Assignment:
Articles:
1. Art Form for the Digital Age By Henry Jenkins
2. I Am Canadian: National Identity in Beer Commercials by ROBERT M. MACGREGOR
3. Living with Nature By David Suzuki
4. The Obligation to Endure by Rachel Carson
Write a response for each of the articles that I uploaded. Just a reminder, I uploaded the four articles plus a file (Crtical Response Essay ) which shows you how to response for the articles properly. What I want you to do is to write one page and a half for each article
Instructions:
The goal of your critical response is to identify a key assumption, issue, problem and/or point of argument in the article and respond to it, critically. Your response can take several forms. For example:
If you find that you agree with and are excited about a particular idea or argument in the article, then you can explain its potential and value and suggest larger implications, applications or possibilities for that argument.
If you find that you disagree with an argument or idea in the article, then you can explain your reasons and offer alternative perspectives.
You may find that you want to question or explore in more detail certain assumptions or claims made in the article. Again, the task here is to explain what is interesting or problematic about such an assumption or claim, and consider the implications.
Your task in the critical response is not as simple as outlining whether or not you agree or disagree, or like or dislike, the article and its ideas. Such a response is a starting point for your reflection, but you need to dig deeper and develop a critical response to particular points of argument, ideas or assumptions in the article.
Write in your own critical response, based on your knowledge, ideas and opinions.
Structure:
Your Critical Response will have the following information:
Introduction:
Introduce the central idea, argument or assumption from the article that you will engage with.
State your central argument.
Give an indication of the structure or ‘map' of your essay.
Body:
Begin with a brief general summary of the article's larger purpose and argument.
Explain in detail the idea, argument or assumption from the article that you will focus on; give some indication of your problem with it or sense of its importance.
Develop the key elements of your critical response over the next paragraphs.
Conclusion:
A final sense of what is gained (what we learn) through your critical