Monday, February 25, 2008

Blog #5: Analyzing a Song Analysis


For this blog, I am empowering you with the ability to grade another student. I am handing over the "grading pen" and placing it into your hands. Exciting, right? Or intimidating.

Your instructions are to:

1.Visit another students wiki (that's not from your class) and read their analysis on the song they chose. (first be sure that no other student has read that song analysis by looking to the bottom and checking for threads)
2.Leave them a thread message/post on their song analysis page letting them know that you have critiqued their analysis on your blog and give them the url to your blog (if your blog is private you may need to send them an invite) so that they may visit your blog and see your response. This will also let other students know that you have already chosen that students wiki and no one else can do it. (The idea is so that everyone in all three classes gets their song analysis critiqued, therefore, if you visit someones wiki and see that someone else already left a thread/post claiming that they have critiqued their analysis then you have to find another wiki song analysis to critique)
3. You are then to post a response to their analysis. First point out the strong points of their analysis. Then point out the weaknesses. Be especially critical here. Their analysis should have some discussion on claims, appeals that are used, voice, style, color & tone of language, audience, and context.
4. Leave them a grade for their song analysis. I will be taking this critiques and grades into consideration as I read them myself and grade the assignment.


So have fun, be critical and feel empowered!


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