:
Read the research and read the response. Make sure you understand them both