how to write your 500-word analysis papers
here is an outline to follow for your weekly papers....there are 4 parts and they will each count for one point except for the analysis part which will count for two.
1) Description of the blog
this will have the title, when it was created, how many posts there are, how long they are, how well it is laid out, what features other than text [hyperlinks to other sites, photos, etc] there are, and those sorts of "physical" characteristics of the blog
2) Description of the blogger
who is writing the blog and where did s/he come from? what is the age, race, gender, orientation, religous affiliation, and ethnicity of the blogger. social class might also come into play here...obviously many of the americans living abroad however are middle/upper class.......all of these factors influence how the blogger views his or her own country as well as the "host" country
3) Analysis of the blog
is it effective? does it accomplish the goals of the blogger? to answer these questions, you will need proof...this will come in the form of quotations from early posts--where bloggers typically lay-out their goals...and quotes from other posts throughout the duration of the blog which support your conclusion that the blogger succeeds or fails. also, you might actually attempt to contact the blogger to ask him/her what goals s/he has, and then you could compare what you decided the goals were on your own...this could be very instructive feedback for the blogger.
4) What did you learn about America from this blog?
this seems self-explanatory...remember, the point of this course is for you to learn about America...so, what has the blogger share with the reader about America? what have you learned as you internalized what the blogger wrote and thought about your own life experiences in this context?
good luck and remember to post your 500-word analysis paper to your own blog, and also to submit a copy to me by the end of class thursday. i recommend that you compose these papers on microsoft word and then publish them to your blog by cutting/pasting.
bob
1) Description of the blog
this will have the title, when it was created, how many posts there are, how long they are, how well it is laid out, what features other than text [hyperlinks to other sites, photos, etc] there are, and those sorts of "physical" characteristics of the blog
2) Description of the blogger
who is writing the blog and where did s/he come from? what is the age, race, gender, orientation, religous affiliation, and ethnicity of the blogger. social class might also come into play here...obviously many of the americans living abroad however are middle/upper class.......all of these factors influence how the blogger views his or her own country as well as the "host" country
3) Analysis of the blog
is it effective? does it accomplish the goals of the blogger? to answer these questions, you will need proof...this will come in the form of quotations from early posts--where bloggers typically lay-out their goals...and quotes from other posts throughout the duration of the blog which support your conclusion that the blogger succeeds or fails. also, you might actually attempt to contact the blogger to ask him/her what goals s/he has, and then you could compare what you decided the goals were on your own...this could be very instructive feedback for the blogger.
4) What did you learn about America from this blog?
this seems self-explanatory...remember, the point of this course is for you to learn about America...so, what has the blogger share with the reader about America? what have you learned as you internalized what the blogger wrote and thought about your own life experiences in this context?
good luck and remember to post your 500-word analysis paper to your own blog, and also to submit a copy to me by the end of class thursday. i recommend that you compose these papers on microsoft word and then publish them to your blog by cutting/pasting.
bob
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