Unit 2: Critical Analysis Essay

Why do we need analytical skills?

Unit 2 slides

1.Overview of critical analysis essay.

2. Can ChatGPT write your essay?

3. Short film analysis: “Donkey” – Tribeca Film Festival and Award-Winning Short Film, by Keir Burrows.

4. Read “The Danger of a Single Story.” Annotate: 1 thing you related to, 1 thing you learned, and 1 thing you’d like to know more about.

5. Watch “The Danger of a Single Story” by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie/ TEDTalk.

6. Conversation 2: Summary and Response.

7. Annotating, Summarizing and Paraphrasing:

8. Expand on your summary and response: Write: Critical Analysis Essay Draft 1.

9. Discuss: What is an arguable thesis? Thesis workshop. (Resource)

10. Peer Review 1 + reflection.

11. Revise your draft + Submit Critical Analysis Essay on Blackboard + as a hard copy (printed out and stapled please).