Day 25 Evaluative Language

Learning Objectives:

·        Identify strength and appropriacy of academic evaluative vocabulary

·        Identify purpose and language used in hedging

·        Practice both evaluative and hedging language

Part I: Introduction Lesson Objectives and Format

Slide 1-2.Today’s lecture PPT will cover the following five parts:

Part I: Review Major Objectives and Components of the Summary Critique assignment

Part II: Negative and Neutral Language + Worksheet practice

Part III: Evaluative Language+ Worksheet practice

Part IV: Read to recognize evaluative Language in context

Part V: Sample Conclusion

[10 min] Part II: Review Summary Critique Assignment

Slides 1-6 review the basic components to the Summary Critique Assignment. We will very briefly review this. To reinforce this, we will also briefly go over a SUMMARY CRITIQUE SAMPLE OUTLINE as it can be a useful guide in creating your paper.

*Option- Analysis of Book Review? 

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

source: Swales and Feak, 2012

[15 min] Part III: Negative and Neutral Language + Worksheet practice

Slide 7. Work together to complete Parts I-II. Be prepared to share your answers with the class. If you’re group finishes early, they can move on to PART III.

[15 min] Part IV: Evaluative Language+ Worksheet practice

Slides 8-13. In this next part, you are asked to try and practice using this vocabulary to use the language on research on plagiarizing, motivation, and study habits. Use the verbs or adjectives from Part I-II to critique. Be prepared to share your answers. After completion of this part, we will practice writing Unreal Conditions on the Handout.

[15 min] Part V-VI: Read to recognize evaluative Language in context

Slides 14-21. Let’s take a look at some sample critique writing in context. This introduction is actually a critique of a critique! Underline all the critique language being use and box the reporting verbs.

Now, read the conclusion. What is the author trying to do in these two parts? In what ways can this conclusion be made stronger?  

[20 min] Part VII: Evaluative Language Practice

In this last part of today’s class I will have your work in pairs to practice using this vocabulary. Using the vocabulary covered today in class, complete the three sections of the Evaluative Language Practice. Be prepared to show your sentences with the class.

Please click on this GOOGLE DOC for this activity

Homework:

Continue to work on your Critiques. Look to syllabus to see when first drafts are due.

Lesson Materials:

EVALUATIVE LANGUAGE PPT

SUMMARY CRITIQUE SAMPLE OUTLINE

EVALUATIVE LANGUAGE HANDOUT

SHARED GOOGLE DOC

Supplemental Materials:

Summary Critique Self-Review Checklist