Today in class we began by expanding on explanation of the synthesis part of our essay. Mr.Rivers started the lesson by drawing a venn-diagram on the board which is shown and explained below:
As you can see, the venn-diagram is split into two different sections “Film” and “Academia”. The film section is a regular section that you would see in any other venn-diagram but, the circle on the right for “Academia” is broken into many smaller circles. This is because there are so many different aspects of academia which it can be broken into; if you have more than one piece of film you are using you can more than one “Film” circle.
After explaining the venn-diagram, Mr.Rivers showcased another illustration on the board. The illustration is as follows:
In the illustration, the 0%-100% is representative of your progress with your essay. The GREEN marks are the different points of synthesis you can put in your essay while the BLACK marks are the different goals you can set for yourself along the way. Examples of goals can be things such as, “What will I research today?” or, “Today, I’ll proofread my paper for the first time.” At the start, your essay will obviously be one paragraph about your topic, but eventually it should expand into multiple pages littered with research regarding your topic. Utilizing these “points of synthesis” and “goals” can help keep the process of writing your paper go as smoothly as possible.
After discussing synthesis, we quickly talked about what you would do when it comes to how you would cite someone's words within an author's words in your own writing.
For Example, It would be done as so:
Research:
“I am very smart guy, I like ice cream. Ronald McDonald says, “McDonalds ice cream is awesome!” (McDonald). I agree and think Ronald is right.”
Your Writing:
Ice cream is unhealthy. A quote from the book “I like Ice Cream” says, ““I am very smart guy, I like ice cream. Ronald McDonald says, “McDonalds ice cream is awesome!” (McDonald). I agree and think Ronald is right.” (Halpert). Boy, ice cream is tasty!
After the class discussion, we resumed our personal research. Today, I dove back into my sources and began to try to find more evidence regarding my topic to hopefully find more points in which I can synthesize my film and research. My paper is about the connection between real life mutations and those seen in films like X-Men and Deadpool.
Everything we learned in class can be applied to beneficial skills in the real world. For example, Setting goals is a very important part of success. By setting goals, you can stay more organized as well as have a finished product to look forward to. Another example is with properly citing outside sources. Proper citing of other people's work makes you seem more credible and deepens your ethos.
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