Description
Compose a Book Report on the following:
Sarah Thornton, 33 Artists in 3 Acts (part of your required texts)
Compose your book report to be a min of 4 pages to a max of 6 pages.
shorter than 4 full pages will result in a 25% deduction of grade.
Assignments shorter that 3 pages full will not pass and will be deemed incomplete. Go onto the 5th page. This only includes the essay and not your required title page.
Assignment Objective:
The purpose of these assignments is for you to exercise your ability to constructively and critically respond to a monograph. It is important to be able to reflect in writing about how a book has impacted your understanding of a topic.
This assignment assumes that you have read and thought hard about the author’s work. You should question whether or not the author did a good job of balancing information and analysis and consider what types of examples the author used to support their chapters. Then, weigh in by explaining how that book impacted your knowledge of the topic/artist/object/theme in question.
TIP:
It is useful for this book to break down your essay in the thematic of the chapters. Each chapter you can respond to chronologically by paragraphs. You can even use headings in your essay if that makes it easier. You are of course, expected, to have an introduction and conclusion.
TIP: If you cite a passage, paraphrase the author (which you will) you MUST CITE and use the specific page number. For this assignment you can use bracket in text citations with simply the page number since you will not be citing any other material. When referring to the author, always use her last name only.
Assignment Guidelines:
If necessary to summarize the book, restrict your summery to one paragraph (you can work this into your introduction, or 1st paragraph). REMEMBER- you are not being asked to summarize what you have read, instead you are being asked to engage with the book and its chapters, respond to what you found compelling, helpful, interesting, pointless, etc. Ask questions and illustrate in a constructive manner whether you believe the author effectively communicated what he/she stated in their intro. If your summary outweighs your response this will greatly affect your grade. I do not want a play by play of each chapter.
This is your opportunity to use your own voice, please write in the first person
Questions to engage with:
Has this book or author inspired you to learn more about this topic?
Was this book clear and concise?
Did you learn anything?
Do you agree with the author?
Has the author brought the argument full circle by the end of the book?
Did you enjoy the style of the author, or organization of the book?
What was the point of the book?
What was strong or weak about the book?