What Should I Write About?

Wow, I am having a hard time thinking of what I should write about for my argumentative paper. I'm really not that sure if I have something to "argue". ^^;

Transformers 2 Review

The author is trying to prove the point that even though the director of the movie, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen", is a tad bit off of his rocker, he made a great production, full of amazing techniques to make an interesting movie. The author of the review gives specific examples of the movies breath taking special effects by using descriptive words to describe it and let you in on what you would see if you wathced it. I think that the review was very affective due to the fact that it made me want to go rent the movie.

Problems With Evaluation

I am evaluating a video game and I am having a hard time not just summarizing the game and I'm not sure what to do. :/

Problems w/ Evaluations

I'm having a hard time with my paper. I'm writing about a television show and I'm not quite sure to focus on. Why do we watch? or a simple evaluation in general. The only thing I feel like I'm doing is writing a summary of the tv show and saying its cool so watch it. To solve this I think I'm going to try to figure out more criteria on what makes a good show and do some research to compare it to other tv shows similar.

The Dark Knight

http://www.film.com/movies/the-dark-knight/story/review-dark-knight-is-exceptional/21840239

I missed last Friday so hopefully there isn't guidelines that I missed but here goes.

I've seen the movie and I could sincerely relate to this evaluation. It seems to be very well written and exactly what I've been trying to get at in my paper but I'm still struggling. It covers the main points of the movie and even drags out the fact that the author couldn't really find anything to complain about. I would agree that the author could have gone into more detail but nonetheless I found it to be valuable.

The Departed Review

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407887/
Review is near the bottom of the page*

I agree with the writter of this article. I though the departed was a great movie, in part because of scorsase's brillant directing. I also thought the cast was absolutelty perfect in this movie. My favorite personal role being Mark Whalberg. The only part i dont agree on is his overall review of the movie. I think this movie deserves a 9.5 or 10 out of 10. One of the most exciting, and interesting movies I have seen in a long time. The review however wasnt as interesting, the author could have done a better job but overall it wasn't bad.

Response to Evaluation- The Proposal

I read a review of the movie The Proposal by Lisa Schwarzbaum for Entertainment Weekly. I really liked how she set it up, I found it clever. The movie has to do with a wedding so she has it divided her review into categories of something old (telling how the movie is like others), something new (telling how the movie is unique), something borrowed (what kind of techniques were taken from other movies) and something old (this part discusses 87-year-old Betty Whites role). Although I disagree with the rating she gave the movies I really enjoyed reading this review and found how it was organized and written refreshing.

Twilight review

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117939072.html?categoryid=3565&cs=1

This is the movie review for the much anticipated Twilight movie that debuted in theaters last November.

I agree with the review that the movie was not amazing. It was a shell of what the book was although the book was poorly written. Parts of the book were left out of the movie and it was noticeable to anyone who has read the Twilight series. The acting was good but the script left something to be desired in terms of depth. But there was more to it than a stupid love story as this review would suggest. It had a good plot overall and it was a decent movie.

Response to an Evaluation

http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/la-et-transformers2jul02,0,445321.story

This is Kenneth Turan's response of the second transformers movie. I enjoyed the movie very much but like Turan I believe it was WAY to long. It was interesting how he evaluated the robots being the only interesting thing to watch in the movie. He really had a point there and, overall this evaluation made me start to think about the film in a different way.

Evaluation

I am thinking about doing my evaluation paper on a movie or a book. When i think of a review or evaluation the first thing i think of is a movie review. So i think i will end up doing my review on a movie that i am familiar with.

Why do we watch tragedies

My evaluation is going to be on why people watch tragedies. I'll be interviewing people and finding out different peoples perspective on watching something tragic, whether it's on youtube, or the news, but what draws people to watch something happen over and over again.

Punk goes pop vol 2 review

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=924282

read your heart out, but this girl/guy has a really dumb oppinion.

My [Potential] Evaluation Topic

Right now I'm working on an essay regarding how Daxter of the "Jak and Daxter" series is the better of the two main characters. It's very difficult to write, especially with the fact that my target audience is those who have played the games. I've gone quite a ways, but if I can't make it make sense, I may have to change my topic. Or I could stick with this, but I won't include it in my portfolio, which is likely to happen.

So why am I doing such a complicated topic in the first place? It's just something I believe that needs to be made clear.

My evaluation

I will be doing a personal movie review on a particularily unknown Tarantino film. 'Resivior Dogs' was his first film he made and is my favorite of his.

Evaluation I found

I wanted to do a review for a movie my girlfriend and I wanted to see, so I went on MSN Movies and looked up a review of the movie: Whiteout.


'Whiteout' Strikes Out
Mary Pols, Special to MSN Movies

In the climactic scene of "Whiteout," a thriller with the pulse of a glacier, set in and around the South Pole, three characters in bulky parkas try to navigate from one building to another, using guide ropes that they clip themselves onto. A blizzard is in full swing, and the snow is blowing so densely that letting go, for them, would be only slightly more foolish than you paying theater prices to see this movie.
Just to complicate things, someone is wielding an ice ax. Or perhaps two people; it's hard to tell because, thanks to the whiteout conditions, we, like the characters, can't see anything, not even the chief draw of the film, Kate Beckinsale. Best known for conducting her "Underworld" action scenes clad in tight black leather, here Beckinsale is featured in layers of Gore-Tex and fleece. She plays Carrie Stetko, a U.S. marshal who took a job at a research facility in Antarctica in order to recover from an on-the-job trauma a couple of years back. She's damaged, in the manner of so many movie heroines.
The Antarctica gig has been peaceful and dull. But, right before she is scheduled to get on a plane and escape to a more pleasant climate for the winter, a dead body turns up on the ice. He's a geologist and he's missing half his face. Suddenly Carrie has a murder investigation on her hands. We know it somehow relates to a bloody midair shootout and subsequent crash of a Soviet plane in 1957, because we've seen the prologue, but poor Carrie is in the dark. The clock is ticking; can she solve the case of the "popsicle," as she and the tough guys on the station endearingly refer to a frozen body, before it's time to head north?
Initially, as the lone U.S. marshal on the research station, she's the only one on the case. The facility's doctor (Tom Skerritt) serves as a source of comfort and wisdom. A good-natured pilot, Delfy (Columbus Short), flies her from one frozen crime scene to another (the bodies start to pile up). But then the United Nations, ever helpful, sends in an investigator, Robert Pryce (Gabriel Macht) to oversee the case. He's a specialist in the Russian-American relationship, but all that really matters is that he's attractive, in a slightly shifty way, and might not be trustworthy, having turned up just as Carrie survives her first run-in with an unidentifiable, ax-wielding man in a parka. He could be the murderer, or a love interest. What is a girl to do? In the Antarctic, where logical thinking seems to be impaired, you go stomping around on the ice together, looking for clues.
Beckinsale is a pleasant but not wildly expressive actress, and "Whiteout" does not represent a breakthrough. When she cries, the tears are tiny and oddly dry. But, to be fair, the whole cast delivers numb, almost affect-less performances; the cold must have got to them. Movies about filmmaking often feature a film within the film that's so insanely over the top that even the most clueless person in the audience knows it is a parody (remember in "The Player," where Bruce Willis, playing himself, carries Julia Roberts, doing the same, out of the death chamber?). The plot of "Whiteout" is not quite as ill-conceived, but it's so easy to imagine Beckinsale, thinking she'd landed a serious part in a cool location (most of this was shot in Canada, which stands in very nicely for the true frigid locale), realizing she's made a mistake. "So I fumble with the clamp on the rope?" you could see her asking. "Repeatedly, for several minutes? This is the climax? And you can't see my face? We're all just blurry people in parkas?"
In turn, we can imagine director Dominic Sena's (deliverer of such previous suspect gifts as "Swordfish" and "Gone in Sixty Seconds") talking her through it: "I know darling, it is unusual, but that's what makes it so special. But we do need something for your fans. How about we do a gratuitous shower scene, early on? You'll peel off your 11 layers to reveal some pretty undies, and then take off your top and wash away that Antarctic chill while we watch." And, by George, Beckinsale does it. She a trouper, but that won't distract anyone from the film's shortcomings.


So apparently accoding to one film critic, the movie sucks. For now I guess I'll take her word for it and not waste a date on this movie, however i still wanna see it so im going to wait for it to come out on DVD.

Finding an Evalution

I found this evaluation on a taylor swift concert!


click here : http://countrymusic.about.com/od/concertreviewsm1/a/TaylorSConc0507.htm

Evaluation

I'm finding it hard to find something to evaluate my topic against. I am writing my evaluation on Twilight, both the book and the movie, and so far i've just evaluated it against other books that have been made into movies. Any suggestions on how to better evaluate the two?

Nick

evaluation essay

for my evaluation essay i'm going to write about why people watch reality tv and how it is becoming more popular in our society

Eval

For my evaluation i will be writing about the going green initiative here and how Grand Valley is becoming a greener campus.

For my evaluation, I'm doing a movie called I Know I'm Not Alone. The documentary is by my favorite musician, Michael Franti, that goes to Baghdad and Israel in frustration with nobody being concerned about the human cost of war. I'm excited to write about this movie because he means a lot to me and I want other people to get to know him also.

Evaluation

A few topics popped into me head as I read through the three broad topics. Where the performance Review section is, I thought of Eminem's first few songs and determine what they mean. I do not know how I might turn this into an argument; maybe prove that all rap isn't about murder and sex. This is not a very strong topic to write a paper on but it would work if nothing else could be found. I also read the Campus Program or Service Evaluation and thought of how, atleast once a week, I am woken up by the lawn service. Thus, this could be a paper on the upkeep of campus grounds with how the sprinklers look more like fountains. This would be a stronger paper but I still need to think about how an argument would fit in there.

Evaluation

I think im going to write my evaluation on someone in the music industry and how they have affected it.

Evaluation

For my evaluation, I plan on writing about a sappy love movie or book...wooo!...and it's effects on society. Is the way love is portrayed in these movies accurate? Does it have an impact on young relationships? etc. etc. etc. I am planning on addressing an idea such as this :)

evaluation blog....

For my evaluation, I will be writing about why people watch tragedies. When anything happens today, most of the time it is instantly put on youtube or other websites where you can view videos on-line. Some people watch a tragedies to remind themselves about how lucky they are to not be in that situation, or to be thankful for life.

I have no idea what i am going to write about, i am not very clear on the topic

I think im going to write about something that has to do with football. im not sure considering i dont fully understand the essay...

Topics I am thinking about Writing on...

There are many topics flwoing through my head. One of the topics seems to be a popular one among the classes and thats the concert one. I was going to evaluate a concert, its saftey, and precautions they take along with those. Also I thinking about writing a review for stereotypes... (more to it that just that, complicated) and the last one I want to write about it Facebook and some of its effects... idk im soo confused!

hmmm...

for our next writing assignment, i am considering writing my evaluation about why we watch reality shows such as "the real world" or "flavor of love"... the only reason i really want to write about this topic is because i am looking oh-so forward to tearing these wastes of airtime and film a new a**hole. i HATE reality television and feel as though it is praising poor morals, bad decision-making, and promoting our generations laxity and ignorance. i promise you all that i wont disappoint. it will be worth reading.

-r

.......

I have no idea what to write about for this evaluation paper. I was thinking about writing about my favorite book or maybe a favorite movie. I am slightly confused on what i should actually be evaluating. I think I need help. I will have alot of questions for Elizabeth tommorow in class.

Evaluation

I was going to write about the show friends however, i think that I will probably choose my favorite book or movie, not 100% sure yet.

What I'm going to write about?

Acutally I don't know what I'm goin to write about write now... It might have something to do with music though. I am still thinking about the topic carefully, trying to make sure I have a clear understanding of the assignment

What shall i write about?

I have been thinking about what i could write and I guess i could evaluate some sort of music. It doesn't matter what kind, i love music. I do critique it and sometimes wish the musicians and singers had some real talent but thats not the point. The point is music is a way to explain feelings. Sometimes its easier to listen to a song than do anything else. Music can bring out all my emotions in just a couple of minutes. Whether it is calming me down or pumping me up. I love music, but what am i gonna evaluate?

I am writing about

the dining plans at Grand Valley and how effective they are. At first, I wasn't very clear on our assignment. I wanted to evaluate a song, movie or even a book! But, since we're all students here at Grand Valley I thought this could be an easily relatable topic.

(i hope i'm doing this right)

I am writing about...

I am going to be writing about the effectiveness of Michael Moores documentary, "Farenheit 9 11". I am going to be bringing up the ways in which he makes his films effective and also the controversy that he causes and the impact that it makes on the American culture. I wanted to write about this because I believe that it has many great aspects and they can be broadened upon. Many people have differenct perspectives and I would like to tell about mine in this essay.

What I am going to write about...

I am thinking about reviewing a book called The Life Before Her Eyes that was turned into a movie. I want to evaluate the effectiveness of the movie in capturing the idea of the book. I also want to analyze the use of symbolism in both the book and the movie. Not sure what else I'm going to do with this but I'm still brainstorming. It's a work in progress...

What I'm writing about

I'm not exactly sure what I am going to write about, but I was thinking about watching a movie that has a lot of symbolic representation, possibly Indiana Jones or something along the lines of that and describing how effective the symbolism is to the audience.  I'm not quite sure if that is appropriate for this type of genre...? If not I may write a review on a musical such as Moulin Rouge, talking about what type of impact the music has on the actual base line of the movie.

What I'm going to write about

Im thinking about my topic being the saftey levels of concerts for the diffrent types of music. Im going to go to two different concerts, both different music geners, and see how people respond to the mosh pits, crowd surfers and what not. Then asking a few of my friends that are either in a band or have been to show on their views about the differnt crowds they get while playing or while listening. Its still in progress.

What I'm thinking about writing and why

I'm thinking of watching a musical, perhaps, Phantom of the Opera and write about how the music either fulfills the theme of the musical or how it doesn't. I choose this because I love music and i thought this could be a cool way to incorporate it into my writing.

What are you writing about for your evaluation?

Why? Feel free to respond to other people's ideas.

how I begin to write....

When I begin to write, and I'm struggling with finding a topic to write about, I think about events or people in my life that have impacted me in a positive way. Once I find a topic or an event to write about, I just begin to write until I cannot think of anything else to write. After that, I go back and start to write specific details about the events and people in my story.

Writing

My writing starts with my opinions on the subject and then i just keep writing. I find if i write on paper first i will have a better essay because it is like my rough draft. Other than that, i do not have a certain way of writing.

How my paper changed

There is almost nothing about my paper that stayed the same. My topic even changed slightly. My rewrite is much stronger though.

How I Start To Write . . .

I will be honest: I missed class on Friday. My piece of junk car decided that it wasn't meant to be.
I looked at the syllabus and started to panic when it stated that we needed to blog about a topic that was "to be announced." I am assuming the topic was announced in class, and I was not there. I have never missed anything assigned, so I knew that no matter what I would have to post based on what it appeared others were posting. I tried to find out what I am supposed to blog about, and it appears that everyone has been posting about how they start to write, so I think it's safe to assume that this is the assigned topic . . .

Honestly, it's been awhile since I have written, well, anything. Being out of school for about 5 years makes you a little rusty. I have an online journal that has been neglected, but other than that I have been a couch potato and I think my brain was hibernating for a bit. So I am a little unorganized when it comes to how I start to write.
I usually write similarly to how I blog: I think of the topic at hand (my day, an assignment, the meaning of life) and I start to freewrite for awhile. Sometimes the end comes first, and the beginning last. Actually, I find that I always wait to the last minute, and that adrenaline rush of knowing that an assignment is due gives me a little creative burst; most of the time I find myself writing a paper in one sitting. I will rewrite and rewrite, but I find that just sitting down and starting to type unlocks words and ideas that are usually hard to access. For example, when I sat down to post on this topic, my mind drew a blank. As I started to lay out a little background on the circumstances surrounding my post, a spark ignited in my head and it was all downhill from there. Honestly, I think that organization and rough drafts and outlines and such are great for the majority of people, but I find that I do better when I just sit down, begin to type, and let my inner monologue do the rest.

I hope I did this right. I think it's better to attempt and be wrong than just not attempt at all. I guess I will know for sure tomorrow, when I attend my WRT 150 class.
My car thinks we're going to Disneyland, so I think I will be able to make it.

writing...

I don't really think about my writing when I start a paper. I begin writing and just go with the flow. I write the whole paper or most of the paper and then I let it sit for a couple hours or a couple of days. And for those couple hours or couple days I think about the topic of the paper and how I can change what I have already written. I then go back to it and revise it. Sometimes I write the whole paper over again and sometimes I just change a little bit.

How i start to write

When im starting to write a paper i dont like to do an outline or brainstorm or anything like that. I just like to sit down at the computer or with a peice of paper and start to write whatever i think. I like to just start writing and go from there. It takes me too much time doing the other stuff and i dont really feel that it helps me.

Fanfiction

Since this summer, I've been writing a series of fanfiction stories, which I think has greatly given me a head start for this class.

If you choose to read, please feel free to send me feedback. I'm always looking to improve.:) If anyone else also writes fanfiction, please share them!

I think I get it now...and this is how I start to write!

I am so happy I finally figured this out with some help from people who are way more technologically advanced than I am obviously. Since I just learned how to get onto the blog I don't know if it is too late for this but I am going to tell you all anyways...

When I get ready to write I go through tons of ideas in my head of what I can write about. I usually think of one decent topic and I run with it. If the ideas start flowing into my mind I try to remember them but usually forget half of what I was thinking about unless I can write them all down which is a little difficult.

How Have You Changed . . .

. . . your narrative essay since the first draft?

i love this song/video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo

When I start my paper, typically I think of events that have happened that are significant in my life (easy to write about) that also easily connect with the reader. I don't necessarily web out my ideas but I do make a simple outline...intro, paragraphs, then a conclusion. I make sure that my intro has a foreshadow and/or an indirect tie with the point I am trying to make.

Getting ready to write

When I'm getting ready to write I don't do a lot of prewriting. I'll jot down a few ideas or things I want to cover in my essay and then I'll just start writing. If I get stuck I'll take a break and try to think of new ideas. I like spending more time actually writing the paper than I do prewriting because it's more effective for me.

What up everybody?

That's right. I did just post just to ask what's up.

how do i get ready to write...?

quite honestly, and this is going to be short, sweet, and simple... i just write. i dont enjoy brainstorming, i hate revising, i despise idea webs and stupid, little, pointless, time-consuming things of that sort. the way i look at it, i could be spending that time writing and trying my best to develop a worth-while piece of work rather than bashing my head against a wall trying to create a web of ideas and possible thesis statements.

i allow the ideas and sentences and thoughts to wander around in my head until they find a place to be transferred on to paper. granted, at times this results in statements that make little to no sense to even myself, but in the end, the piece of writing always seems to come together. my method of writing is similar to my artistic method. just sit, and draw/write. dont think too much before you begin to do something. if you always look before you leap, wheres the surprise? wheres the little anxiety attack of something mysterious and foreign? whats the fun in always knowing and planning and analyzing? wheres the creativity when everything is so structured and planned? whats the point?

im not sure if this will help anyone with their writing woes, but i do hope that you at least try my method. just put your fingers to the keyboard/pen to the paper, and go. let the ideas and thoughts come to you rather than searching for them amongst the vast amount of propaganda and structure within your head. as i always tell myself when a piece of art is stressing me out, "dont think, just draw (write)."

-r

The Beginning

The way i begin a paper is first daydream or dream about what i should write about. I go over the rubric and then sit back close my eyes and think. when my eyes are closed, all sorts of ideas come to my head. After i get at least three solid ideas i open my eyes and write them down all over the place. I go through all the ideas and circle what sounds the best and more things come to my mind. Then I begin writing my paper.



~Tiffany~

Creative journey

Once recieving a paper, i will read the topic then discard it. But don't get me wrong, I spend large portions of the day just thinking about what I will write about and on occasion will write a note or two down concerning it. Then a few days before the assignment I will begin to write the paper, while getting the majority of it done the night preceding it.

My writting Mindset

I really think strategy in writing all depends on the subject. If you are well educated and very interested in your topic less research and less preparation is necessary. I enjoy just flowing my ideas and rereading the paper frequently to make sure your getting the proper point across. Obviously if you are less educated and interested in a topic more research and organization is more than necessary. If you aren't currently interested in a topic maybe try and look at it in a new light, give it a second chance, you never know how much your opinion may change.

how i write.

I begin writing by thinking of the subject in my head, i think about all the ideas then i just jot a bunch down. Some make sense others don't doesn't really matter. Then i take those ideas and almost form an outline, then i just begin writing- usually thinking of a good grabber to start like a quote or statistic,then going from there

Ready to write..

I don't usually do anything to prepare myself to write a paper. I usually just think of what I am going to write about, start writing, and then reread what I've written after every couple of sentences to see if that's what I wanted to say/how I wanted to say it. But the very few times I have prepared myself to write, it was because I was forced to by a teacher making me fill out one of those stupid brainstorming sheets. Gross.

How I Begin My Writing

Before i even begin to write an actual paper. I take lots of time to think about all the ideas i could write about. I also talk to people i know really well to get ideas that i might have not thought about. I then write these ideas down on paper so i can actually see them. I then pick a couple, one or two, then i think of examples and details i could use when writing. I then narrow it down to the one idea I'll write about. I then create an outline with specific examples and points. After the outline, i then write my rough draft filling in with details and more examples. Thats how i begin to write my papers.

--Kate

How I begin to write

Usually I brainstorm first, write down all the thoughts that comes in mind about the topic. Then I write my rough draft. Next I have a few people proofread my paper. Then I revise the paper and proofread it once more then work on the final draft.

How I get ready to write:

When I am preparing to write a paper or essay I usually start by writing down ideas that I have on a piece of paper. Then I start writing my rough draft. Then I sit gso through that and make changes and revise it. This is usually what becomes my final draft.

Thats really all there is to my writing strategy

How I Get Ready to Write

Hi everyone - I think in order to make it more readable on this page, we should put all posts of the same subject in one thread. When you post your pre-writing process, please do it as a comment here.

Thanks!

Shauna Gach[Grammar Police]

KYLE KINGSLEY

I am the first student to blog.

ha

I would just like to say thank you for all my friends and family for supporting me through the good times and bad. I love you.

So I'm hoping I will do o.k. in this class but only time will tell.

Sincerely Kyle Kingsley

Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel

Hi classes! I wanted to inaugurate the site by mentioning a wonderful graphic novel I recently read. Fun Home is a memoir (how convenient - we're writing personal essays as we speak!) about a woman who found out her father was a pedophile.

The sly illustrations add humor and meaning to the text, which is sparse but effective. Literary references are sprinkled throughout, a plus for book lovers.

Every bit as moving and addictive as a really well-written traditional novel, this graphic novel is worth more than the day or two it takes to devour.